BA (Hons) Events Management

All students are registered for the award of BA (Hons). However, exit awards are available if you leave the course early, having successfully completed one or two levels. If you successfully complete a level of the course, you'll automatically be entitled to progress to the next level.

For the award of a Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE), you must have achieved a minimum of 120 credits at Level 4. This qualification may be awarded if you leave the University following successful completion of the first year of your course.

For the award of a Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE), you must have achieved a minimum of 240 credits of which a minimum of 120 must be at Level 5. This qualification may be awarded if you leave the University following successful completion of the second year of your course.

For the award of a BA (Hons) you must have achieved a minimum of 360 credits of which a minimum of 240 must be at Level 5 or above, of which a minimum of 120 credits must be at Level 6. This qualification will be awarded upon successful completion of your course.

A BA without Honours may be awarded if you've achieved 300 credits, at least 180 of which are at Level 5 or above, and at least 60 of which are at Level 6.

In consultation with the Course Leader, staff are responsible for co-ordinating individual units of study, and for selecting appropriate methods of delivery, according to subject matter and student experience. The methods employed introduce you to the disciplines required of a creative practitioner and promote the development of transferable skills.

The study time allocated to each unit in the course incorporates a balance of formal teaching, tutorial support and independent learning. The course is structured progressively to provide increased opportunities for independent learning as you reach the later stages of the course.

Teaching is directed at supporting individual engagement in learning and there will be opportunities for you to work in teams to enable you to learn the value of peer co- operation.

Lectures, seminars and tutorials are by team members, as appropriate, in the creative environment of the Events Management course spaces.

A Learning Compass has been developed from the course aims. The Compass follows 4 major themes:

Create, Collaborate, Produce and Progress

The themes are linked by a series of statements taken from the course aims. It's intended that the compass will allow you to navigate your way through the course and onto your chosen career paths. This will allow you to easily interpret the aims of the course and their relationship to learning.

The progressive promotion of independent learning reflects your anticipated maturity as a student and allows you to direct your learning towards individual goals. The teaching in Level 4 is directed at providing you with the knowledge, concepts and skills to take increasing responsibility for the management of your own learning.

For every unit of your course, we'll inform you of what you are expected to learn, what you have to submit, how your work will be assessed, and the deadline for presenting your work for assessment. This is made available through Unit Information, which is on your course blog.

You'll receive a final mark for each unit in the form of a percentage, which will be recorded on your formal record of achievement (transcript). Each component of assessment is graded using a notched marking scale, whereby only certain marks are used within each grade. The only marks available within any ten-point band are *2, *5 and *8 (e.g. 62, 65, 68). These marks correspond to a low, mid, and high level of achievement within each grade band.

The University has agreed that, during 2019/20, it will run a pilot project. This will mean that on some courses, one unit at Level 4 will be assessed on a Pass / Fail basis only, with written feedback but no numerical grade. If your course has been selected for the pilot, your Course Leader will tell you this, and the details will be clearly expressed on the Unit Information Sheet.

All learning outcomes must be passed to successfully complete the unit.

On successful completion of your Honours degree course, you'll be awarded a degree classification based on your unit marks. The final classification is determined using all unit marks at Levels 5 and 6 using two different algorithms, which are detailed in the HE Student Regulations. If the two algorithms produce different results, you'll be awarded the higher class of degree.

If you've joined Level 6 through either the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) route or having completed a Foundation Degree (FdA), the final classification is determined using only your unit marks at Level 6.

For further information on assessment, progression, awards and classifications, please visit viewpoint.aub.ac.uk.

Many of our Graduates have gone to do incredible things, such as running festivals like Wilderness, Secret Garden Party, Bestival, Boomtown and The End Of The Road Festival, working at venues like London’s Roundhouse and working for companies like Spotify and ITV.

Our students can be found in all parts of today’s creative industries. Here are just a few:

• Production Manager at Boomtown Fair and Co-founder of Shangri-la, Glastonbury
• Head of Operations at Designwerk
• Global People and Development Manager at Moving Brands
• Managing Director at Port Eliot Festival
• Head of Event Production at Somerset House
• Marketing Executive at BH Live
• Director at MRC Presents
• Head of Visitor Events at Natural History Museum
• Marketing Manager at Spotify
• Project Manager at ITV Experiences
• Production Manager and Music Booker at Secret Garden Party
• Operations Manager at Royal Horticultural Society
• Programming and Producing Trainee at Sheffield Theatres
• Senior Event Manager The Royal Parks
• Senior Events Officer, Arts and Events at Bristol City Council
• Music Programme Co-ordinator at Boomtown Fair
• Owner, Founder, Director, Jimmy’s Iced Coffee/Entrepreneur
• Events Operations Manager at Tate
• Head of Programme at Coventry City of Culture
• Events Manager at the Bovington Tank Museum
• Production Director for Swans Events