BA in Professional Hospitality Development
Course Overview
The BA in Professional Hospitality Development is a three-year UK Level 6 honours degree with part-time and accelerated routes, sitting inside LSCAHM's Tourism, Events & Food Business department. It is aligned with Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality and Chartered Management Institute standards, and is written for applicants who want a wide, applied hospitality degree rather than a narrow single-discipline route.
By graduation, students are working across hospitality departments, running professional development plans for themselves and teams, and completing a supervised placement plus final-year capstone written for a hotel, restaurant, event or tourism operator.
Key Features
- Level 6 honours curriculum aligned with Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality benchmarks.
- Year-two placement across hotel, restaurant, event or tourism environments.
- Applied workplace-learning portfolios reviewed by named tutors.
- Guest lectures from London operators and industry-body speakers.
- Final-year dissertation or applied capstone supervised by industry-active tutors.
- Structured pathway into Institute of Hospitality student membership.
What You Will Learn
- Operate confidently across front office, F&B, housekeeping and events.
- Design a professional development plan for yourself and your team.
- Manage cross-functional projects across departments and outlets.
- Read a hospitality P&L and support decision-making with data.
- Apply UK employment, safety, licensing and safeguarding frameworks.
- Coach junior colleagues through service, quality and standards work.
- Structure workplace learning into transferable competency evidence.
- Deliver a placement-derived final-year dissertation or capstone.
Who This Course Is For
- School leavers seeking a UK honours degree with broad hospitality coverage.
- Working hospitality staff professionalising their career with a Level 6 credential.
- Career changers with hospitality experience targeting a formal degree.
- International applicants pursuing a UK BA with supervised placement.
Career Pathways
- Hospitality Team Leader
- Assistant Restaurant Manager
- Front Office Manager
- Event Coordinator
- Tourism Operations Executive
- Guest Relations Supervisor
- Hospitality Programme Manager
The LSCAHM careers service partners with London hotel groups, restaurant companies, event operators and tourism businesses to open placement year and graduate roles, and runs at least one industry-careers day each year focused on professional development pathways.
Entry Requirements
- A-levels (or equivalent) at BBB or above, OR a UK Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Two academic references and a personal statement.
- International applicants receive dedicated visa and accommodation support from LSCAHM admissions.
Why Study at LSCAHM
The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. LSCAHM reads culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines, and a professional development BA is the widest expression of that philosophy.
Central London places every kind of hospitality employer, the Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom, and three parallel study modes let progressors and working practitioners complete the BA without leaving employment.
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