Creative Events Management BA(Hons)

Learn how to take a creative and innovative approach to designing and delivering events. With entrepreneurship and employability at its core, you’ll leave this event management course as a pioneering graduate with a wide range of practical experience and a well-established network.
Location | Penryn Campus |
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Course duration | 3 years |
Attendance | Full-time |
UCAS code | N820 |
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Course overview
Our academic team members are experienced practitioners, with broad industry backgrounds, who will teach you how to work collaboratively and take a creative approach to organising events, from cutting-edge fashion experiences and music festivals to weddings, business events and product launches.
You will:
- Organise at least four live events over the three-year course
- Study on a course that’s accredited by both A Greener Festival and Attitude is Everything
- Be involved in industry events and take part in workshops with organisations such as Attitude is Everything
- Explore the future of sustainable and digital event management
- Be supported to develop creative approaches and specialise in an area you’re passionate about
- Take micro-placements throughout the course, with previous destinations ranging from Cornwall to California
Course details
Through this uniquely creative event management degree, you'll explore the cultural sector's history, politics and other contexts, and take a creative and entrepreneurial approach to products, services and communications.
Building individual and teamwork skills, you'll apply cultural management practices like development, marketing and project management to your own productions. You'll also develop critical research and analytical skills, and improve your learning by investigating ideas and practices.
You'll deepen your understanding of organisations and events planning processes, and grow your teamwork and presentation skills. On top of this, you'll explore everything from marketing and technical skills to managing resources and engaging with clients.
Modules
Marketing & Digital Media
Real World Skills
Contemporary Event & Festival Impact
Wellbeing in Experience Management
Live Student Event Project
Creative Innovation in Experience Management
You'll explore original ways to deliver successful events, build your understanding of audiences and learn about the industry's legal, financial and sustainability issues. Tailoring your learning to your ideal career, you'll choose an area to specialise in, and use your expertise to help put on two live events.
Modules
Legal & Financial Management in the Experience Sector
Audience Insight Project
Live Digital Event Project
Team Learning & Performance
Demonstrating Sustainability
Live Public Event Project
You'll build your specialist knowledge, and learn analytical and problem-solving skills that are useful in a range of careers. Bringing your abilities together, you'll organise and deliver a complex, multi-agency, live cultural event project.
Modules
Event Innovation Project
Creative & Ethical Leadership
Crisis Management for Festivals & Events
Personal Research Project
Live Partnership Event Project
The modules above are those being studied by our students, or proposed new ones. Programme structures and modules can change as part of our curriculum enhancement and review processes. If a certain module is important to you, please discuss it with the Course Leader.
From module information to course aims and assessment criteria, discover the full course details.
How you'll learn
You'll work on live briefs and projects, deliver real, assessed events, and have the chance to take on a number of micro placements. These activities will be complemented by expert speakers, lectures, seminars, workshops, professional experience and tutorials. And by connecting with the media and creative industries on- and off-campus, you'll build valuable relationships to boost your career.
At Falmouth, we use a 'digitally enhanced learning & teaching' approach. Your experience will always be predominantly in-person, including seminars, tutorials and studio teaching, with some, more targeted elements, being online either live (synchronous) or pre-recorded (asynchronous). You can read more here.
How you'll spend your time
Year | Timetabled teaching and learning activity | Guided independent study | Placements |
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1 | 30% | 59% | 11% |
2 | 42% | 53% | 5% |
3 | 26% | 63% | 11% |
How you'll be assessed
Year | Written exams | Practical exams | Coursework |
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1 | 0% | 17% | 83% |
2 | 0% | 12% | 88% |
3 | 0% | 37% | 63% |
The above percentages relate to 2019/2020 data.
Assessment methods
- You’ll be assessed through presentations, boardroom discussions, event delivery and written assignments - including blogs, essays, reports, marketing strategies, and a business plan.
- You'll deliver assessed, live, cultural event projects every year.
- Feedback and evaluation will be provided throughout the year.
What our students do

Why I chose to study Events Management
27 January 2021
Event management was not where I thought I was going in life. If you’d have asked me what I wanted...

