Discover your world
Academic programmes in Leisure International Leisure Studies (BSc) Premaster Leisure Studies Leisure Studies (MSc)
Discover your world
What is Leisure? Leisure is a very broad phenomenon: Playing or watching sports, shopping, going to a museum, watching television going to a concert, cinema or theatre, traveling, visiting a theme park, event or festival, doing volunteer work… and so on. Leisure is a major economic sector: in The Netherlands: 350,000 people working in the sector; approx. €36 billion turnover a year
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Leisure Networks
Suppose you go to a concert in Heineken Music Hall (i.e. a leisure facility) What do you need?
The venue
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Leisure Networks
Suppose you go to a concert in Heineken Music Hall (i.e. a leisure facility) What do you need?
The venue
Artist
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Leisure Networks
Suppose you go to a concert in Heineken Music Hall (i.e. a leisure facility) What do you need?
The venue
Artist
Ticket
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Leisure Networks
Suppose you go to a concert in Heineken Music Hall (i.e. a leisure facility) What do you need?
The venue
Artist
Ticket
Anything else?
Ticketing agency
Music industry
Fans
Ticketing agency
Sponsorship
Music industry
Fans
Municipality
Investors
City marketing
Ticketing agency
Catering
Retail
Sponsorship
Music industry
Fans
Municipality
Investors
City marketing
Transport
Ticketing agency
Logistic plan
Catering
Media Retail
Sponsorship
Social media
Music industry
Fans
Municipality
Investors
City marketing
Security
Leisure Networks - Theory
Network society (1990s →)
*The ‘national’ market and national politics are increasingly integrated in a global context
*People’s lives (including their leisure) become tied up in local, regional, national and international economic, political, and cultural networks
*Technological innovations in communication and information (internet, gsm, social media)
*Boundaries between labour, care and leisure begin to blur: leading to feelings of rush/stress
Leisure Networks - Theory
*Leisure networks (f.i. Hyves, Facebook) are used for work purposes
*Leisure is used to create and maintain networks (f.i. via social media, sports, gaming, events, going out, travelling, etc.)
*Networks provide opportunities to give form to preferred leisure lifestyles
*Coordinating networks in leisure becomes an issue (where would we be without mobile phone?)
Leisure Networks
To understand these complex networks (e.g. to decide how government subsidies should be spent), you need proper insight into what all these different people and organizations do/want/say/think A scientific approach is needed to develop strategies for this network. International Leisure Studies (BSc) Premaster Leisure Studies Leisure Studies (MSc)
Characteristics Master Leisure Studies
• Integral and multidisciplinary perspective
• Strategic issues and long-term developments
• Theory development, analysis and research
• English language, intensive, small groups,
self-activation
• Training in intellectual, research, relational
and presentation skills
Programme 2013-2014
The education will take place at NHTV/AfL ánd TiU and provided by staff of AfL and TiU/LS
Tilburg University is responsible for administrative part of study (rules and regulations)
in this interim year
Number of implications for prospective students:
• Application process for the master via TiU
• [Applying for the pre-master via NHTV!]
• The MSc title will be granted by TiU
• Accreditation via TiU/TSB
• Rules and regulation of (OER/EER) TiU/TSB
Programme 2013-2014
• Two semesters of 15 and 20 weeks each
• First semester: 5 courses (30 ECTS) • Leisure and creativity in the information society
• Innovating leisure organisations and networks
• Dynamics in the leisure industries
• Experience marketing
• Contemporary themes in sport, tourism and culture
• Second semester: Master’s thesis (24 ECTS) • 1st + 2nd semester: Seminar Leisure Studies (6 ECTS)
• In total:
• One year programme of 60 ECTS
• English taught
The course program:
Leisure and creativity in the information society (Breda title: Leisure, creativity and space)
Topics:
• The rise of the global informational economy and network society
• National and local leisure policy
• Public-private leisure environments and infrastructure
• The role of leisure facilities in shaping the quality and identity of spaces and
Innovating leisure organisations and networks (Breda title: Understanding leisure attractions and events)
Topics:
• Creating and maintaining leisure networks
• Alliances, co-creation, co-operation between organisations
• Management of change and innovation in the leisure sector
• Eventful cities and theme parks
The course program:
Dynamics in the leisure industries (Breda title: Imagineering as strategic design in leisure organizations)
This is the only course with a different content than
currently advertised
Topics:
• Strategic management
• Strategic human resource management
• Organizational diversity in leisure organisations
• Leadership
• Corporate social responsibility
The course program:
Experience Marketing (Breda title: Experience marketing)
Topics:
• Trends in leisure behaviour
• Experiences in and through leisure
• Relation marketing and experiences
• Storytelling in theme parks
The course program:
Contemporary themes in sport, tourism and culture (Breda title: Analyzing leisure interactions)
Topics:
• Leisure theory, with a focus on leisure practices
• Current themes in leisure research (authenticity, creativity and physical activity/ health/ wellbeing)
The course program:
Seminar Leisure Studies (also in Breda)
Topics:
• Preparation of Master’s thesis: literature study, design of research question, developing research proposal
• Organized in thesis circles: group discussions about literature, research proposals and thesis progress.
