ABOUT THE COURSE
Get hands-on experience of events management with this practical and exciting events management degree. Take the theory learnt in the classroom and immediately apply it to real-life events which you will develop, organise and deliver yourself - helping to ensure that you leave Solent University with a CV you can be proud of.
During the course, students are given the opportunity to develop, run and manage events. This allows them to try a range of industry roles and find out where they feel they thrive the most.
The course team’s extensive links with industry have also enabled students to gain an insight into both event agencies and music festivals (Isle of Wight Festival, Blissfields). This exposure to commercial events, industry events, and active event management practitioners is critical in providing a deeper insight into the industry.
Solent Works, the University’s student run events agency, gives students the opportunity to be part of a growing business, delivering projects on behalf of real clients. Students who choose to get involved develop and practise a range of valuable skills including working to specified brief and managing client relationships.
Think a career in events management might be for you? With work experience opportunities, guest lectures and industry visits all offered as part of this valuable three year degree, Solent University’s events management programme will help prepare you to seamlessly transition into employment.
YOUR FUTURE
The events management course opens up a wide range of career paths, from in-house corporate events and PR through agency and consultancy positions. You’ll have the potential to work on a huge range of events, adapting to the very different challenges of charitable fundraising, corporate meetings, conferences, exhibitions, festivals and public events.
Suitable roles for graduates include:
- Events management
- Sales and marketing management
- Sport events promotion
- Charitable fundraising
- Conference and exhibition management
- Running your own events company.
INDUSTRY LINKS
You’ll learn from experienced events management professionals with strong ties to the industry, and the University is a founding member of the Association of Events Management Educators. You’ll receive regular guest lectures from industry experts like David Jamilly (owner of Themetraders), Matt James (Left Field Productions), Rachel Ley (events consultant and EVCOM board member) and Bryn Parry (events management author and lecturer).
You will also have the chance to attend seminars from industry professionals and future employers. These include local authority events departments, Concert Live, Themetraders and charities.
You’ll also have access to great opportunities to kick-start your career through industry-wide competitions like Eventice, which featured winner James Eynon and a Solent finalist in 2013, two finalists in 2014 and a further two finalists in 2015.
Off-site visits include Confex (London), Themetrader’s HQ (London), the Ageas Bowl (Hampshire) and Live Nation at Southampton Guildhall.
PLACEMENTS
The Work-Based Professional Studies unit assessed in year two requires you to have gained a minimum of 210 hours of work experience, either six weeks full-time in the summer or part-time over the course of the first year.
Previous placements have included the 2012 London Olympics; corporate hospitality for the Rugby Football Union and the AEGON tennis championships; the Paris Motor Show; and Hamley’s toy shop.
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