Advice

It’s a good time to be looking for a job in the events industry. Budgets are rising as increased emphasis is placed on including event strategies as part of overall marketing plans and, as a result, attractive salaries are on offer.

 

According to this year’s annual Event salary survey undertaken with recruitment specialist ESP, most types of event activity are also on the rise, giving job seekers more choice. Conferences and exhibition activity remain the most common types of event work, but incentive travel appears to be working harder to appeal in an age of environmental concerns and party planners are finding themselves in a league of their own.

 

If you already work in the events industry, there’s a high probability that you are handling event planning budgets in excess of £1m and if you’re one of an increasing number of students enrolled on any of the 56 event management courses across the country then you can look forward to entering a robust and exciting industry.

 

The current list of courses reads:

B

University of Bedfordshire www.beds.ac.uk

Birmingham College of Food, Tourism & Creative Studies (college accredited by the University of Birmingham) www.bcftcs.ac.uk

Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln (was Bishop  Grosseteste College) www.bishopg.ac.uk

Bournemouth University www.bournemouth.ac.uk

The Arts Institute at Bournemouth www.aib.ac.uk

Bradford College (an associate college of Leeds Metropolitan University) www.bradfordcollege.ac.uk

University of Brighton www.brighton.ac.uk

Bucks New University  (was Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College) www.bucks.ac.uk

 

C

Canterbury Christ Church University www.canterbury.ac.uk

University of Wales Institute Cardiff www.uwic.ac.uk

University of Central Lancashire www.uclan.ac.uk

University of Chester www.chester.ac.uk

Chesterfield College www.chesterfield.ac.uk

City University, London www.city.ac.uk

City College Manchester www.ccm.ac.uk

Cornwall College www.cornwall.ac.uk

University of Cumbria www.cumbria.ac.uk

 

D

University of Derby www.derby.ac.uk

E

University of East London www.uel.ac.uk

G

University of Glamorgan www.glam.ac.uk

Glasgow Caledonian University www.gcal.ac.uk

The University of Gloucestershire www.glos.ac.uk

University of Greenwich www.gre.ac.uk

Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education www.grimsby.ac.uk

H

The University of Huddersfield www.hud.ac.uk

L

Leeds Metropolitan University www.leedsmet.ac.uk

Liverpool John Moores University www.ljmu.ac.uk

Coleg Llandrillo Cymru www.llandrillo.ac.uk

London Metropolitan University www.londonmet.ac.uk

Loughborough College www.loucoll.ac.uk

M

The University of Manchester www.manchester.ac.uk

Manchester Metropolitan University www.mmu.ac.uk

N

Napier University, Edinburgh www.napier.ac.uk

Newcastle College www.ncl-coll.ac.uk

New College Nottingham www.ncn.ac.uk

University of Northampton www.northampton.ac.uk

Northbrook College Sussex www.northbrook.ac.uk

City College Norwich (an associate college of UEA) www.ccn.ac.uk

University of the West of Scotland (formerly the University of Paisley) www.uws.ac.uk

P

University of Plymouth www.plymouth.ac.uk

Q

Queen Margaret University,  Edinburgh www.qmu.ac.uk

R

Rose Bruford College, Sidcup www.bruford.ac.uk

S

Sheffield Hallam University www.shu.ac.uk

The Sheffield College www.sheffcol.ac.uk

Southampton Solent University www.solent.ac.uk

South Devon College www.southdevon.ac.uk

Staffordshire University www.staffs.ac.uk

University Campus Suffolk www.ucs.ac.uk

University of Sunderland www.sunderland.ac.uk

T

University of Teesside www.tees.ac.uk

Thames Valley University www.tvu.ac.uk

U

University of the Arts London www.arts.ac.uk

W

Warwickshire College, Royal Leamington Spa, Rugby and Moreton Morrell www.warkscol.ac.uk

University of Wolverhampton www.wlv.ac.uk

University of Winchester www.winchester.ac.uk

Writtle College www.writtle.ac.uk

 

Source: UCAS Course Search 2008

 

A range of trade associations can offer sector- and material-specific careers advice for people wanting to progress in the events industry. These include: