Diploma in Event Planning and Coordination
Course Overview
The Diploma in Event Planning and Coordination is a 9 to 12-month UK Level 4 practitioner qualification aligned with Association of Event Organisers (AEO), Meeting Professionals International (MPI) UK & Ireland, Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Society standards. It is written for coordinators, junior planners and career changers preparing for event planning roles across weddings, corporate events, exhibitions and cultural programmes.
By graduation, students are producing event briefs, running client meetings, coordinating supplier and venue logistics, and delivering a capstone event plan for a real event brief.
Key Features
- Level 4 curriculum benchmarked to AEO and MPI UK event-management standards.
- Applied case studies from London event operators, wedding planners and corporate event businesses.
- Live event labs where students plan a full event from brief through delivery.
- Structured articulation into LSCAHM Advanced Diploma and Higher Diploma routes.
- Weekly one-to-one tutorials with programme tutors from working event practice.
- Access to AEO and MPI UK student membership pathways.
- Capstone event plan written for a real event brief.
What You Will Learn
- Produce event briefs and creative concepts for weddings, corporate and cultural events.
- Run client meetings and manage stakeholder expectations across the planning cycle.
- Coordinate suppliers, venues, transport and catering for smooth event delivery.
- Build event timelines, run sheets and contingency plans.
- Manage event budgets, negotiate supplier rates and control costs.
- Handle safeguarding, licensing and event compliance to UK standards.
- Coordinate on-site logistics, event teams and volunteer briefings.
- Handle post-event reporting, feedback capture and client debriefs.
Who This Course Is For
- Coordinators and junior planners targeting event planning roles.
- Assistant wedding and corporate event planners moving into a UK credential.
- Career changers from marketing, retail or hospitality entering the events sector.
- Working practitioners returning to structured study on event planning.
- International applicants seeking a UK Level 4 credential in event planning and coordination.
Career Pathways
- Event Coordinator
- Wedding Planner
- Corporate Event Planner
- Exhibition Coordinator
- Catering Coordinator (Events)
- Cultural Programme Coordinator
- Bar Manager (Event Venues)
The LSCAHM careers service partners with London event operators, wedding businesses, corporate event agencies and cultural venues to open interviews for coordinator roles, and runs at least one industry-careers day each year with named event recruiters.
Entry Requirements
- A Level 3 qualification (A-levels, BTEC, Access to HE) or equivalent, OR a relevant Certificate at LSCAHM.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
- IELTS 5.5 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers, or equivalent.
- A personal statement outlining your event planning progression aims.
- Applicants with relevant event, hospitality or coordination experience are encouraged to reference it at application.
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 culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines, so event planners learn to run a wedding, gala or exhibition inside a wider hospitality standard.
Central London places event operators, wedding businesses, AEO and MPI UK within a short tube ride of every classroom, and three parallel study modes let progressors and working practitioners complete the Diploma without leaving employment.
Apply for Diploma in Event Planning and Coordination
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