Students bring sustainable fashion to the Palacio Lounge
28 April 2022
A group of Creative Events Management BA(Hons) students transformed Falmouth’s Palacio Lounge into...

Access is Everything for Falmouth University
05 January 2022
Falmouth University courses have received a groundbreaking event accessibility accreditation.Falmout...

Cornwall Business School students return to delivering exciting events
13 December 2021
After the coronavirus lockdowns, students on our undergraduate Sustainable Festival Management and C...

Guardian ranks Falmouth third for hospitality, event management and tourism
23 September 2021
Falmouth’s hospitality, event management and tourism courses have been ranked third in the Guardia...

Meet the events management students behind the scenes at the G7
09 July 2021
BA(Hons) Creative Events Management, BA(Hons) Sustainable Tourism Management and BA(Hons) Sustainabl...

Students gear up for Inspire Festival
19 April 2021
First-year students on the BA(Hons) Creative Events Management and BA(Hons) Sustainable Festivals Ma...

Students run creative digital events
19 April 2021
Second-year students on the Creative Events Management course have been getting real industry experi...

Student events go digital
12 January 2021
Innovation was demanded of Second Year BA(Hons) Creative Events Management students when presenting ...

AGF Accreditation for Experience Design Degrees
06 March 2020
We're delighted to announce that our BA(Hons) Creative Events Management, BA(Hons) Sustainable Festi...

Events Student Launches Big Falmouth Food Book
01 June 2019
To complete their studies, third-year students from BA(Hons) Creative Events Management work in smal...

Events Student Gains Experience at Edinburgh's Hogmanay 2019
15 January 2019
For many of us, New Year is simply a time of celebration. For Jordan Low, a first year BA(Hons) Crea...

Student Internship at Award Winning Festival
15 November 2018
Cherry Rosa-Cullen, third year Creative Events Management student, has recently returned f...

Students Establish Structuristic Art Workshops
17 July 2018
Four MA Creative Events Management students are helping children with ED to explore their environmen...

Corporate Careers for Events Student
30 March 2018
Work experience can be a tricky one for students, often the presence of a renowned company on a CV c...
Staff
Our staff have worked with Glastonbury Festival, Tate St Ives, the Design Council, Ford, Reading & Leeds festivals, BT, Kneehigh, A Greener Festival, Attitude is Everything, Bestival, Mackerel Sky Events and Festival Republic. You'll also learn from our large team of associate staff, industry contacts and our production and technical support teams.
Some members of staff only teach on specific modules, and your course might not feature every member shown here.

Matt Kirby
Course Coordinator: Creative Events Management
Matt has over 15 years' events management experience including working at creative agency Imaginatio...

Adrian Bossey
Head of Business & Experience Design
Adrian Bossey is Head of Subject at the Cornwall Business School, Falmouth University and a former a...

Clare Hearn
Senior Lecturer, Business and Experience Design
Clare Hearn is Senior Lecturer in Business and Experience Design. She leads on MA Creative Events Ma...

Paul Russell
Course Leader - Sustainable Tourism Management and Sustainable Festival Management
Paul Russell started his career in the hospitality, tourism and events sectors after achieving under...

Paul Joines
Technical Tutor
Since graduating in ‘Broadcast Studies’ from Falmouth College of Arts in 1996, Paul has spent ov...

Helen Worthington
Senior Lecturer, Experience Design, Cornwall Business School
Helen Worthington is a Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University, having joined the Cultural Management...

Academic publishes new research on the future of live music events
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Read moreFacilities
- Specialist studio spaces licensed for public events, lecture theatres and seminar rooms.
- A digital box office system to support your professional practice.
- A production space for group work.
- Libraries housing 140,000 books, 17,000 DVD and video titles, radio archives, and electronic and journal resources.

