MA in Event Management
Course Overview
The MA in Event Management at LSCAHM is a UK Level 7 postgraduate programme running one year full-time or two years part-time on-campus, online or by distance learning. The programme frames event management as a strategic discipline that draws on hospitality operations, brand marketing, stakeholder communication and hybrid technology, delivered in a city that hosts some of Europe's largest conferences, festivals and cultural events. Curriculum alignment references Association of Event Organisers, Meeting Professionals International UK & Ireland and Institute of Hospitality standards.
By graduation, students have completed a research-informed dissertation on a live event-management question — sponsorship, sustainability, safety, hybrid delivery or attendee experience — supervised by practising event directors and hotel-based event leaders in London.
Key Features
- Curriculum aligned with AEO, MPI UK & Ireland and Institute of Hospitality guidance
- Live-brief modules with London conference, exhibition and festival operators
- Named dissertation supervisors drawn from working event directors
- Sustainability, safety and accessibility woven through every taught module
- Structured hybrid- and virtual-event delivery labs
- Access to LSCAHM's alumni network across UK hotels and event agencies
What You Will Learn
- Design event concepts that meet strategic brand and commercial goals
- Model event P&L, sponsorship deals and delegate acquisition funnels
- Lead multi-supplier event operations across venue, AV, F&B and security
- Apply UK event safety, licensing and crowd-management frameworks
- Deliver hybrid and virtual events using recognised platforms and methodologies
- Set and measure sustainability, accessibility and impact standards
- Manage stakeholders, sponsors and senior clients under time pressure
- Conduct primary research on event outcomes and attendee experience
Who This Course Is For
- Event coordinators and producers progressing to senior director roles
- Hospitality managers moving into venue-side event leadership
- Marketing and communications professionals specialising in live experience
- Career changers with strong project-management backgrounds
Career Pathways
- Event Manager progressing to Event Director
- Wedding Planner (senior track)
- Catering Manager (events focus)
- Destination Marketing Manager
- Sustainable Tourism Consultant (event portfolio)
- Hospitality Brand Manager
- Exhibition or Conference Director
The LSCAHM careers service connects MA students with UK event agencies, London venues and hotel-based event teams via annual industry days and dissertation-sponsor introductions.
Entry Requirements
- A UK Bachelor's degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent international qualification in a business, hospitality, tourism, marketing or related discipline.
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers, or equivalent.
- Applicants without a Bachelor's degree but with five or more years of senior professional experience in event delivery are considered on portfolio.
- One academic and one professional reference.
- A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement.
Why Study at LSCAHM
LSCAHM is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts across culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business. Central London places conference venues, luxury hotel event suites and the offices of major UK event operators within a short tube ride of every classroom.
Three parallel study modes and an annual careers day let working event professionals complete the MA without leaving the roles that inform their dissertation research.
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