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Events Management with Professional Practice Year

Entry requirements


A level

C,C,C

96 UCAS Tariff points

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

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96 UCAS Tariff points

UCAS Tariff

96

About this course


Course option

4years

Sandwich | 2024

Subject

Event management

The BA/BSc (Hons) Events Management programme is aimed to enable you to develop the necessary skills for, and knowledge, practice and understanding of, the events industry.

The skills you will acquire on this course will be particularly relevant to event management roles in the tourism, hospitality, leisure and sport.

The course begins with a general introduction to event management and progresses to specialist options and a close focus on planning, staging and managing events.

In addition to this you will become a self-directed, self-regulated reflexive learner, using an awareness of opportunities for careers or further study in the setting and monitoring of personal objectives.

You will combine academic study with real-world business practice as you work on case studies and briefs during practice weeks, and take opportunities to volunteer for events staged at the University and beyond.

The University of Bedfordshire is a member of The Association for Tourism in Higher Education (ATHE). ATHE is the subject association for tourism in higher education in the UK. It represents universities that are leading providers of tourism programmes.

Benefit from a course that opens up career opportunities as an Event Manager, Festival Organiser/Co-ordinator, Exhibitioner Organiser, Events Marketing Communications Manager or Conference and Events Manager, and offers access to a wide choice of further study.

Learn essential skills for careers in the events industry, in a department with close links to local cultural, sporting and business organisations.
Study areas including: event planning and operations; project management; international hospitality operations; visitor attraction management; sport tourism and event management; global mega events; and marketing communications through a combination of classroom-based learning and fieldwork activities.
Develop your CV with the option of a placement in an events organisation during your final year.
Gain additional insights through field trips to organisations like Luton Town Football Club, Twickenham and Woburn Abbey, and working on annual events hosted by your Department.
Explore the relevant theory and research areas and learn how to apply them through practice weeks, when you will work on real-life briefs and case studies.

Modules

- Business Of Events Management (TAL030-1) Compulsory
- Business Practice Explored (BSS005-1) Compulsory
- Consumer Behaviour (MAR022-1) Compulsory
- Event Planning And Operations (TAL023-1) Compulsory
- Principles Of Marketing (MAR001-1) Compulsory
- Using Data To Build Business Practice (BSS004-1) Compulsory
- Career In Practice (MAR027-2) Compulsory
- Events And Destination Marketing (TAL046-2) Compulsory
- Events And Urban Regeneration (TAL028-2) Compulsory
- Festival And Special Events (TAL047-2) Compulsory
- Risk And Crisis Management In Events Management (TAL039-2) Compulsory
- Tourism And Events (TAL048-2) Compulsory
- Continuing Professional Development (MAR027-3) Compulsory
- Event Planning In Practice (TAL031-3) Compulsory
- Managing Sporting Events (TAL033-3) Compulsory
- Research Methods (TAL034-3) Compulsory
- Research Project (TAL035-3) Compulsory
- Strategic Management For Hospitality And Events (TAL036-3) Compulsory

Every effort is made to ensure this information is accurate at the point of publication on the UCAS website. For the most up-to-date information, please refer to our website.

Assessment methods

In line with the Business School's commitment to practice-based education, a large part of the assessment will relate to the demonstration of your ability to undertake event planning, design and practice. We will want to see that you understand the theory and have developed critical thinking skills which help you evaluate the relevance of what you have learnt. All of this comes together in being able to demonstrate rigorous events practice for business.

To assess this range of integration of theory and skills into sound practice, we use a range of methods. You will encounter many different kinds of assessment methods, with different levels of difficulties according to the specific year you are in. In the first year most of your assessments will be based on group work, individual oral and poster presentations; in the following year they are based on tests and written assignments (e.g. essays, case studies, report).

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Luton Campus

Department:

Department of Business Systems and Operations

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

81%
Event management

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Tourism, transport and travel

Teaching and learning

89%
Staff make the subject interesting
91%
Staff are good at explaining things
86%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
79%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

88%
Library resources
94%
IT resources
87%
Course specific equipment and facilities
76%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

51%
UK students
49%
International students
20%
Male students
80%
Female students
38%
2:1 or above
50%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

D
C
C

After graduation


The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Tourism, transport and travel

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£17,888
low
Average annual salary
89%
low
Employed or in further education
56%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

21%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals
14%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers
11%
Customer service occupations

This course sits in a wide group of smaller subjects that don't necessarily have that much in common - so bear this in mind when you look at any employment data. Most graduates took a hospitality, events management or tourism-related course, but there are a group of sports and leisure graduates in here as well who do different things. Events management was the most common job for graduates from this group of subjects, and so it’s no surprise that graduates from specialist events management courses did better last year than many of the other graduates under this subject umbrella - but all did about as well as graduates on average or a little better. If you want to find out more about specific job paths for your chosen subject area, it's a good idea to go on open days and talk to tutors about what previous graduates went on to do, or to have a look at university department websites.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Tourism, transport and travel

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£18k

£18k

£22k

£22k

£26k

£26k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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