BA (Hons) Sustainable Festival Management with Professional Placement Bachelor's degree at Falmouth University

Explore the diversity of both the mainstream and niche sectors within the industry. Investigate the key impacts of festivals and the importance of sustainable practice, as well as discovering the wide range of job roles that exist, and the skills required to succeed in them.

Explore the motivations and key considerations of attendees. This will include the online experience, functional physical environment, attendee and staff interaction, use of digital technology and venue design. You will also consider how post-experience communication can impact attendee perceptions.

Engaging with a production of a live showcase on campus, you'll have the opportunity to apply a range of skills, techniques and processes that contribute towards a well-organised and effectively delivered event.

Looking at how wellbeing is connected to experience management and wider aspects of customer satisfaction, you'll explore ways to develop wellbeing as a customer offer while addressing its importance within an organisation. Crucially, you'll reflect upon the value of wellbeing for your own personal and professional development.

You'll examine contemporary practices and positive responses across a range of sustainability topics including responsible consumption, production and economic development. You'll also explore potential criticisms of the concept of sustainable development and ask whether it is truly the most appropriate way forward.

You'll create a promotional communications campaign that is designed to respond to the needs of an identified client. Through the development of the campaign, you'll explore concepts such as positioning and messaging, and focus on achieving high impact communications.

Develop an understanding and application of legal aspects of festival management. This includes contracting, licensing, insurance and performance management processes. You'll also continue to enhance your ability to develop a cohesive festival programme that relates and responds to key creative and thematic decisions.

You'll learn a range of project management processes, including scope definition, objective setting, time planning, and evaluation methods. You'll also examine alternative approaches to project management, including both waterfall and agile methodology, and learn how to apply these approaches to a variety of contexts.

You'll undertake a research project using ethically sound primary and secondary research methods. You'll then present your project in the form of a poster presentation which will detail your methodology and findings.

You'll engage with multiple elements of festival operations. You'll explore volunteer management, stakeholder management, inclusivity and accessibility, waste management, traffic management and power considerations. You'll also develop a greater understanding of festival technology, artist liaison and health and safety.

Developing an understanding of different financial concepts and processes, you'll learn to analyse financial statements, engage in financial planning and explore sources of finance. You'll then create a grant funding bid proposal that outlines a proposed project including financial statements and projections.

You'll learn about the concept of 'design thinking'. In multi-skilled teams you'll work on a live brief and deliver a practical project, which you'll then evaluate through a team performance review.

You'll develop your management capability to deal with complex crisis situations before being immersed in a live crisis scenario to test your skills. You'll be assessed on your ability to respond to and evaluate this crisis scenario within a realistic multidisciplinary team situation.

With sustainable practice, inclusivity and accessibility front of mind, you'll explore a range of festival concepts that reflect your aspirations and showcase your industry knowledge and insights.

Reflecting on your own professional development, you'll build a portfolio that documents your skills and experience gained throughout this degree. Through this exercise, you'll learn the value of using reflective practice to inform your own personal and professional development.

This is your chance to put your festival management skills into practice, representing a cutting edge, industry-leading approach to professional sustainable practice, including inclusive and accessible festival design.

In the form of a research project, you'll address the important aspects of a topic of your choice. Supported by a research supervision team, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to the theoretical and applied landscape within your field of interest.

You'll review a range of leadership models, styles and frameworks, building on your understanding of leadership practice and its impact on organisations. You'll then complete a leadership self-assessment, engaging in a comprehensive reflection and development process.