BA (Hons) Entertainment Management Stuart Moss: [email_address] Ben Walmsley: [email_address]

Why Study Entertainment Management? Key function within the global economy / society Growth potential for the future Global opportunities Exciting, diverse, vibrant Varied career opportunities

Key function within the global economy / society

Growth potential for the future

Global opportunities

Exciting, diverse, vibrant

Varied career opportunities

The Entertainment Industry is worth over half a trillion US$ annually. That’s over £340,000,000,000! Source: Vogel, H, L. (2004) Entertainment industry economics . Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. According to UNESCO, the cultural and creative industries have grown by over 7% per year since 2000, and now represent over 7% of global GDP.

is worth over half a trillion US$ annually.

That’s over £340,000,000,000!

Source: Vogel, H, L. (2004) Entertainment industry economics . Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

According to UNESCO, the cultural and creative industries have grown by over 7% per year since 2000, and now represent over 7% of global GDP.

A Vocational Degree “ The creative industries sector is internationally expanding at a faster rate than that of the rest of the industrial and commercial economy […] Graduates in [these] disciplines have demonstrated that they are equipped with the appropriate skills and abilities to operate effectively in the marketplace.” Towards strong creative arts disciplines in Europe , European League of Institutes of the Arts.

“ The creative industries sector is internationally expanding at a faster rate than that of the rest of the industrial and commercial economy […] Graduates in [these] disciplines have demonstrated that they are equipped with the appropriate skills and abilities to operate effectively in the marketplace.”

Towards strong creative arts disciplines in Europe , European League of Institutes of the Arts.

What is the Entertainment Industry? The collective body of industry sectors whose core products have the primary purpose of engaging or captivating an audience through sensory stimulation, which can invoke an emotional response amongst that audience

The collective body of industry sectors whose core products have the primary purpose of engaging or captivating an audience through sensory stimulation, which can invoke an emotional response amongst that audience

Entertainment Management Business Events & Festivals Visitor Attractions Arts, Media & Popular Culture

If you decide to join us, this is what to expect... Come On Board!

Year 1 Modules The Entertainment Industry The Entertainment Environment Management in Entertainment Organisations Applied Technology & Finance Consumer Behaviour & Marketing Introduction to Enterprise & Small Business Employability & Management Skills Professional Practice 1

The Entertainment Industry

The Entertainment Environment

Management in Entertainment Organisations

Applied Technology & Finance

Consumer Behaviour & Marketing

Introduction to Enterprise & Small Business

Employability & Management Skills

Professional Practice 1

Year One Field Visits Halo Nightclub Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool Tower York Dungeon National Railway Museum World Travel Market Hyde Park Picture House Royal Armouries Alea Casino Harewood House Wakefield Theatre West Yorkshire Playhouse

Halo Nightclub

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Blackpool Tower

York Dungeon

National Railway Museum

World Travel Market

Hyde Park Picture House

Royal Armouries

Alea Casino

Harewood House

Wakefield Theatre

West Yorkshire Playhouse

Professional Practice Study while you work with an employer in the entertainment sector Spend your time with one employer or split your time between two or three Voluntary / paid Within the region or at home Counts as one module

Study while you work with an employer in the entertainment sector

Spend your time with one employer or split your time between two or three

Voluntary / paid

Within the region or at home

Counts as one module

Student Placements

Year 2 Options: Managing Nightclub Entertainment Tourist Destinations & the Creative Industries Managing the Food & Beverage Offer Small Business Festival Management Option Entrepreneurship in the Creative & Cultural Industries Entertainment Marketing Management Responsible Entertainment Management Professional Practice 2 Music, Politics, & Society HR for the Tourism & Entertainment Sectors Arts Management

One Year Work Placement All students will have the opportunity of undertaking a one year paid work placement in industry. This will be in between the 2 nd and 3 rd years of study. The placement year is optional .

All students will have the opportunity of undertaking a one year paid work placement in industry.

This will be in between the 2 nd and 3 rd years of study.

The placement year is optional .

Year 3 Options: Issues in Tourist Attractions Management Enterprise Strategic Analysis Introduction to the Casino and Gaming Industry Strategic Leadership and Entrepreneurship Option Creative Marketing Communications Global Perspectives of Entertainment Independent Study Entertainment Consultancy Project Contemporary Issues in Entertainment Management Strategic Thinking Management Development

Extra-curricular activities Field trips International Volunteering

Field trips

University Partners Opera North Leeds Festival Black Dyke Band Northern Ballet Theatre West Yorkshire Playhouse Harrogate International Festival International Indian Film Academy

Opera North

Leeds Festival

Black Dyke Band

Northern Ballet Theatre

West Yorkshire Playhouse

Harrogate International Festival

International Indian Film Academy

Assessment Learning Teaching Innovative (e.g. put on a jazz night) Varied (exams and essays to video documentaries) Relevant (taught & assessed by industry experts) Vocational (e.g. consultancy projects) Aimed at developing relevant key employability skills: e.g. team work, consultancy, presentation skills, inter-personal skills, critical reflection

Innovative (e.g. put on a jazz night)

Varied (exams and essays to video documentaries)

Relevant (taught & assessed by industry experts)

Vocational (e.g. consultancy projects)

Aimed at developing relevant key employability skills:

e.g. team work, consultancy, presentation skills, inter-personal skills, critical reflection

Some Career Opportunities Commercial Sector Theatres Cinema groups Tourist attractions Music venues Art galleries Museums Theme parks Broadcast media Heritage centres Nightclubs Casinos Non-profit Sector Arts organisations & festivals Cultural & creative industries promotion & development agencies Advisory Boards Local Authorities Education

Commercial Sector

Theatres

Cinema groups

Tourist attractions

Music venues

Art galleries

Museums

Theme parks

Broadcast media

Heritage centres

Nightclubs

Casinos

Non-profit Sector

Arts organisations & festivals

Cultural & creative industries promotion & development agencies

Advisory Boards

Local Authorities

Education

Admissions Applications to be made via UCAS: http://www.ucas.ac.uk/students/apply

Applications to be made via UCAS: http://www.ucas.ac.uk/students/apply

Contacts Entertainment Management – Stuart Moss: s.moss@leedsmet.ac.uk Facebook Entertainment Management @ Leeds Met: http://lmuuk.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2362684904 Entertainment Planet: http:// entplanet . blogspot .com/

Entertainment Management – Stuart Moss: s.moss@leedsmet.ac.uk

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Entertainment Management @ Leeds Met: http://lmuuk.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2362684904

Entertainment Planet: http:// entplanet . blogspot .com/

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