Strathclyde Business School student Lewis Cameron has won an annual award sponsored by the Incorporation of Maltmen in Glasgow which is presented to a student undertaking the Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) undergraduate degree.
This year's Maltmen Awards for students in Hospitality & Management at Strathclyde Business School had another impressive group of finalists who took part in a remote 'Dragons Den' type final, with 'dragons' including David Cochrane MBA, Chief Executive HIT Scotland; Gordon McIntyre, Chairman, Hospitality Health; and Bruce Reidford, Deacon Convener, Glasgow Trade House.
The award is made to a student ‘demonstrating academic excellence and application of class concepts on relevant practical cases through an individual written assignment’.
At this year's Finals, the judges agreed that all six finalists showed well researched and analysed reports on their chosen organisations.
The Hospitality & Tourism Management students were asked to provide an overview of the value chain activities and stakeholder involvement; discuss key contemporary issues and barriers, either economic, environmental or social the company faces; and identify potential value chain upgrading opportunities (practical recommendations for the company).
The six finalists and the companies they researched were: Joanna Lindsay (Jaw Brew Brewery), Thomas Cockburn (Isle of Harris Distillery), Zita Toth (Clydeside Distillery), Emma McIntosh (Inverarity Morton), Lewis Cameron (Shilling Brewery) and Freya Hall (The Isle of Cumbrae Distillers). The final was carried out remotely.
Winning student Lewis Cameron was awarded the overall prize of a quaich to be held by the faculty with the names of the winners engraved, a cash prize of £500, a paid invitation to the Incorporation’s Annual Dinner at Trades House, lifelong membership and publication of the assignment summary on the Maltmen website.
Lewis said, “It was an honour to receive the award of Academic Excellence from the Maltmen in Glasgow at the annual dinner in May. I really enjoyed the whole process of the HTM sustainability project – I worked with Shilling Brewing Company to discuss their business processes and I wrote a report of where they could improve aspects to be more sustainable. The main issues focused on how to combat the issue of alcoholism in Glasgow, partnerships with universities and colleges to offer apprenticeships in craft brewing, as well as a plan to distribute their products. This was my first real glimpse into working with companies in the real world and it was a great experience the whole way through. I then had to present my findings to the Maltmen of Glasgow which was again a great experience.”
Co-ordinator of the HTM programme Tom Bourkel said, "All finalists did a fantastic job. Their work was professional, well developed and cutting edge. All were winners that day. Nevertheless, Lewis managed to shine through because his work took it just that one step further by making practical suggestions as to how society, brewers and distillers, and educational institutions could join forces on challenges around sustainable development and health in the alcohol trade."