Events

We all heard about the last minute cancellation of Boardmasters. So how could all the backlash be handled (or at least kept to a minimum) when a festival can no longer go ahead?

So summer is here and the events season kicks up another notch! There are SO MANY to choose from so we've curated our pick...

An experience innovator, thought leader and brand storyteller, Kim Myhre’s also an event industry expert and Managing Director at MCI Experience. In this video, with full transcript below, Kim offers insights from his global experience in event management to share how an event agency works and explain its role in creating brand experience events.

An unexpected new star was born at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night – a woman serving Fiji Water at the red carpet. Social media can’t seem get to enough of the “Fiji Water Girl” – as she has now been dubbed – who photobombed every celebrity pic and looked fabulous while doing so. […]

Tis the season for being jolly! So it's that time when everyone gets together - family, friends, loved ones and well, your annoying relatives you see once a year! But as an event planner it's likely you are getting ready for a gathering of your own and there's plenty to plan and think about. Here's our Top 10 Tips for pulling off the best party and keeping the guests happy!

   

  Getting involved in local events by volunteering to run one or by helping out can be a great way to gain experience and start building a portfolio, to support a move into professional event management. National events offer a great opportunity to get creative with event ideas which involve communities in celebrations and as […]

  As 2018 brings us closer to the next decade of the 21st century, it’s looking set to be the decade of the digital, with Tech City UK identifying that another 1 million tech professionals will be needed by the time 2020 arrives. Yet an Indeed survey is revealing that 86% of recruiters are already […]

Thinking about getting into event management but feeling a bit dazzled by the wealth of event education options out there? You’re not alone! Every day we’re presented with questions from event management hopefuls – through our website, email, phones, and Facebook – you name it! But the biggest barrage of questions comes from our Open […]

Picture the scene: an inviting room in the stylish Business Design Centre, in the heart of The Strand, London. Here, a friendly team offers you a warm welcome, refreshments and the chance to chat about why you’re there, what to expect and maybe even have a word with an events industry professional. Then, you establish […]

We’re in the digital age of event management – but not just in presentation and performance! There’s another element of digital delivery which offers the potential to transform the running of your event into something extremely smooth, streamlined and sophisticated without causing you extra logistical headaches. RFID – what and how? RFID, Radio Frequency Identification, […]

Remember those exhibitions you went to as a child, or perhaps early on in your career? The chances are that your earlier experiences have left you with one of two stereotypical definitions of exhibitions: either as being dull, dusty and definitely boring; or cold, corporate and lacking in creativity. But if you haven’t experienced exhibitions […]

A recent C&IT article discusses the benefits of being an all-female company in the world of event management, in the context that “women are generally better communicators” … something that really set us thinking here at Event Academy. Now, we certainly agree that communication’s an essential skill for event managers, as our Senior Lecturer Martin Turner […]

As if we didn’t have enough deadlines, event organisers now have to worry about T-shirts! Thank God for express printing. Professional planners have to make sure that every detail is in order so attendees leave with the best impression possible. After all, if anything goes wrong it is our fault. Unfair but not any less […]

Festival Director, the behind-the-scenes professional who’s in charge of the whole event from logistics to marketing, theme ideas and setting up, clearing up and feedback to sponsors, seeker of permission and minimiser of risks: a festival director has the responsibility-buck-stops-here role of event management. So, if this tremendously challenging but amazingly rewarding role sounds like […]

 

  Many of us tend to think of working as a charity fundraiser as being rewarding in the sense of giving, rather than receiving. However, if you’ve got a flair for finance and funding, then working as a charity fundraiser could be financially rewarding for both yourself and the charity you’re working for. Salary expectations […]

Your dream professional wedding planner role has appeared right in front of you and your strongest CV yet is a must! So how do you ensure your application will make you a strong contender for a position you’re passionate about? #1 Follow the instructions – including the deadline! Firstly, read, don’t write! Pay close attention […]

Although events – particularly the red-carpet types – which aim to raise funds are usually known as ‘benefit’ events, the fact is that any type of event could offer benefits to the communities around the event’s local area. So, how does that work – and why? Bringing communities together Involvement and engagement are key to […]

When we think of UK festivals, music festivals generally spring to mind – after all, the UK is famous for them! In fact, according to CNBC, 5 of the world’s top 20 most-attended music festivals take place right here in the UK, with the celebrated Glastonbury topping the list with its massive attendance of 175,000 […]

So much time goes into preparing for the “onsite experience” of festivalgoers ahead of time. Festival & live event organizers are actively trying to figure out which artists will be a hit, what food vendors they will like, what types of beverages they’re going to serve, how many mobile charging stations they should have onsite, […]

Alumni Maarten De Ruyck responded to a fairytale-like volunteering opportunity we shared for NYE: volunteering to work the Silvesterball in Vienna.

