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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
High Wycombe Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
4 Year
Are you interested in discovering and learning what it takes to put on a live music event? From large scale festivals and arena gigs to conferences, grass roots venues and concert halls, our Music and Live Events Management programme will show you the ins and outs of the business and prepare you for it all. Taught by established industry professionals and experienced academics, you’ll discover the roles and responsibilities associated with the management and operation of every aspect of the live music event industry and the economics, logistics and information flow that sustain it. With no two days the same in an events role, a Music and Live Events Management degree can give you the skills and experience to handle whatever comes your way.In the Foundation Year of this four-year course, you’ll build essential academic study skills. This year will help you gain confidence in your abilities. You’ll also identify your strengths and areas for development. Together, these will prepare you for progression to the undergraduate degree.After your Foundation Year, this course has a shared first year across multiple specialisms. After your first year, if you want to study a different specialism you can choose to change between: BA (Hons) Events Management and BA (Hons) Music and Live Events Management.
Why study at Buckinghamshire New University?Our programme is delivered by established industry professionals with diverse backgrounds within the industry. Your teaching team includes a Mercury Music Prize winner, an award winning concert promoter, former record company executives, touring musicians, and digital & brand partnership specialists. As well as this you’ll benefit from guest lectures and workshops from visiting industry associates, which can introduce you to new and emerging issues across the sector.Our course combines theory and practical work, covering all the fundamental principles of event management, setting you up perfectly to enter this industry. You’ll learn key business skills such as PR and risk assessment as well as work on the real-life, real-time production of small, medium and large-scale events. From the beginning of your studies, you’ll collaborate with fellow students on other programmes, such as music or film courses, to bring events together.
What will I studyIn the first year, you’ll learn about the basic structures of the various types of events, such as conferences, exhibitions, festivals, sport events and the entertainment and experience industry as whole; details of how events are planned and organised professionally and about marketing and promotion of various types of events. You’ll also study core management skills, the art of public relation (PR) and risk assessment knowledge.In second year, you’ll work on producing real events, and translating business ideas into practice. This year will foster and develop communication and interpersonal skills, and problem-solving in real time, pressurised situations. Your final year will be focused on an individual project, supported by modules that look at the strategic and long-term thinking that informs the industry. All our music degrees at Buckinghamshire New University come with membership of UK Music’s Music Academic Partnership (MAP), a ground-breaking collaboration between educational institutions and UK Music, and is designed to maximise the relationship between the industry and educational institutions in order to inform the next generation of industry professionals.
This module is an introduction to events planning. The basic business structures of events and a thorough knowledge of venue selection and the differences on offer within the event industry will be discussed. This module aims to foster an in-depth understanding of the process, planning, budgeting, staging and evaluation of various types of events.
You'll be taught how to examine the range and role of music & entertainment organisations responsible for the management and administration of the industry, and key issues they currently face. You'll look at artist management, record & publishing companies, copyright & collection societies, retail, streaming, broadcast, social media and DIY culture.
You'll be introduced to the principles of marketing theory in the context of the event & entertainment industries & explore links between identifying event attendees’ needs & wants and event marketing. You'll study how these principles can offer an understanding of the market, including how marketing impacts fans, events and other facilitators.
This module looks at branding and the creation of identity across multiple platforms, both on and offline, with a focus on managing a personal brand in the context of the mainstream and independent music and entertainment industries. You'll also be introduced to fundamental principles of management, both self and in the context of organisations.
This module aims to encourage strategic thought in contemporary music & events. You'll study strategic management and international issues faced from the globalisation of the industry. You'll have the chance to reflect on moral dilemmas in the music & event sector and develop your philosophical appreciation of the role of music & events in society.
You'll examine a range of issues, trends and problems facing today’s music, events and entertainment industries. Lectures will be given by a different member of the teaching team or a guest lecturer each week, introducing you to a wide variety of topics and different teaching styles and to areas of the industry outside your particular area.
The module aims to give you the knowledge to become self-employed in the music/events/entertainment industries. You'll study concepts and techniques relevant to content-driven businesses, such as marketing, promotion and potential income streams, to evaluate the success of contemporary small business practices. You'll also consider approaches to constructing and presenting a business proposal. There will be opportunities to engage in collaborative client-based live briefs.
You'll study social and cultural theory in the context of the music & event industries and explore the links between audiences, media & industry in a societal context. You'll study how social & cultural theory gives a unique perspective on the relationship between fans, industry and media and look at theories of fandom, subcultures & audiences.
You'll study the processes required for planning, managing and co-ordinating all aspects of staging a live event at a professional level. The finished event will be reviewed and evaluated in the context of the initial aims and objectives as well as design and creation of the event’s experience using a range of business and management theories.
The aim of the module is to provide you with an introduction to research methods and the skills necessary for planning and conducting research and enquiry within their field of study, discipline or professional contexts.
This module will give you a thorough understanding of the fundamental topics needed to manage projects within a complex and ever-changing environment. You’ll develop a deeper understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management and gain the essential skills necessary to plan, monitor, control and deliver successful projects.
You'll investigate, analyse and critically evaluate a range of social issues related to the production and consumption of music from a criminological, sociological, and cultural theoretic perspective. This module is updated each academic year so that present social issues affecting music are included.
You'll study digital marketing management in the context of the music, event & entertainment industries. You'll look at current and future challenges presented by new & emerging technologies as they apply to marketing management, and consider how to apply an integrated marketing approach to promotion in the music, event & entertainment industries.
Foundation Year
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