Careers
Our graduates have worked as:
- Campaign Consultant at Sentius Group, Melbourne
- Events Assistant at Cambridge University
- Production Manager at Medalist Sports, Atlanta
- Account Executive at VenueScanner
- Events Executive at Hamilton Fraser

Graduate Managing Fundraising Events for Essential Children’s Charity
16 January 2020
Former BA(Hons) Creative Events Management student Letty Greenfield took on the role of Events Fundr...

Events Graduate Joins American Sports Production Company
22 July 2019
Recent Creative Events Management graduate Abbi Whitney has just started as Production Manager with ...

Events Alumna Working at the Women’s World Cup
25 June 2019
Lifelong football fan Christina Lindboe, 2016 Creative Events Management graduate, is living the dre...

Creative Events Graduate Gets Job with FIFA Women’s World Cup
21 December 2018
Football fan and Falmouth graduate, Christina Lindboe, is living her dream working as Team Liaison O...

Music Management with Sam Ruddick
04 October 2018
After completing his degree, Creative Events Management graduate Sam Ruddick is now working with glo...

The Truesdale Show
23 May 2018
Think Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. On a WW2 minesweeper. Sailing around the Philippines.Add the th...
How to apply
Apply via UCAS
Ready to join us? You can apply for September 2022 through Clearing or for September 2023 through UCAS Apply and Track. You'll need to reference the course and University code (F33).
Applying as an international student?
International students can apply for a course through UCAS, via an agent or directly with the university. For more information about how to apply as an international student, visit our International applications page.
Course route | UCAS code |
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Creative Events Management BA(Hons) three year degree | N820 |

Application advice & interview information
Go to ToolkitWe consider all applications on their own individual merit and potential. We invite all applicants to an interview day or audition to give them the opportunity to demonstrate this along with what inspires and motivates them in their field. Applicants will also be able to show their portfolio or give a performance depending on the course. We welcome applications from all subject backgrounds, whether you’ve specialised in STEM, the arts or humanities.
Course route | Entry requirements |
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BA(Hons) three year degree | 104 – 120 UCAS Tariff points |
UCAS Tariff points will primarily be from Level 3 qualifications such as but not limited to A-levels, T Levels, a BTEC/UAL Extended Diploma or a Foundation Diploma.
For applicants whose first language is English we require you to have or be working towards GCSE English Language Grade 4 (C), or equivalent.
If English is not your first language you will need to meet the same standard which is equivalent to the IELTS Academic 6.0 overall score, with at least 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening. We accept a range of in country equivalencies and approved tests.
If you need a student visa to study in the UK, you'll need to take a recognised language test that is approved and vouched for by the University. You can read our English Language Requirements for more information.
UK applications: 26 January 2022 (for equal consideration)
Applications after the 26 January will be considered on a first-come, first-served as long as there are places available. Apply for this course now.
International fee payers can apply throughout the year. But we recommend applying as early as possible, to make time for visa and travel arrangements.
What we're looking for
We want someone who:
- Is enthusiastic about events management
- Has creative ideas
- Can innovate
- Works professionally and wants to succeed
Fees, costs & funding
Tuition fees
Annual tuition fee | Student |
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£9,250 per year | Full-time UK |
£17,460 per year | Full-time EU/international |
Annual tuition fee | Student |
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£TBC per year | Full-time UK |
£TBC per year | Full-time EU/international |
Typical course costs
- £100 - Recurring annual costs
- £50-£250 - One off costs for the course duration (compulsory trips, final portfolios or shows, etc)
- £300 - Optional study visits and placements for the course duration
If you need to bring equipment or materials with you, these will be outlined in your Welcome Letter.
The figures above don't include accommodation and living costs.
Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or Government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.
Funding
For information about funding available, please visit our undergraduate funding page.
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