Snap Events Team Leader – Antonia Avedine talks to us about putting on their live event at Cargo, London on Weds 7th December What better way to showcase your musical talents than at a live event! Snap Events our 2nd Postgraduate Diploma team to host their event will be at Cargo in Shoreditch. The event […]

by Alex Ferguson PG Sept 2016 student Team – BrickbyBrick events present FUNPAD: Home away from Home At – Runway East, 10 Finsbury Square, LONDON, EC2A 1AF When – Tuesday 6th December, 6.30 to 10.30pm On the 14th of November our lecturers gave us the brief to put on a Live Event in aid of […]

It’s a good time of the year to be heading down to the coast and the weather is looking good. Time to don our shades and get ready to celebrate Pride in Brighton with this year’s theme being Carnival of Diversity: Uniting Nations.

It’s Glastonbury this week and we’re excited (just ask Karin, our Head of Recruitment and resident festival queen!) If you live for each of the big festivals coming around again each year and you love the challenge of organizing people then a career in festival management could be for you.

Fundraising events are a key part of the events industry and there is plenty of work out there for anyone who wants to give something back and support a good cause. Our students regularly take volunteering opportunities from the full fundraising range from fabulous gala dinners to the London Marathon. “Being able to help humanity, […]

The British Academy Television Awards is the industry’s big event, recognising incredible performances, comedy and drama over the past year. Watch the 2016 nominations for this year here. We are excited to be able to offer you two tickets to this celebrity studded red carpet event, held this year at The Royal Festival Hall, London on Sunday […]

"Photography and events never occurred to me as a good combination of my interests, but now I’m thrilled my placement with the World Photography Organisation is extended until May."

The London Marathon is an event management dream: imagine simply the logistics of providing enough water along the route for the day.

We caught up with Maarten De Ruyck, a postgrad student who came to Event Academy from studying marketing management at University. He became fascinated with how brands stay fresh after a degree placement on launching new brands and a project involving a shop opening event. He also found himself irresistibly drawn to the events side of […]

Events management means so much more than just fundraising and festivals. Have you ever stopped to think about the network of people behind the whole range of events that go on around you every day? We chatted with alumnus Ammar Siddique, graduate from our postgrad course, whose experience of the course was all about the people […]

Want an idea what it’s like to work on a star studded event like the Brits? Ever fancied being across the room while Adele or Justin Bieber are busy rehearsing? Interested to find out how you could be doing this while still studying? “Wow! what a experience! Surreal is definitely the right word to use!” Every […]

Everyone loves a good wedding and for the happy couple, their family and friends it has to be a day they’ll have etched on their memories forever. You can’t get married every week … but you can be a kick-ass wedding planner and devote your time to creating those special moments for your clients. Ever […]

It is Shrove Tuesday yet again and here in London we have a multitude of pancake races, each one to celebrate or promote a different cause or organisation. Jumping on a well established national calendar event with a little creative flair is a really good way to get your organisation or your cause noticed. As with […]

Petra Truneckova only graduated from us in 2013. We found ourselves wondering if she ever sleeps ...

If you’ve ever wondered why Event Managers are cheerful and full of energy, it is that they are always thinking about the next thing to celebrate!

It’s New Year’s Eve: hundreds of women in snow white gowns waltz around the room with men in black tie. You’re in the Great Hall at the sumptuous Hofburg Palace in Vienna. The air is filled with music from the orchestra, expensive perfume and expectation from the guests for the night ahead. Does this sound […]

We are pleased to announce that our Charity of the Year for 2016 is Teenage Cancer Trust. They are the only charity dedicated to ensuring treatment and support for teenagers diagnosed with cancer. Our Postgraduate students are tasked with creating fundraising events and all funds raised will be donated to Teenage Cancer Trust as our Charity of the Year. The […]

How do you get the wow-factor impact for charity events with a limited budget? One answer is to secure celebrity endorsement. To gain serious PR coverage and capture your audience’s imagination it helps to have a well known name associated with your cause. Emma Watson’s work as a goodwill ambassador for the UN is a […]

Have you ever considered a career in the charity sector? The idea of working for a cause you believe in appeals to many, but it isn’t easy to get your first job. Something to consider is that charities across the UK are under increasing pressure to create events to raise awareness and create fundraising opportunities. […]

Are you the kind of person who likes thinking on your feet and spotting the necessary finishing touches to make things just right? How about doing this at a high society charity ball? Our students volunteered at the Magic Bus gala dinner on 8th October 2015 at The Dorchester, London. The event raised £200,000 for the […]

As the nights draw in and the days get colder we know we’ve got something to look forward to as Bonfire night approaches. Who doesn’t enjoy the dark sky exploding with colour and noise and hearing the “oohs” and “aaahs” of the crowd at a big fireworks display? Most event professionals are adrenalin junkies and […]

