BA in Event Planning and Management
Course Overview
The BA in Event Planning and Management at LSCAHM is a UK Level 6 honours degree delivered over three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes. The programme treats live events as a professional discipline that fuses creative direction, operational logistics, supplier negotiation and audience psychology, and is aligned with UK Association of Event Organisers and Institute of Travel and Tourism practice.
By graduation, students are running end-to-end event briefs from concept and budget through to on-site delivery and post-event reporting, having completed a placement year with a London or UK event operator, hotel group, conference venue or destination management company.
Key Features
- Three-year honours degree with a structured placement year in year two
- Curriculum aligned with Association of Event Organisers and Meeting Professionals International (MPI) UK guidance
- Live event briefs produced with London venues, hotel groups and corporate sponsors
- Weekly seminars on production planning, health and safety, and licensing
- Careers introductions to Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality event networks
- Final-year capstone dissertation or agency-brief consulting project
What You Will Learn
- Design event concepts, run sheets and delegate journeys for varied audiences
- Build production schedules, load-in plans and supplier contracts
- Manage budgets, cash flow and post-event reconciliation for six-figure events
- Apply UK health, safety, licensing and safeguarding standards to live events
- Handle sponsorship pitches, brand activations and stakeholder management
- Run digital marketing, ticketing platforms and CRM for event audiences
- Deliver hybrid, virtual and broadcast components alongside in-person production
- Report on audience metrics, ROI and legacy for corporate and public clients
Who This Course Is For
- School leavers seeking a full honours route into UK event management
- Junior event coordinators and venue staff aiming for a graduate credential
- International applicants targeting a UK event industry career
- Career changers moving from marketing, hospitality or PR into events
Career Pathways
- Event Manager
- Conference Producer
- Wedding Planner
- Destination Marketing Manager
- Sponsorship and Partnerships Manager
- Corporate Events Executive
- Venue Sales and Events Manager
The LSCAHM careers service runs an annual industry-careers day connecting undergraduates with event operators, agencies, exhibition organisers and hotel groups active across London.
Entry Requirements
- A-levels (or equivalent) at BBB or above, OR a UK Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Two academic references and a personal statement outlining event interests.
- International applicants receive dedicated visa and accommodation support from LSCAHM admissions.
Why Study at LSCAHM
The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. LSCAHM reads events as an interlocking discipline with tourism, hospitality and food business, giving event undergraduates a rounded commercial view of the industry they will lead.
Central London places conference venues, exhibition centres, luxury hotel groups and the Institute of Hospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom, and every intake joins the same weekly seminar structure with named programme-tutor support.
Apply for BA in Event Planning and Management
Apply for the LSCAHM BA in Event Planning and Management for a three-year honours degree that closes with a placement year and a capstone project supervised by practising event directors. Admissions responds within one working day and confirms placement partners at enrolment. Enrol Now.
