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BSc (Hons) in Live Event Technology drafted

Solent University
Southampton , United Kingdom
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Tuition Fee
USD 18,600
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Start Date
Not Available
Medium of studying
On campus
Duration
36 months
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Bachelors
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Poultry Farming | Architecture | Building Design | Real Estate | Water Technology and Engineering
Area of study
Information and Communication Technologies | Engineering
Education type
On campus
Timing
Full time
Course Language
English
Tuition Fee
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USD 18,600
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Program start dateApplication deadline
2023-04-16-
2023-09-192023-07-08
2024-01-09-
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Why study a live event technology degree at Solent University

If you want an exciting career in the entertainment industry as a skilled technician this is for you. You could engineer and manage audio, lighting, or broadcast systems to bring events to life.

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    investment in our campus and industry-standard facilities

  • Strong links to the industry, including the BBC, Sky and SMPTE, and we are the official university partner for both Southampton Football Club and Glastonbury music festival.
  • Huge range of professional-grade facilities and technology. Outside broadcast vehicle, motion tracked multi-camera TV studio, music recording studio with Avid S6 control surface; 5.1 audio dubbing theatres, spatial audio, and VR lab.
  • Our relationship with companies often extends to year-long placements within industry leading facilities. These include Dolby Laboratories Inc., Focusrite, IABM, NEP, Evertz, Sky, Anna Valley, Christie Digital, IMG Studios and more.
  • Solent is an Adobe Creative Campus. Meaning all students have free access to Adobe Creative Cloud, which contains the full suite of Adobe professional software, including Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, Premier Pro, and more.

    • This video ' Why study BSc (Hons) Live Event Technology ' is available as a

    text transcript, with a description of visuals.

    The live events industry has seen a surge of technology advances in the last 10 years, blurring the lines between live music performances, corporate events, and other mixed-media live experiences. This exciting, hands-on degree supports you to develop the skills for a career in the technical side of events, where there is a growing skills gap of skilled engineers and technicians pushing the boundaries of technology.

    Throughout your studies you will have the chance to build specialist skills with practical learning opportunities in our state-of-the-art facilities, from our Dolby Atmos Cinema to our HD outside broadcast vehicle. The degree will help you develop a high level of working knowledge, leaving you fully equipped to install, operate and customise audio, video and lighting systems and pursue a range of careers in the music, broadcasting, and live events industry. This gives you first-hand experience of the time and quality pressures associated with outside broadcasting and live events.

    The course has a strong focus on helping you improve your employability. Past students have been given regular work experience opportunities at live music and sporting events, including some of the UK’s biggest music festivals, such as Glastonbury, Boardmasters, Camp Bestival, NASS, and Isle of Wight Festival.

    Solent's Live Event Technology degree was developed to encompass all elements of the events industry, with music as a big focus, but also coverage of the growing use of specialist lighting, visual technologies, and systems such as Virtual Production. As a degree embedded within the media technology team at Solent, Live Event Technology not only gives you the opportunity to experience a broad range of technologies and experiences, but also access to an excellent career built through our industry links and reputation.

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