Tourism and Events Management

Travel and events are exciting industries which can take you across the world. Our course will give you the opportunity to develop managerial skills which will help you towards your career pathway into this industry. With industry expert guest speakers, trips and live projects with local tourism providers your learning goes beyond the classroom. Designed to develop your knowledge of the travel and events industries from a management perspective, this course aims to enhance your skills to progress into employment within these industries. Our course aims to give students a wide range of industry experience through guest speakers, trips and live projects with tourism and events providers. A two-week work placement is scheduled in the second year of the course to complement your employability skills and knowledge delivered on the course. In previous years an arrangement through Erasmus+ has been in place and students carried out their placement in Seville, Spain.

As a successful graduate from this programme, you will be eligible to progress directly onto the BA (Hons) Tourism and Events Management top-up year available at Leicester College, accredited by De Montfort University. You can also apply to other universities that run related top-up degrees’ subject to entry requirements. Alternatively, you may wish to go directly into employments working in the tourism and events industry, this course will help you towards your career goals. Upon successful completion of the course, students will achieve an overall classification of Pass, Merit or Distinction.