Program Overview

Become a professional events manager, creatively design weddings, sports and business events and drive your career by connecting with industry experts and gaining real-world experience.

• Collaborate with real events professionals and organisations
• Have guaranteed work experience opportunities in every year
• Produce a live event experience in your final year of study
• Learn from our research active tutors with years of experience in the industry
• Enhance your career potential with additional industry certification, networking and study abroad opportunities.

We're an AACSB-accredited business school and have been delivering events management education since 2002. You'll benefit from our membership with the Association of Events Management Educators and the National Outdoor Events Association and engage in real-world experiences at every year of study.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

You'll learn what it takes to become an events industry professional through informative lectures, engaging seminars and other active learning experiences. Your industry understanding is deepened through specialist visiting industry professionals, field trips, site visits and work experience with external organisations.  You can apply to access placements, internships, and work experience through our relationships with industry professionals and leading events organisations, such as Festival Republic.

You'll also learn through

• Live events
• Guest speakers
• Case studies
• Individual and group presentations
• Problem solving exercises
• Directed learning activities

On this course, you'll learn the fundamental skills of an event manager such as design, operations, people management, and marketing combined with real world experience opportunities in every year of your course, providing you with a solid foundation for a career in events. Core modules cover event design, marketing, finance, strategy, HR, management, operations, and health and safety. In your final year you put all your skills into practice by planning and delivering a live event for a client.

In addition, you can gain two externally accredited (industry recognised) qualifications; the BIIAB Level 2 Award for Personal License Holders, and an immersive IOSH Managing Events Safely award. Both qualifications are included for free and are valuable additions to your CV.

You will be supported in your learning through several key areas. These include

• Access to our unique student support triangle to help with your personal, academic and professional development
• Access to our Skills Centre to support your academic skill development
• Industry-specific employability activities such as live projects and networking.