BSc (Hons) Events Management

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Our BSc (Hons) Events Management seeks to develop your future skills to become responsible leaders in events and wider business and management settings.

The programme can provide you with comprehensive event management knowledge incorporating sustainability, diversity and inclusivity, and technology and innovation. We also aim to connect our degree with practice wherever possible.

"This information was correct at the time of publishing (July 2023)"

How You Study

You can gain comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the events phenomenon, particularly exploring how event planning and management has evolved towards creating meaningful and inclusive environments in an interconnected world.

'Events' is an economic and social phenomenon that cannot be considered in isolation from its wider global business context. Therefore, you will study a range of foundational business-related modules in the first year.

Starting from theoretical principles and concepts of event planning and management, you will deepen your professional knowledge in the second year by studying event design and production, project management, and event operations, incorporating resource and legal issues. You will also be encouraged to analyse event planning and management through the lenses of sustainability, diversity and inclusivity, and technology and innovation.

In your final year, you will apply your professional knowledge in our live events module, and critically reflect on events practice and research.

You have the opportunity to tailor your experience by selecting an optional module every semester (across all years).

First Year

• Business Environment (Micro) (Core)
• Data Analytics for Business (Core)
• Event Management: Principles and Concepts (Core)
• Finance for non-specialists (Core)
• Organisational Behaviour (Core)
• Principles of Marketing (Core)
• Global Case Studies in Tourism, Events and Sports Business Management (Option)†
• Professional Development (Option)†

Second Year

• Business English and Communication A (Option)†
• Business English and Communication B (Option)†
• Client Based Project (Option)†
• Digitalisation and Cultures in Tourism, Events and Sports Business Management (Option)†
• Ethics, Sustainability and Responsibility (Option)†
• Event Design and Production (Option)†
• Event Operations (Option)†
• Innovative and Inclusive Event Experiences (Option)†
• International Business Environment (Option)†
• LIBS International Year Abroad (Option)†
• Professional Practice (Option)†
• Study Abroad Replacement Credit (1) (Option)†
• Study Abroad Replacement Credit (2) (Option)†
• Study Abroad Replacement Credit (3) (Option)†
• Study Abroad Replacement Credit (4) (Option)†

Third Year

• Critical Industry Insights (Core)
• Live Events Management (Core)
• Crisis Management (Option)†
• Disaster Management (Option)†
• Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship in Tourism, Events and Sports Business Management (Option)†
• Essential English Leadership Skills A (Option)†
• Essential English Leadership Skills B (Option)†
• Futurology in Tourism, Events, and Sports Business Management (Option)†
• Independent Project - Research (Option)†
• Independent Project - Responsible Enterprise (Option)†
• Independent Project- Negotiated Client Based Project (Option)†

† Some courses may offer optional modules. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by staff availability.

How You Are Assessed

The degree uses a variety of assessment types which can assess individual performance and group performance to reflect the variety of learning styles in students.

Assessment types may include written examinations, oral assessments (presentations by individuals or small groups of students), visual poster presentations, written reports, essays, portfolios or collections of practical work produced by individuals or groups, projects, and demonstrations such as during live events.

How You Study

You can gain comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the events phenomenon, particularly exploring how event planning and management has evolved towards creating meaningful and inclusive environments in an interconnected world.

'Events' is an economic and social phenomenon that cannot be considered in isolation from its wider global business context. Therefore, you will study a range of foundational business-related modules in the first year.

Starting from theoretical principles and concepts of event planning and management, you will deepen your professional knowledge in the second year by studying event design and production, project management, and event operations, incorporating resource and legal issues. You will also be encouraged to analyse event planning and management through the lenses of sustainability, diversity and inclusivity, and technology and innovation.

In your final year, you will apply your professional knowledge in our live events module, and critically reflect on events practice and research.

You have the opportunity to tailor your experience by selecting an optional module every semester (across all years).

The degree aims to develop students to become responsible practitioners who thrive in their careers in events or wider business settings in a national or international context. Career-focused activities can enable students to undertake a range of roles in events and adapt to the changing needs of the industry. Our graduates have gone on to work in roles in events management, wedding planning, marketing, public relations, and corporate hospitality. They have gone to work in roles for BCD Meetings & Events, Warwick Castle, Festival Services, Ocado, AELP, RNN Group, Samsung, Worcester Bosch, Liz Hobbs Groups, Hilton, Ocado, and Printworks London.