Course Summary

**Course Overview** - 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, Leisure, Recreation and Tourism at the University are ranked in the UK's top 20 - Complete University Guide 2020. **Further Information** - 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.

Course Details - Modules

Year 1: Contemporary, Tourism, Hospitality and Events Themes in Action, Study Skills for Success in Tourism, Hospitality and Events (T.H.E), Service Excellence in the Tourism, Hospitality and Events Visitor Economy, Professionalism and Management in Tourism, Hospitality and Events (T.H.E) Year 2: Core modules: Principles, Planning and Practice of Events, Exploring Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management, Developing Professionals in Tourism, Hospitality and Events Year 3: Core modules: Events in Action, Arts, Cultural and Heritage Events, Marketing for Events; Theory and Practice, Tourism, Hospitality and Events Employability and Talent Management, Applied Research and Service Quality in Tourism, Hospitality and Events. Suggested options: Language, International Corporate Hospitality and Business Events, International Visit, International Issues in Hospitality, The Tourist: Behaviour and Culture, Managing Sporting Events, Learning from Work, Wellness Tourism and Hospitality - Markets, People and Place In this year an option for many students that provides opportunities for students to gain experience in the UK and internationally. Year 4/5: Core Modules: The Future of the Events Industry, Festivals in Society and Culture, Managing for Strategic Success in Tourism, Hospitality and Events, Management Development in Tourism, Hospitality and Events, Research Strand: (choose one of four) Single Research Project, Dissertation, Consultancy Project for Tourism, Hospitality and Events, Enterprise for Tourism, Hospitality and Events. Option Modules: (choose one) Managing Quality in Service Organisations, Contemporary Issues in Food & Drink, Dark Tourism: Managing Difficult Heritage, Sport Tourism Management, TH&E Experiential Learning, International Fieldwork

Course Details – Assessment Method

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Course Details – Professional Bodies

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How to Apply

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application Codes

Course code: N758

Institution code: C30

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Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Foundation

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

International applicants

Standard Qualification Requirements

64 UCAS points at A2

P (D or E)

64 UCAS points

64 UCAS points

64 UCAS points

64 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects


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Minimum Qualification Requirements

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English language requirements

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IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with no component score less than 5.5 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date)
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Unistats information

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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 0%

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Fees and funding

England 6000.0 Year 1
Northern Ireland 6000.0 Year 1
Scotland 6000.0 Year 1
Wales 6000.0 Year 1
Channel Islands 6000.0 Year 1

Additional Fee Information

Please note fees for the foundation year will be £6,000, and then £9,250 per year for the remainder of the course. *subject only to annual increase in line with UK Retail Price Index inflation rate

Provider information

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Preston
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