Interested in film and also in events? Many of our students tell us that by training in event management, they find ways to combine their individual passions with a sensible career path. It isn’t always easy to find ways to weave the two together. The flexibility of event management skills combined with the amazing volunteering […]

Have you ever had the feeling that your job doesn’t do anything exciting? That you don’t make things happen? Are you looking for a career move that’ll get you jumping out of bed in the morning, buzzing with energy and excitement, knowing your contribution will make a difference? Events that make people sit up and […]

Does a volunteering opportunity where you get to have real input on how to promote and run a London film festival, running over several days appeal to you? How about if we tell you the aim of the festival is to encourage young film makers and support to kick off their careers in style? Every […]

Have you ever been to a charity boxing ball? Would you like to? How about if we also told you the event raises funds for The Gordon Ramsey Foundation, has a list of over 1,000 attendees including A-list celebrities and royals? Better still, imagine if you had a backstage pass to work at the event […]

Do you like the idea of working at the boutique camping part of Wilderness festival? Held at Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire at the beginning of August we sent some of our students and alumni off to volunteer at the festival. We asked Bethany Albiston, who took our PG course last September, to tell us all about […]

It just isn’t summer in London without Wimbledon. Like us, were you shouting at your television as the Murray vs Federer match raged on a couple of weeks ago? Our very own Rupert was at Wimbledon that day and, as you might expect from our top team of event professionals, he was busy thinking about […]

Event Academy were thrilled to be a part of the Ambition Royal Gala Dinner at Kensington Palace earlier this month. As the culmination of a year’s partnership between ourselves and the national youth charity Ambition, our current students offered their time as volunteers to ensure the event ran perfectly. We caught up with Ammar and Nadisha who […]

It’s that time of year again, it is definitely wedding season! Obviously we love a good wedding (who doesn’t!) but as event managers, we also look forward to swapping ideas on wedding planning while wedding fever seems to be in the air. So what makes a wedding planner special and why would happy couples look […]

It’s festival season and we are already filling up our weekends and hoping for scorching weather. With more festivals happening in the UK each year, we can see more and more top event professionals landing amazing jobs as festival organiser. Can you imagine the buzz of creating an event that gave thousands of people one […]

“It was really good to network with so many people, especially working with the other charities. I made some really good contacts during the day and everyone was really friendly.” - Beatriz Ucero, current Event Academy Student

Of course we keep up to date with the hottest events in London – it’s our job!  Some of our team (including lecturers, event volunteers, students, alumni) are bound to be at each of the biggest and best events in London and the recent Women of the World festival at London’s Southbank was no exception. […]

Thank you to our Charity of the Year Ambition, for giving us the opportunity to share our expertise

"The aim of the festival is to give a platform for smaller creative and performance companies"

Event management. Is there an alternative to University?

Mark Riches, MD First Protocol talks about the value of relevant training and tailored work placements to getting a career in the events industry

this aspirational film festival inspires creativity in young people and offers our students fantastic volunteering experiences.

Planning Charity events is not easy, the key to making it a success is to understand the aims of the event.

How to make your conference more successful through Brand Identity, location, budget and great speakers

Building skills and confidence with young people Event Academy’s charity of the year – Ambition care about improving the futures of young people across the UK. Celebrating its 90th birthday in 2015, Ambition has a long history of supporting the work of local youth clubs and community projects by providing expertise and funding to organisations […]

the International Special Events Society have confirmed we are their preferred training supplier

Knowing your strengths (and your weaknesses) when planning a wedding are key.

on navigating the hurdles of language, legal requirements and more..

Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of a live event by Claire Derrick.

What sort of person makes a great wedding planner? We reveal the secrets in our new post.

Would you like to be involved with the organisation of one of the most interesting and exciting film-festivals of the year?

Catching up with each other this morning we realised that everyone, in spite of the drizzle, had been out over the weekend experiencing what our cities had to offer and we've decided to share some of those moments with you.

Which are the world's greenest events? We've put together our top three.

We share six of our favourite alternative festivals and experiences coming up in 2014.

  “Dear Event Academy, Thanks so much for the opportunity to work at the BRITS, it was an amazing experience. I was wine waiting a table near to the stage, surrounded by the many celebs! Saw a lot of people, Pharrel, Lily Allen, Tinie Tempah, Arctic Monkeys, Ellie Goulding…just to name a few! We also saw […]

6 months to plan a wedding from scratch? No problem!

