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BA (Hons)

Event Management (Foundation Entry)

Attendance

Campus

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Duration

4 Years

Start

September 2022

UCAS Code

N758

Delivery

Campus Taught

Our Event Management Foundation Entry degree is a vocationally oriented course where you’ll develop the professional and academic skills to become a successful events manager.

Foundation Entry degree courses are ideal if you’ve got the ability to study for a degree, but don’t have the necessary formal qualifications to directly join an Honours programme. It’s entirely unique, and a great stepping stone to degree study.

Our programme will strengthen your creativity and you’ll be able to design and deliver professional events that will exceed expectations.

You’ll develop specialist skills to make every aspect of an event run like clockwork. You’ll study management, strategy, human resources, marketing and finance. You’ll also be able to tailor modules to your own ambitions, eg sports, corporate, music festivals or more. There’s an opportunity to spend 48 weeks on a placement in industry too.

Why study with us

Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Event Management (Foundation Entry) is ranked 2nd in the UK with 96% of students satisfied with their course (Guardian University Guide 2021)
Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Event Management (Foundation Entry) is ranked 3rd in the UK for student satisfaction (Complete University Guide 2021)
Hospitality, Event Management and Tourism courses are ranked 1st overall in the North West - Guardian University League Table - subject ranking 2022.

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What you'll do

Join Entrevents – our unique project where you’ll study, create and deliver the University’s internal and external events.
You’ll apply the skills you learn to organising live events throughout the course.
We pride ourselves on knowing our students individually – our course cohorts are intentionally kept small.

Module Overview

Course Delivery

Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus aside from a small amount of online teaching where we have learnt it works best.

85%Face-to-face

15%Online

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Come and discover why our campus is the perfect place for you. You can ask current students about their experiences and immerse yourself in campus and accommodation tours.

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Future careers

Event Management Foundation Entry could lead to a career in event promotion and production in hundreds of industries. Examples include: tour management, booking agencies, event sustainability, wedding and party planning, sporting events, theatrical production, education, funeral directing.

We’re proud that many of our graduates now work for large international organisations, and a significant number have chosen to work more locally in the UK hospitality and events industry.

Fees and Funding

2021/22

First year£5500 for the first year

Full-time£9250 per year

First year£7800 for the first year

Full-time£13000 per year

International

First year£7800 for the first year

Full-time£13000 per year

2022/23

First year£6000 for the first year

Full-time£9250 per year

International

First year£10000 for the first year

Full-time£14250 per year

Scholarships and Bursaries

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

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In the first year you’ll attend, on average, 16 hours of study per week, which will include some practical sessions. In further years, attendance will be about 12 hours per week. Personal study also forms a big part of this course and you’ll be expected to work for around 36 hours a week in total.

If you take a placement year, you’ll follow the normal working patterns of the events industry.

Our course team members are committed to student-centred learning, which includes lectures, workshops, seminars, group activities and personal research.

Our assessment is continuous, and on many modules, there’s an examination. You’ll produce essays and reports, make presentations, analyse case studies and investigate relevant organisations to a set of criteria for assessment.

You’ll also have the opportunity to take on an independent dissertation in your final year.

Our strong links with event employers means that our course content stays current. These employers include:

Some of the associations who provide us with guidance include: :

Association of British Professional Conference Organisers(ABPCO)
Association for Event Management Education (AEME)
The Institute of Hospitality (IoH)
Meeting Professionals International(MPI)
The National Outdoor Events Association(NOEA)

We’re the only University team to have won the prize for ‘Best Student Event’ at the UK Event Awards for the past two years.
You’re able to supplement your degree with a tourism or hospitality related module that would provide you a broader understanding of the visitor economy.
During the course, you’ll take part in an ‘Events in Action’ module - putting theory into practice to develop an event and fundraise for charities Barnardo’s and Cash for Kids.

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This course is based in the Lancashire School of Business and Enterprise located in the Faculty of Business and Justice

For information on possible changes to course information, see our Essential and Important Course Information

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