BSC (HONOURS) Events Management (1 year top-up) at Sheffield Hallam University

• Top-up your existing degree to honours level.
• Learn the specific skills needed to create memorable event experiences, both physically and virtually, demonstrating business value for employers and clients.
• Study the essential aspects of planning and delivering safe and effective events, from delivering persuasive pitches to delivering the event itself.
• Specialise in the area of your choice.

In a fast-growing industry, take on the challenge of delivering memorable events with the support of experiences tutors.

You develop your skills through a combination of seminars and workshops, by attending lectures and by completing projects. International and national field trips, site visits and work with external organisations enhance your engagement and understanding of the complexities and challenges of operating in the international events industry.

Other methods used include

• live events
• guest speakers
• problem solving exercises
• case studies
• individual and group presentations
• directed learning activities

Live projects

Activity-based learning is used throughout the course to develop key skills, culminating in the final year where you will design, plan, market and deliver an event, either for a local charity or a business client, using all of the skills, knowledge and experience gained throughout the course.

Throughout the course, our links with local and national event organisers mean that you will be able to undertake work experience in a variety of event sectors. Previous work experience has been offered from the Glastonbury Festival, Welcome to Yorkshire, O2 Academy Sheffield, Tramlines Festival, The Great North Run, Cancer Research UK and Sheffield United.

Networking opportunities

Our links with industry mean you will be able to engage with a wide range of guest speakers from across the events industry. Previous guest speakers have included Martin Green of the London 2012 organising committee (LOCOG), Simon Graveling of Athens 2004, London 2012 and Sochi 2014, David Jamilly of Theme Traders, and Jon Hughes from KPMG.

Future careers

The events industry currently employs 530,000 people, is growing each year, and is expected to be worth £48.8bn by 2020 (BVEP,2015).

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• the 2012 and 2016 Olympics Games
• Banks Sadler
• Welcome to Yorkshire
• Hilton Hotels
• TRO
• Because Experiential Marketing
• Vodafone
• Olympia London