Events Management BSc (Hons)

The international events industry includes private, public and voluntary organisations and spans a range of types of events including

• conferences and meetings
• exhibitions and trade fairs
• incentive travel and performance improvement
• corporate hospitality and corporate events
• outdoor events
• festivals and cultural events
• music events
• sporting events.

How you learn

You learn by taking part in seminars and workshops, by attending lectures and by completing projects. Field trips, site visits and work with organisations help to bring your learning to life with practical examples.From year one, you have access to work experience opportunities across various event sectors.

In year two, your employability skills are embedded through our Applied Event Operations module where you undertake work experience guided by personal tutors.In the final year, you create and run your own live fundraising event for a charity. Past students have delivered networking events, fashion shows, gala dinners and music festivals.

Industry-recognised qualifications

We support students to constantly build their employability skills. Through the course you have the opportunity to gain your BIIAB Level 2 Award for Personal License Holders and to work towards your Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) accredited Event Safety Management Certificate to further enhance your CV.

Guest speakers

Our links with industry mean that you can also hear from a wide range of guest speakers. Previous guest speakers have included Martin Green – London 2012 organising committee LOCOG, Tour De France Grand Depart

• Simon Graveling – Athens 2004, London 2012 and Sochi 2014
• David Jamilly – Theme Traders
• Jon Hughes – KPMG.

An expert teaching team

Our lecturers have significant practical experience within events management and will help guide you towards valuable industry work experience. The team also leads the Event Management Hub, a professional national community of events practitioners through which we conduct research and consultancy for industry. This unique venture allows us to feed our research into the teaching we deliver to you.

Links with events associations

We have strong links with key events associations such as Eventia. As a founder member of the Association of Event Management Educators (AEME), we have been involved in establishing academic benchmarks in events education.

Professional recognition

The event safety management vocational qualification, which forms part of the leisure and risk module, is accredited by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health.