Business Event Management

Edinburgh Napier University

United Kingdom, Edinburgh

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Edinburgh Napier University

United Kingdom , Edinburgh

Key Facts

Program Level

Master by Course Work

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

Online

Campuses

Online

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines15-Jan-2024

Apply to this program

Go to the official application for the university

Duration 2 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 7,740 / total

Next Intake 15-Jan-2024

Business Event Management

About

Learn the strategies behind running business events.

Overview

Due to global pressures this programme is not available in the academic year 2020/21. If you would like us to get in touch with you regarding delivery of the programme in the future please email [email protected].

Designed so that you can study anywhere during term time, our innovative MSc Business Event Management Online allows you a unique chance to study for a post-graduate Masters degree for this dynamic industry.

If you want to make a career in Business Events (or enhance your current practice if you are already working there) this is a post graduate degree programme suited to you. We ensure that the programme gives you access to management materials, strategic knowledge and experts that are purposeful and appropriate to Business Event Management.

Our unique premium programme heightens your capacity to interface with the multi-faceted components that the business event environment and its clients and suppliers require.

As part of the degree you will apply your practical work experience to ensure the theory, the strategic models and the examples we work with really make sense for your professional future.

Important elements of the programme

Access to national and international knowledge
Association with national and international organisations
Applied understanding through industry speakers
At the leading university in Scotland for MSc Business Event Management

Business Event Management allows you a unique chance to study for a post-graduate Masters degree for a consistently dynamic and lucrative industry

This programme aims to develop both your interest and knowledge of the business events industry, and encourage reflective and dynamic understanding. You will study modules that specifically focus on elements of business events management, such as business skills for event managers and sustainable conference management alongside more generic but related management modules - such as tourism marketing and experience design. The research methods and dissertation module harness and develop your research capacity.

Lead Academics

Dr. Jane Ali-Knight is a Professor in Festival and Event Management and a Visiting Research Professor at Curtin University, Perth. She is currently leading and developing the festival and event subject group as well as lecturing at Universities internationally and facilitating training and development in the field. Her core activities fall into three main areas: event and festival related programmes; research and publications and conferences and professional events. She is currently a board member of BAFA (British Arts and Festivals Association), Without Walls, Vice Chair of Women in Tourism and is a Fellow of the HEA and Royal Society of the Arts.

Dr Martin Robertson's career in academia followed his professional development and managerial experiences within the areas of conference organisation, tourism, travel and economic development (private and public sector). He has maintained his contact with the industry environment through Business Events and Conference Management and through Art Festival logistics and also through event resilience and leadership research. This drives his continued desire for a learning, and teaching experience - alongside subject related research, that is professionally and socially useful.

Martin's concern for teaching and learning application and excellence has been successfully applied in his roles over the last 20 years as an academic. Most of those years have been spent in leading roles for degree programmes, both as a faculty wide Director (3 years) and for 15 years as Programme leader (PL). Currently he is PL for MSc Business Event Management.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements

Postgraduate

Students will be eligible to apply if they have gained a Bachelor degree with C+, GPA of 2.5/4.0 or Good or better

Career

In recent years, students have come to our MSc courses with degrees from many different disciplines, and have gone on to build careers in a range of industries in the public, private and voluntary/not-for-profit sectors.

Fee Information

Tuition Fee

GBP 7,740

How to Apply

How to use the online application form

Here’s some key information about the application form to keep in mind while you're completing it:

You don't need to complete your application in one session - you can save it and return to it later. You'll get an email with a link to continue your application
When you've completed a page, click on the proceed button at the base of the form
If you need to return to a previous page, click on the save button first
If you need to exit at any point, save your progress by clicking on the save button
Save your progress regularly, as the form will time out if there has been no activity on the page for four hours. You'll then be asked to re-enter your log in details to continue with your application
Refer to the help text at each section of the application if you need guidance about a particular section of the process.

What to expect

We will typically be in touch within five days of your application submission. Here's what will happen once you have submitted your application:

1. Application review

When we receive your application we will:

Check your qualifications against the minimum entry criteria
Check your references, once they've been submitted
Review your personal statement
Check your evidence of English language proficiency, if applicable.

If you want to find out what we'll be looking for in your personal statement, find out here.

2. Extra information

For some courses, you need to provide examples of your work or attend an interview. If this is the case, we’ll get in touch to arrange this with you. You can find out if this applies to your course on the course page on our website.

3. Application outcome

We’ll let you know the outcome of your application by email. There are three possible outcomes:

Unconditional (meaning we don't need anything else from you)
Conditional (meaning you'll need to provide us with some more information)
Unsuccessful.

4. Your response

You can accept your offer by emailing [email protected]. If your offer is conditional and you need to submit any extra information, like your degree certificate or a reference, you should do this as soon as possible.

Interviews and Portfolios

Some of our postgraduate courses require you to attend an interview, or submit extra information or examples of your work. If this is the case, someone will be in touch to arrange this with you. You can find out if this applies to your course on the relevant course page on the website.

Here are some of examples of courses which require an interview:

MSc Creative Advertising
MSc Applied Criminology and Forensic Psychology
MSc Data Science

Interview formats will vary by course, and can range from group interviews and discussions to a quick chat one-on-one with your programme leader. You will be given this information by email.

Here are some examples of courses which require a portfolio or additional work:

MA Creative Writing
MA Motion Graphics
MFA Advanced Film Practice

What you are asked to present and in what format will vary by course. You might be asked to submit your work digitally, or in some cases you will be asked to bring a portfolio with you to an interview. You will be given this information by email.