Mr Geoffrey Shirt
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Job title: Senior Lecturer, Tourism Management
Email: g.e.shirt@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 594586
Room: LS/G08 Devonshire Campus
I'm a media friendly expert
Latest news
- Planning student visit to Sofia in Bulgaria
Current Activities / Links with Industry
close involvement with the Chief Planning Officer of the Peak District National Park
Faculty: Buxton
School: School of Culture and Lifestyle
Subject Area: Travel and Tourism
I am part of the BA (Hons) Tourism Management and Masters tourism team.
Teaching responsibilities
- Module Leader
Professional interests
Dark tourism and national parks.
Research interests
- Primary Research arena is the Peak District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks where public access has historically provided much controversy and debate. Chapters in several academic research texts.
- The challenges of maintaining the Nazi Death camps in Poland
- Research with 'Golden Boomers' - baby boomers now approaching an increasingly active retirement.
Media experience
- Radio Derby - Student visit to Auschwitz
- Peak Radio - Student life at Buxton
Postgraduate qualifications
- MA Tourism Management (Distinction), University of Derby
