Festival and Entertainment Management (1 year top-up)

Course Summary

- Top up your current qualifications to honours degree level.

- Specialise in in management within the festival and entertainment industries.

- Graduate with sought-after, specialist skills alongside well-rounded academic knowledge.

- Learn the specific skills needed to create memorable event experiences, demonstrating business value for employers and clients.

This course allows you to top up a HND, foundation degree or equivalent in a relevant subject to a honours degree in events management. You'll work on real events and discover the roles that multi-purpose leisure and sporting venues play in the sector, graduating as an employable specialist with widely sought-after expertise.

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 will develop your skills through a combination of seminars and workshops, by attending lectures, and by completing projects. International and national field trips, site visits and work with external organisations enhance your engagement and understanding of the complexities and challenges of operating in the festival and entertainment industry.

Other methods used include:

- client consultancy

- guest speakers

- problem-solving exercises

- case studies

- individual and group presentations

- directed learning activities

Applied Learning

Live Projects

Throughout the course, you'll work with real clients, venues and organisations on their events, assisting with projects and understanding the processes and complexities involved.

Work Experience

As a top-up route there is no placement opportunity with this course, but our links with local and national event organisers mean that you will be able to undertake work experience in a variety of event sectors.