Stuart Moss, Senior Lecturer

Stuart Moss

Senior Lecturer

Stuart is a Senior Lecturer in entertainment and music industry business and management subjects as well as a Global Engagement Champion for Leeds School of Arts. He has been teaching in higher education since 2001.

Stuart Moss is a Senior Lecturer and the Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Entertainment Management degree at Leeds Beckett University (UK). He holds several positions related to the academic disciplines of business, employability and entertainment management. Such positions include being; Vice President Digital Learning, for the Asia Pacific Institute for Events Management; an Advisory Board Member for the BSc Entertainment Management program at the University of Central Florida (USA); External Examiner for Business Studies at Liverpool John Moores University (UK); External Examiner for Business Studies at Staffordshire University (UK); and External Examiner for Events and Tourism Management at Taylor’s University (Malaysia). Stuart was previously appointed to the position of Visiting Professor at the Imus Institute of Science & Technology in The Philippines. He has been working in higher education for 20 years, prior to this, his work background included marketing and human resource positions in visitor attractions, hotels and telecommunications.

Stuart has a range of publications, including two co-authored text-books on the subject of employability, as well as two edited text-books about the entertainment industries, and strategic management within the entertainment industries. Besides these, Stuart has numerous book chapters, journal articles and over 30 international conference key-notes to his credit. Stuart is a seasoned public speaker and is often described as having a presentation style that is energetic, passionate and motivational.

Current Teaching

  • BA (Hons) Entertainment Management
  • BA (Hons) Music Industries Management
  • Level 4: Music and Entertainment Marketing
  • Level 5: Professional Practice 2
  • Level 6: Professional Practice 3
  • Major Independent Project (dissertation / documentary)

Research Interests

Stuart’s research interests are varied and include: employability in education; strategic management in the entertainment industries; music and entertainment marketing; enterprise and business start-up; and ‘club’ cultures.

Stuart is also the co-ordinator for Leeds Club History Project, which is tied to his PhD (due for submission in 2022).

In addition to the above, Stuart has a serious interest in documentary making and is currently working on a project called Leeds The Movie, which will serve to be a personal exploration of Leeds in its entirety, through predominantly pedestrian exploration and film, with a final documentary which is anticipated to be around 24 hours long, this is due for release in 2023, when Leeds will celebrate a year of culture.

 
Stuart Moss, Senior Lecturer

Ask Me About

  1. Entertainment
  2. Events

Selected Outputs

  • Moss S (2011) Cultural Entrepreneurship. In: Walmsley B ed. Key Issues in the Arts and Entertainment Industry. Goodfellow Pub Limited, pp. 161-177.

  • Moss S (2023) Stakeholder Perspectives of Feedback in Higher Education. In: 36th Annual Businet Conference, 8 November 2023 - 11 November 2023, Warsaw.

  • Moss S (2015) Climb the Ladder of Life: Recognise, develop and sell your employability skills. In: European Student Association Conference, Durham.

  • Moss S (2011) The British Music Industry: Challenges and adaption in the twenty-first century. In: Musikwirtschaft 2.0 - neue Perspektiven für die Musik.

  • Moss S (2010) Sustainable Edutainment in the Tourism System. In: Sustainable EduTourism Conference.

  • Moss S (2009) The Entertainment Marketplace and the Role of Film: The Changing way People Spend Their Leisure Time and Money. In: Future Projections Conference, London.

  • eds. Moss S; Walmsley B (2014) Entertainment Management: Towards Best Practice. Wallingford: CAB International.

  • Hind D; Moss S (2011) Employability Skills 2nd. Sunderland: Business Education Publishers.

  • eds. Moss S (2009) The Entertainment Industry: An Introduction. Oxford: CAB International.