International Events Management MSc

**Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.**<br/><br/>**Course summary:**<br/>- Understand how strategic decisions involve multiple business areas at once.<br/><br/><br/>- Solve complex problems through innovative, analytical and critical thinking.<br/><br/><br/>- The focus of the course is on the strategic role events play in modern society, and how they contribute to organisational and community objectives. Recent developments in event strategy are at the core of the course, based on the research of our 25-strong academic research team. You learn to understand how strategic decisions involve multiple business areas at once and how to solve complex problems through innovative, analytical and critical thinking.<br/><br/><br/>**How you learn:**<br/>All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.<br/><br/>Sheffield Hallam is one of the top providers of events courses in the UK. As a founder member of the Association of Event Management Educators (AEME), we are involved in establishing academic benchmarks in events education. This course has an innovative format based on a new learning and assessment strategy that puts you at its centre.<br/><br/>You learn through:<br/><br/><br/>- experiential workshops<br/><br/><br/>- seminars<br/><br/><br/>- tutorials<br/><br/><br/>- site visits<br/><br/><br/>**Applied learning - Work placements**<br/>You choose an optional module and complete a work-based learning module focusing on the event sector of your interest. You are supported by our teaching team, who have a variety of professional backgrounds.<br/><br/>The placement option (September starts only) offers you an additional opportunity to develop your practical skills, either in the UK or abroad. We help you gain a 6-12-month placement by running employability workshops and have a dedicated placement team to support you. Placement opportunities exist in organisations such as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Martins Food Ltd, Gleneagles Hotel and Resort, Wanlin Dance School, the World Duty Free Group.<br/><br/>**Live projects**<br/>Every year there are 300 large events taking place in Yorkshire such as sports, cultural, festivals, arts and more. We have established a solid relationship with their organisers so that you have the chance to work, volunteer or just look behind the scenes at most of these events.<br/><br/>Our students were recently involved in events such as the Grand Depart for the Tour De France, the Childrens Media Conference, Sheffield Doc/Fest and Sheffields Chinese New Year celebrations.<br/><br/>**Networking opportunities**<br/>We maintain strong links with the event community and we are the founders of the Events Hub, an informal and friendly community where practitioners can come together to share experiences and ideas and to learn from others.