The course program:
Second semester: Master’s Thesis (also in Breda)
Topics:
• Research question fits the theme of the thesis circle (seminar)
• The complete research cycle
• Fieldwork, secondary data-analysis, interviews
• Possibility for external principal (public/private organisations in the leisure field)
Product: Master’s thesis
• Individual supervision
The course program:
Master theses, some examples
• Is the screen our friend? Television watching, internet and social
capital.
• Building social capital and voluntary work. Investigating the
relationship between voluntary work and social capital.
• It's all in the mix! A quantitative study on employees'
perceptions of organizational diversity in the leisure industry.
• The enchanting world of fairy tales. A multiple-case study into
gap filling in relation to storytelling as part of the Efteling
experience.
• Rotterdam eventful city? A research on the image of Rotterdam
as an eventful city.
Job opportunities
• Leisure policy development (local, regional, provincial,
national government)
• Academic and applied research (university, SCP, CBS,
Mulier Instituut)
• Teaching (university, HBO: Sport/Leisure
/Lifestyle Management , CMV)
• City management and citymarketing
• Project management (sport/ cultural/ tourism
organisation, tour operator,
creative clusters)
• Market research & consultancy (Motivaction, LAGroup, Ecorys,
BRO, Telos, IVA, Leisure Result)
• For more examples,
please visit our alumni-network LUDENS on LinkedIN
Admission requirements: Dutch students with Dutch diploma
• Unconditional access:
• ILS (NHTV-AfL)
• SBM (NHTV-AT)
• pre-master Leisure Studies degree (NHTV-AfL)
• ILM Honours programme (NHTV-AfL)
• Bachelor’s degree from TiU/TSB + minor Leisure Studies
• Admission via Examining Board of TiU/TSB
• Bachelor’s degree from another university:
> Sufficiently conversant in social sciences / leisure/ tourism
> Adequate knowledge of methods and techniques
• HBO vocational degree: first one-year Pre-master’s program
in Leisure Studies
• Application deadlines of Examining Board TiU:
Before 1 September 2013
• Address of Examining Board:
Tilburg University Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Examining Board, P313 PO Box 90153 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands
• Accepted applicants register via Studielink
Admission requirements: Dutch students with Dutch diploma
Admission requirements (non) EEA
Academic background:
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in e.g. Sociology,
Economics, Psychology, Marketing
• Sufficiently conversant in social sciences / leisure/ tourism
• Adequate knowledge of methods and techniques
• Application deadlines of International Affairs Team TiU:
1 April 2013 for non-EEA applicants
1 July 2013 for EEA applicants
Arrangements will be made between NHTV and TIU
For preliminary advice contact: Ruth Davis, Admissions Officer,
Admission requirements (non) EEA
• Address of International Affairs Team:
The Admissions Committee, room P314
Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Tilburg University
Warandelaan 2
5037 AB Tilburg
The Netherlands
• Accepted applicants register via Studielink
Tilburg University, Department of Leisure Studies
Master’s program in Leisure Studies
Bertine Bargeman: [email protected]
NHTV, Academy for Leisure
Pre-master’s program in Leisure Studies
Adriaan van Liempt: [email protected]
Or visit:
www.tilburguniversity.edu/LS
www.nhtv.nl/masters-cursussen/masters-cursussen/masters/master-in-leisure-
studies/introduction.html
Further information