Program Overview

University Award Event Safety Management and Site Design

Course Overview

This university award has been developed as a response to the changing legislation that governs the management of events providing expertise in the key areas of licensing and site design.

As a short course delivered over three days of face to face content with online digital content to support the assessment, this course provides a professional certification in events that can be used as a springboard to demonstrate compliance and to undertake further specialised qualifications at level 6.

Key Course Details

• Location: Ambleside, Lancaster
• Duration: Part-time, 4 weeks
• Start date: September, January, and April

Entry Requirements

• Students applying for this award should be able to demonstrate appropriate industry experience and engagement and be employed or recently employed in a job role that involves events management.
• Students who have studied to level 4 and 5 in events management with appropriate industry experience may also qualify for entry to the programme.
• Applicant experience will be assessed by interview with the Programme Lead.

Course Outline

Course Summary

To ensure contextualisation the programme is designed and delivered by industry experts that advise the government and the industry on how to design and implement safety within the active event space. All assessment is applied in nature allowing you to embed your understanding of legislation, health and safety and site design in a real-world context.

Modules

• Programme specification (PDF)

Assessment, Feedback, and Teaching and Learning methods

• Full details are available in the programme specification.

Timetables

• The teaching timetable should be available from the end of August.
• Access to the timetable is through the Student Hub – you will be able to access the Student Hub after you have completed online registration.
• The teaching day is 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday; please keep your other commitments open until confirmation of your teaching timetable, and bear in mind that many courses will offer placements or fieldwork which sometimes extends into the evenings and weekends.

Student Finance

• We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries, grants and funds available to support you throughout your studies with us.
• This includes the Cumbria Bursary - a non-repayable bursary designed to support first year students with a household income of less than £25,000.

Resources and Facilities

• We place a high degree of emphasis on interactive learning within the Business School and provide a supportive environment in which you can develop academically and personally.
• Events safety management and site design resources are available to students through the Library's One Search service.
• One Search is an easy to use, powerful discovery service that searches the university's journal collections, bibliographic databases and library catalogue from one search box.
• Additional resources will be made available through the university virtual learning environment.

Meet the Staff

• Our academic staff are passionate about their field and have a wealth of real-world experience to back up their knowledge.
• Find out more about your tutors.

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