Learn the inner workings of the festival and entertainment industry, and top up your degree to honours level.
Top up your existing qualifications to a BA (Honours) degree.
Develop the skills to become a successful festival and entertainment manager.
Work with external festival and entertainment managers on a consultancy project.
Network with leading professionals, boosting your career prospects.
Learn how to create memorable event experiences, demonstrating business value for employers and clients.

This course tops up your higher national diploma (HND), foundation degree, or equivalent to an honours degree in events management. You'll gain practical experience working on real events while learning the roles of multi-purpose leisure and sporting venues. Graduates become employable specialists in music and arts festivals, casinos, theme parks and nightclubs – with strategic experience in design and management.

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.

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

This course prepares you for a career in

• festival or entertainment entrepreneurship
• festival management
• festival operations
• tour management
• artiste management and liaison
• venue management (music, arts and culture)
• entertainment venue management (cinema, theme parks etc)
• entertainment operations management

 

Normally one from

• a HND or foundation degree in a relevant subject, with an overall merit profile from year two modules

• equivalent qualification in a relevant subject

You can find information on making sense of UCAS tariff points here and use the UCAS tariff calculator to work out your points.

If English is not your first language you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 or above, with a minimum score of 5.5 in each skill.

Please note the University will only admit students who are aged 18 or over at the point of enrolment.

Important notice:

The structure of this course is periodically reviewed and enhanced to provide the best possible learning experience for our students and ensure ongoing compliance with any professional, statutory and regulatory body standards. Module structure, content, delivery and assessment may change, but we expect the focus of the course and the learning outcomes to remain as described above. Following any changes, updated module information will be published on this page.

Final Year Compulsory modules
Module	Credits	Assessment
Consultancy And Enterprise Challenge	40	Coursework Practical
Hot Topics In Events, Festivals, And Esports	20	Coursework
Maximising Festival And Entertainment Outcomes	40	Coursework
Strategic Experience Design	20	Coursework