Nicola Macleod
Job title
Principal Lecturer in Tourism
Department
Marketing, Events and Tourism
Qualifications
MA Leisure and Tourism Policy, MA English Language and Literature
Biography:
Nicola MacLeod has more than 19 years of experience of teaching tourism at the University of Greenwich and the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. During this period, she has taught extensively, contributed to the development of new programmes and published widely.
Responsibilities within the university:
Teaching and administrative activities
AC4/Principal Lecturer with departmental responsibility for quality assurance.
Course leader on several postgraduate and undergraduate courses.
Current research:
Current research explores the role of self-guided tourist trails in the creation and experience of tourist space.
External activities:
Past External Examiner for Oxford Brookes University and the University of East London and currently External Examiner at Edinburgh Napier University.
Recent publications:
Hart Robertson, M., MacLeod, N. and Smith, M., (2010)Key Concepts in Tourist Studies. Sage
Hayes, D., MacLeod, N., Slater, A., (2009). Reading the landscape: the development of a typology of literary trails to inform experiential design. Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing. 18: 154-172.
Hayes, D. and MacLeod, N., (2008) Putting down routes: an examination of local government cultural policy shaping the development of heritage trails. Managing Leisure, 13(2): 57-73.
Hayes, D. and MacLeod, N., (2007) Packaging places: designing heritage trails using an experience economy perspective to maximize visitor engagement. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 13(1): 45-58.
Kennell, J., and MacLeod, N., (2009). Policy review – a grey literature review of the Cultural Olympiad. Cultural Trends. 18(1): 83-88
MacLeod, N., (2012) ‘Cultural routes, trails and the experience of place’. In Smith, M. and Richards, G. (eds) The Routledge Cultural Tourism Handbook. Routledge.