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Our expert advisor, author and historian Rene Dee has written a fascinating article on the history and demise of Earls Court Exhibition Centre: Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre is undeniably a historical icon; the home of dramatic and perennial UK exhibitions since before the present structure was built, starting in 1886/7 when audiences were gripped by […]

The start of Autumn heralds London’s most glamorous event – London Fashion Week.  Ranked alongside New York, Milan and Paris – it’s a showcase for the world’s top designers which also offers a chance for emerging designers to grab attention.  Each year it offers more, with live events and shopping opportunities and live streaming, so […]

Event Academy is proud once again to sponsor TEDxBrighton, following on from last year’s very successful event. TEDxBrighton is a one-day conference taking place at the Brighton Dome Corn Exchange on 25th October. The event will showcase influential speakers with connections to Brighton. This year’s theme, Pass It On, is about Legacy & Heritage: What […]

We the Peoples Film Festival links up with the Event Academy. Students in Events Management studying at the Event Academy will be joining the We The Peoples film festival team this year, taking leading roles in venue liaison, website design and audience handling. “The students bring energy and fresh ideas to the Festival” Said David Wardrop […]

Bristol Half Marathon – Sunday 15th September 2013 Are you ready for a great day out? Are you ready with a smile and enthusiasm?  Would you like to win a night for two in London? If so, we would like your help!  WellChild, the national charity for sick children, are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help […]

Festival season is now upon us, and it seems as though every genre is accounted for with more and more festivals emerging in the UK and around the world. The festival scene is attracting a broader crowd of all ages, with large festivals such as Glastonbury and Isle of Wight catering for families as well […]

If you’re deciding on a career in events management, a popular area to break into is festival organiser jobs. Thanks to the burgeoning number of outdoor events which have sprung up in recent years there’s more work at festivals to be found than ever before. Jobs at festivals range from roles such as stewarding, wrist […]

As the sun tentatively reappears and, for many, work is put on the back burner in favour of lazy sunny afternoons, a select group of university students are feeling the pressure from more than just impending exams. For students and alumni of Cambridge University, the highlight of the academic year is May week (confusingly falling […]

The calendar is telling us it’s Spring, even if the weather is not yet supporting its claim and there’s a wide range of events taking place over the coming months that all present different challenges to event planners across the globe.   The White House Easter Egg Roll – Washington (APRIL 1st) Every year a […]

Approach any bride in the week preceding her wedding to ask how things are going and she will respond with some variation of: ‘Oh everything’s fine, just finishing up some last minute details, it will all come together on the day’. This is usually true; by the time the cake has been cut and the […]

 

For details on 2014 Brit Awards volunteering opportunities please click here  A group of Diploma and Postgraduate students from Event Academy volunteered at the biggest event in London’s winter calendar – The Brits 2013. Some of them didnt make it into the inner sanctum but more than half did, resulting in conversations and close up experiences […]

We are looking to provide students as volunteers from our courses again this year at the Masked Ball in May. So successful was our relationship last year that one of the students took up a placement at The Last Tuesday Society and is now in a full time role. That’s how volunteering can work. Don’t […]

Volunteers from Event Academy may have the opportunity at this year’s festival to be involved as panelists helping to decide on scheduling and selection for some of the content for this film festival, among other roles. A unique event volunteering experience. www.wethepeoples.org.uk

We are proud once again to sponsor TEDx Brighton, following on from last year’s very successful event, at which Event Academy volunteers created a sensation (not least because they managed to sell every t shirt we had, including a few off their own backs to raise funds). The 300 tickets available go in few hours […]

This year we are proud to be providing volunteers from our Postgrad and Diploma student for this massive London event in aid of breast cancer. Inspiring, motivating, meaningful and memorable…this is what the best events are all about. Join us if you can. www.walkthewalk.org/Challenges/TheMoonWalkLondon

The events industry is an exciting, dynamic sector to work in and, by coming on board with Event Academy, you can qualify as a fully-fledged event manager in as little as three months! With qualifications in hand, your job search can begin. There are numerous event management positions appearing regularly on job boards and some […]

Heard the saying, “It’s a man’s world”? It seems many organisers of key stage events seem to think so. Despite the fact that majority of events management course graduates are women, there’s still a disparity in the number of women being optioned to speak at key events. Take the recently cancelled BritRuby event for example […]

1) Turning on of Oxford St. Xmas lights, London (5/11/12) Nothing says Christmas in London more than the most festive of illuminations: The Oxford Street Christmas lights. This year, sponsored by Marmite, the duty of turning on the 300,000 bulbs fell to Robbie Williams, with music and entertainment from a variety of British acts. The 2012 switch-on also […]

Tennis season is with us again and I am delighted! Event after event is occurring. As I type the French Open has started which is already looking exciting with the 4 top seeds – Djokovic (1), Nadal (2), Federer (3) and Murray(4) going head to head. Once the French Open is completed on Sunday 10th […]

So last year we saw the coming together of many communities not only in the UK but globally to celebrate The Royal Wedding. A similar event this year brings back that ‘street’ style event and promotes the community celebrations – The Queens Jubilee! The bunting is decorating every high street, the union jack cupcakes are […]