Festival and event management is a people-intensive sector. Our Joint Honours course combines a sound knowledge of the dynamic field of festival and event management with HRM to give you people management and motivational skills that can give your career a real boost. You’ll benefit from studying in the heart of a city rich in culture and creative industries. Events, tourism and hospitality businesses flourish here so you’ll have plenty of opportunities to gain industry experience and make contacts via an optional industry placement or live project and part-time work. You’ll also have the opportunity to study abroad through our international exchange links and you may study a European language, which will prepare you for working in an international environment. You'll develop practical event management skills as well as a broad range of management techniques that can be applied to other industries. You'll gain transferable skills in research, academic writing, communication and interpersonal relations, presentation and time management.

This course offers excellent preparation for careers to management level in public, private and charity sectors, such as: human resources management international festival and event management festival and event marketing festival and event development