Course Overview

Fancy learning about the important role events have in society and the skills required to plan and stage events to run like clockwork? Then UWSs BA Events management program is designed to take your knowledge and skills to the next level. Youll learn about managing projects, budgets and risk management, and other operational skills needed to stage events and will develop your understanding of the important role that events have in communities at a local national, and international level. You will learn ways that events can be managed to achieve sustainability goals and have a positive impact on society. With close industry partnerships and regular guest lectures from events professionals, the content delivered on this program aims to provide you with insight and experience of best practice across a range of events sectors, including business events, conferences, sports, music, and a range of community festivals.

General Eligibility

Our Minimum Entry Requirements are applicable to those applicants who have not had an equal opportunity to demonstrate their academic ability at school or college and are known as ‘widening access’ applicants. We also sometimes refer to this type of applicant as receiving a ‘contextual’ offer. We may be able to provide you with a contextual offer if you fall into one of the categories below:

• You have been in care (care-experienced/care-leaver)

• You are a young carer

• government-recognizedecognised asylum or refugee status

• You are estranged from your family or guardians

• You live in a SIMD decile 1-4 (SIMD20/40)* Scottish postcode area

Part Time Work Details

20 hours per week.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.0 with no skill below 5.5.