BA (Hons) Arts and Festivals Management Bachelor's degree at De Montfort University

Engage with current practice within the arts by attending and critiquing performances, exhibitions and events. Introduces event design concept and contemporary practices in staging events. Includes talks by arts practitioners, technicians and event designers.

Shows how to become an effective producer by organisation, promotion and marketing of an actual event within a venue during Leicester Comedy Festival. Covers key areas in management and promotion including personal management, marketing, communication and venue management.

Introduces management and leadership concepts such as organisational culture, governance, motivation, team working, diversity, recruitment, workforce development, fundraising, strategic and project planning. Taught by industry practitioners and guest speakers.

Introduces key aspects of management of the cultural industries including financial management, financial statements, operation planning, cultural theory and cultural policy, and the role of the arts manager in the UK.

Develop understanding of business and strategic planning for a one-off festival event in real life context. Introduces key concepts in programming and strategic planning with management tools. Addresses principal areas of law affecting public events, accounting practice in context of tendering and business planning for festival activities.

Provides conceptual and historical overview of emergence and development of public policies for arts and cultural provision in Britain and other European countries. International research visit to major European city with meetings and interviews with cultural sector policy makers, leaders and practitioners.

Introduces key concepts of audience development from management and audience perspectives. Investigates product understanding and customer motivations. Examines strategic choice and relationship between educational activities, marketing and audience development. Includes practical experience producing an arts event in community setting.

Critical examination of latest issues related to digital arts and management and enterprise. Explores digitalisation, AI and arts, data power, and values of arts in digital world. Suitable for those interested in becoming arts managers, producers and entrepreneurs.

Study of research from academic and applied perspective in preparation for third-year dissertation or placement. Option to complete paid placement year offering professional experience with support from Careers Team and personal tutor.

Opportunity to explore in depth a topic of your own choice. Develop ability to manage an original research project with support through individual tutorials and group seminar sessions.

Four-week placement in an arts organisation of your choice. Builds on skills and knowledge gained throughout studies involving complex and demanding work requiring high degree of initiative, effectiveness and commitment. Opportunity to reflect on relationship between theory and practice.

Practical experience producing, programming and running Cultural eXchanges Festival as part of Leicester's largest outdoor festivals. Develop festival outline, undertake logistical analysis, market to funders and public, calculate costs and keep financial control, lead teams, consider legal framework and work with stakeholders.

Increase understanding of working as arts manager in current arts organisations using local arts community within Leicester. Explore theoretical frameworks alongside practical consulting experience. Consultancy-type project involving one of five arts pillars in Leicester - Performing Arts, Dance, Media, Theatre, and Festivals.

Overview of music industry sector since 1945 tracking emergence of global system. Examines commercial and subsidised sectors and role of Government. Explores theoretical frameworks, relationships between sector parts, and management of different aspects such as orchestras or rock bands. Covers copyright, royalties, touring, festivals, music publishing and artist management.

Transfer academic knowledge and critical thinking from Digital Arts Management and Enterprise 1 into practice. Looks at key applications with relevant case studies. Equips students to enter workplace with digitally focused set of skills and strategies.