IELTS 6.0 with no skill below 5.5
From massive events like Glastonbury Festival to intricate product launches, you’ll learn how to plan, promote and produce events of all sizes.
Taught at The UK Centre for Events Management (UKCEM), a global centre for events management education, this course will also teach you how to run your own events business.
As part of your course, you’ll:
Create and deliver a diverse range of events from conception through to evaluation
Learn to manage events staff and suppliers, as well as adhere to licensing requirements
Study complex and challenging issues within events management – including the operation of event organisations and their management, and how to plan events in a sustainable way
Events have increasingly become important markers and influencers in our lives. Whether in sport, the arts, business or politics, not a day goes by without a major event taking place somewhere in the world.
Event managers are in demand by organisations that require specialists to deliver every facet of the event in a proactive and skilful manner.
Coming with some experience of events, whether through volunteering at a school prom or working directly in an events environment, this course will build a solid foundation for your continuing study.
Our applied management course is dedicated to getting you into the events industry, and our experienced lecturers will help you find your way. All modules on the course are contextualised into the events industry - everything you learn will have a practical application when you begin your career.
The university has been given a five-star rating for our academic work in Hospitality & Leisure Management by QS, the international higher education benchmarking agency.
The UKCEM Network
You’ll become an active member of our thriving community of events practitioners – the UKCEM Network. As well as delivering internationally recognised events management education, the UKCEM has a global reputation for international research and for supporting 25 years of successful alumni at home and overseas.
Events society
Our Events Society is one of the largest in the university, and you’ll be made very welcome. As a member of the busy society, you can gain extra qualifications, for example a first aid certificate. You may also be able to plan and implement your own events.
Expert practitioners
Our specialist teaching team includes research-active academics and industry professionals who work as consultants to the course – expertise which will help to shape your learning.
Networking
Guest lecturers working in the industry will provide you with insight into today's events environment and business strategy.
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Year 1
Event Planning
Events in Society
Creative Event Marketing
Professional Event Practice 1
Staging Safe Events
Managing Event Organisations
Year 2
Event Law & Business Administration
Integrated Marketing Communications of Events
Professional Event Practice 2
Managing the Event Workforce
Event Production
OPTION MODULES MAY INCLUDE:
Festival Management
Corporate Events & Hospitality
Celebration, Ritual & Culture
Creative Entrepreneurship
Public Relations & Events
Event Security & Crowd Management
Sport Media & Culture
Work-Related Placement (Sandwich Year Only)
Year 3
Future Development of Events
Strategic Venue Operations Management
Strategic Management for Event Organisations
Individual Project
OPTION MODULES MAY INCLUDE:
Understanding Partnerships
Managing Risk for Major Events
Event & Dissent
Innovative Fundraising
Business Event Production
Policy & Politics of Sports Events
Sponsorship in Events
You will graduate with the knowledge and confidence to work in any sector in the events industry. You could choose to set up your own events management business, and you will also have the transferable skills to make you highly employable in a vast number of different careers. Many of our graduates find work with their placement company and quickly progress to senior management. You could also continue your studies at postgraduate level.
Events Manager
Talent Agent
Conference Organiser
Project Manager
Health Insurance_fee: £300/year
