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:

 

Leeds Metropolitan University

 

Course title(s):

 

PG Dip/MA Responsible Events

PG Dip/MSc International Festivals Management

PG Cert/PG Dip/MSc International Events Management

PG Cert/PG Dip/MSc Events Management – Distance Learning

 

 

Ventura Training

 

Course Title: NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Event Management

 

 

 

Napier University Business School

 

Course Title: Executive Certificate in Event Management

 

 

 

 

B

University of Bedfordshire

Birmingham College of Food, Tourism & Creative Studies (college accredited by the University of Birmingham)

Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln (was Bishop  Grosseteste College)

Bournemouth University

The Arts Institute at Bournemouth

Bradford College (an associate college of Leeds Metropolitan University)

University of Brighton

Bucks New University  (was Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College)

 

C

Canterbury Christ Church University

University of Wales Institute Cardiff

University of Central Lancashire

University of Chester

Chesterfield College

City University, London

City College Manchester

Cornwall College

University of Cumbria

 

D

University of Derby

E

University of East London

G

University of Glamorgan

Glasgow Caledonian University

The University of Gloucestershire

University of Greenwich

Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education

H

The University of Huddersfield

L

Leeds Metropolitan University

Liverpool John Moores University

Coleg Llandrillo Cymru

London Metropolitan University

Loughborough College

M

The University of Manchester

Manchester Metropolitan University

N

Napier University, Edinburgh

Newcastle College

New College Nottingham

University of Northampton

Northbrook College Sussex

City College Norwich (an associate college of UEA)

University of the West of Scotland (formerly the University of Paisley)

P

University of Plymouth

Q

Queen Margaret University,  Edinburgh

R

Rose Bruford College, Sidcup

S

Sheffield Hallam University

The Sheffield College

Southampton Solent University

South Devon College

Staffordshire University

University Campus Suffolk

University of Sunderland

T

University of Teesside

Thames Valley University

U

University of the Arts London

W

Warwickshire College, Royal Leamington Spa, Rugby and Moreton Morrell

University of Wolverhampton

University of Winchester

Writtle College

 

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: