BA (Hons) Business and Management (Festivals and Events) at Bath Spa University

An innovative Business and Management course offering a specialism in festivals and events.

• Explore the world of business with a focus on creating and hosting festivals and events.
• Choose either a ten-month or ten-week work placement and apply what you’ve learned in the real world.
• Join our community of close-knit students and supportive and experienced academic staff.

Events Manager in the making? Want to launch the next top music festival? Whatever your aspirations, our Business and Management (Festivals and Events) course will give you a good grounding in the theory and practice behind the best festivals and events.

Along the way, you’ll develop the core skills you need to excel in all kinds of businesses and start to build a clear picture of exactly where those skills could take you.

We capitalise on our enviable location in the World Heritage City of Bath, the heartland of cultural festivals and events, close to both Glastonbury and Bristol.

Overview

We’ll help you develop as a person to achieve your potential through teaching you about festivals and events and how they work. You’ll graduate with potential for employment in different businesses; this could be an organisation, the private or public sector, a charity or possibly your own business. We aim to give you the skills to apply your knowledge in a wide range of situations in any sector.

Following our festivals and events pathway, you’ll develop specialist skills. As the course progresses you’ll have the opportunity to set up your own festival or event.

You can also bring in modules from areas outside the festivals and events pathway if you want to explore issues around a particular ‘theme’, such as sustainability or global affairs.

Opportunities

Work placements, industry links and internships

In addition to the business community projects, you’ll have fantastic opportunities to work closely with business and industry through placements, projects and internships.

Careers

Employers such as Logica, NHS, Liberty, Ocado, IBM, Marks and Spencer, American Express, Sky and Numatic International have recruited graduates from this course. Students have also gone into roles including Business Analyst, IT Services Analyst, Project Officer, Business Development Manager, Account Executive and Brand Planner.

Recent Business and Management graduates have gone into the following roles: Sales Campaign Manager, Social Media Marketing Manager, Stock Purchaser, Financial Planner, Product Development Advisor, Supply Analyst, Data Analyst, Marketing Executive, Strategist, Operations Manager, Marketing Analyst, Management Analyst, Social Media Content Creator, SEO Consultant, Marketing Executive, Merchandiser, Specialist Recruitment Consultant, Retail Systems Manager, Client Services Manager, Media Editor, Human Resources Officer and Catering and Events Manager.