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Hospitality Business Management BA(Hons
Events Management BA(Hons)
Your course Events Management covers a wide range of skills. You’ll study the intricacies of branding, identifying the target audience, devising the event concept, planning the logistics and coordinating the technical aspects before you actually execute all your planning and hard work in the final event.
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During your time on the course you’ll be encouraged to engage with the Event Industry, through; guest lectures, volunteering and also take a leading role in organising them. It’s all about giving you the context and experience you’ll need to become an event manager in the future.
During your course you’ll be taught by lecturers who have worked and researched in the industry. They’ll cover subjects such as creative thinking, business management, sustainability, human resource management, venue selection, catering and crowd management. There are also modules on how to mitigate risks, sponsorship and how to fund events. We’ll also look at the technology that companies use in staging and marketing events.
Placements During your studies we’ll give you the opportunity to undertake a placement with a business, either in the UK or abroad. Previous students have undertaken placements in companies like Awesome Events, Greenwich Country Club (USA), Sodexo, Wicked on Broadway, Team Spirit, BBC Good Food Festivals, Banks Sadler, Your Event Solutions, MCI Group and many others.
Your future
Previous graduates from this subject area have gone on to roles such as International Events Co-ordinator, Conference & Events Supervisor, Marketing Assistant, Conference & Events Executive, Account Executive, Project Co-ordinator and Project Assistant in organisations including Banks Sadler, mci-group, We are Vista, Ashfield Meetings & Events, FC Business Intelligence, Q Hotels, BPP, Ye Ltd, Dallas Burston Polo Club and Vista. **
Course info
Course length:
3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr
Entry requirements:
BBC/DMM/112
90% Graduates employed from this course *
* Percentage of graduates from this course who go on to work and/or further study within six months of graduating (Destination of Leavers from Higher Education Survey 2016/17).
“Events Management is an exciting career prospect for someone that likes a challenge, works to deadlines, and is good at problem solving. Your confidence in these skill sets will grow year on year throughout the course through the model of learning, critical thinking and practical application that our course is designed around”
