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    International Festival & Event Management

    Edinburgh Napier University

    Edinburgh Napier University

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    United Kingdom, Edinburgh

    University RankQS Ranking
    810

    Key Facts

    Program Level

    Master by Course Work

    Study Type

    Full Time , Part Time

    Delivery

    On Campus

    Campuses

    Main Site

    Program Language

    English

    Start & Deadlines

    Next Intake DeadlinesJanuary-2024
    Apply to this program

    Go to the official application for the university

    Duration 1 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    GBP 17,090  / year
    Next Intake January-2024

    International Festival & Event Management

    About

    Develop practical skills in international festival and event management on our leading course, whilst in the worlds leading festival city.
    Overview

    Edinburgh is the most famous festival city in the world with more than 70 years' history of arts and cultural festivals. Visitors from all over the globe travel to this tourism-friendly capital city every year to experience its renowned arts and cultural festivals alongside its thriving portfolio of entertainment, business, and sporting events, making it a great place to study international festival and event management.

    This Masters degree will equip you with the knowledge you need to successfully plan, coordinate and manage international festivals and events, and to devise policies and strategies for the festival and event industry.

    Due to extremely high demand for our programmes starting in September 2022, we are no longer accepting applications from international applicants for this programme. We're sorry that you won't be able to join us in September.

    Gain the vital knowledge and practical skills to develop a career in international festivals and events in one of the world's famous festival cities.
    You'll develop skills such as formulating policy and planning for the future, as well as developing your softer skills in the likes of time management, project management, and formal presentations.

    You'll also develop business and marketing skills that relate specifically to the design, management and evaluation of large and small-scale events and festivals with an international focus.

    Through lectures, guest speakers and case studies, you'll develop an advanced understanding of the contemporary issues and key concepts involved in the international festival and event industry.

    With our close connections within Edinburgh's festivals community, and the large number of tourist ventures and operations in or near the city and further afield, you'll have plenty of options for part-time work and opportunities for employment after graduation.

    If starting in January you may have the opportunity to gain some of your own work experience by gaining employment within the sector during Edinburgh's summer festivals, for example the Festival Fringe, International Festival, or Jazz and Blues Festival.

    Modules
    • Festival and Event Management
    • Business Skills for Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management
    • Experience Design and Management for Tourism, Hospitality and Events
    • Contemporary Issues in Festivals and Events
    • Two option modules
    • Research Methods
    • Dissertation

    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 Ivana Rihova, FHEA, is a Lecturer and the Programme Leader for the MSc International Festival and Event Management. Having held a number of customer-facing roles in the tourism and hospitality industry in Europe and the United States, Ivana gained her MSc in International Tourism Management at Edinburgh Napier University in 2008. Her PhD, completed in January 2014 (John Kent Institute in Tourism, Bournemouth University), explored the notion of customer-to-customer value co-creation at festivals. Approached from the perspective of the Customer-Dominant logic in marketing, the research incorporated concepts from service marketing research and practice theory to unpack the processes at work when festival customers co-create value with each other.

    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.

    Dr Louise Todd is a Lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Royal Society of Arts and Royal Anthropological Institute. Louise's research interests lie in tourism, cultural events, art, experience design, visual culture and marketing communications. She has published her research in journal articles, book chapters and presented at international conferences.

    Louise has experience in designing and delivering research dissemination and public engagement events and activities on a national and international basis. In August 2017, she was invited to present key aspects of her research into the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and its stakeholders as a public performance during the Fringe. She has also been involved in the design and development of Knowledge Exchange and CPD activities, including an externally funded Executive Programme she co-delivered in Singapore to members of the Tourism industry. The content of this was informed by her co-authored published research.

    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

    • Festival and Event management
    • Arts and cultural management
    • Performance and theatre production
    • Event design and programming
    • Festival logistics coordinator
    • Music festival director
    • Event marketing and sponsorship management
    • Conference and corporate events management
    • Charity fundraising and event management

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee

    GBP 17,090 

    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 pgadmissions@napier.ac.uk. 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.

    If you're an international student...

    If you're not in the country, Skype interviews can often be arranged by email after you have received your invitation. 

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