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PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTE OF LEADERSHIP SCHOOL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND LEISURE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT, SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT, SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT, SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT, SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT, EDUCATION AND EDUCATION AND EDUCATION AND EDUCATION AND EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT UNDERGRADUATE UNDERGRADUATE Undergraduate Courses 2020 Undergraduate Courses 2020 Undergraduate Courses 2020 Undergraduate Courses 2020 Undergraduate Courses 2020 COURSES 2020 COURSES 2020 www.manchester.ac.uk/study-geography www.manchester.ac.uk/pem www.manchester.ac.uk/msa www.manchester.ac.uk/mie www.manchester.ac.uk/mll www.manchester.ac.uk www.manchester.ac.uk CHOOSE HY STUDY MANAGEMENT, MANCHESTER LEADERSHIPW AND LEISURE AT MANCHESTER?

At Manchester, you’ll experience an education and environment that sets CONTENTS you on the right path to a professionally rewarding and personally fulfilling future. Choose Manchester and we’ll help you make your mark. Choose Manchester 2-3 Kai’s Manchester 4-5 Stellify 6-7 What the has to offer 8-9 Applied Study Periods 10-11 Gain over 500 hours of industry experience through work-based placements Management, Leadership and Leisure 12 - 15 Your Future 16-17 Entry Requirements 18

Tailor your degree with options in sport, tourism and events management

Broaden your horizons by gaining experience through UK-based or international work placements

Develop skills valued within the global leisure industry, including learning a language via your free choice modules

CHOOSE MANCHESTER 3 AFFLECK’S PALACE KAI’S Affleck’s is an iconic shopping emporium filled with unique independent traders selling everything from clothes, to records, to Pokémon cards! MANCHESTER It’s a truly fantastic environment with lots of interesting stuff, even to just window shop or get a coffee. Kai, a second year student in the School, shares his favourite spots around the city.

JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY This neo-gothic library is one of the must sees in Manchester - it’s full of really rare books and manuscripts. It’s a combination of a library and a museum really. The study area gives off a Hogwarts vibe and is one of the most spectacular libraries that I have ever been to!

NORTHERN SOUL This is another shop that I really like in the Northern Quarter because it serves great comfort food - the grilled cheese sandwiches are just amazing!

CLASSIC FOOTBALL SHIRTS SHOP, MACKIE MAYOR I am a huge football fan and this is definitely heaven for fans like me! From vintage jerseys to posters, you This is an awesome place that I still find amazing can tell a story based on football shirts. Definitely one every time I go. It’s a refurbished food market built of the coolest football shops I have been to and a inside a Grade II listed market building, in the artistic true place for lovers of football jerseys. One of the Northern Quarter. It’s like a fancy food court where places you have to visit, especially in a football city Talk to a student about studying at Manchester: you can chill with friends and enjoy food. like Manchester! www.manchester.ac.uk/seed-unibuddy

4 KAI’S MANCHESTER KAI’S MANCHESTER 5 MAKE YOUR MARK

Stellify offers you opportunities to develop WITH STELLIFY and grow at a university leading the way in social responsibility. Here’s how.

Learn without boundaries Enjoy interdisciplinary, international and entrepreneurial study options outside your course

Understand the issues that matter i Become ethically, socially and politically informed on some of humanity’s most pressing global issues

Make a difference Contribute to and learn from local and global communities through volunteering

Step up and lead Gain confidence and experience by assisting and inspiring your peers

Create your future Explore countless opportunities for professional career development

“Stellify has allowed me to improve my communication skills and awareness of what is going on in the world around me. It helped me realise how important the things I do or say are while I am engaged in community work.”

Oriana Final Year Student Find out more at: www.manchester.ac.uk/stellify

6 STELLIFY STELLIFY 7 WHAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER

anagement, Leadership and While the course is based within our Leisure is a flexible course, Manchester Institute of Education, you’ll designed to strengthen your benefit from the world–class learning facilities M across the campus, as well from the management and leadership skills experiences and career opportunities the city while focusing on sports, events or of Manchester has to offer. tourism management. The city’s exciting cultural sector – with its lively music scene, famous sports venues and impressive arts offering – makes it an ideal place not just to study, but to kick–start your career in the leisure industry.

“I was super excited about such a credible university offering a unique, MANCHESTER’S LEISURE AND THE CITY IS HOME TO: vocational course. I personally CULTURAL SECTOR IS THRIVING specialise in sport management as • Over one million people visit Manchester every well as events, going on fieldtrips to • HOME - a new £25 million arts centre (with year, feeding the city’s vibrant leisure industry. the Etihad Stadium and nearby . two theatres, cinema screens and a contemporary art gallery space) The contacts I’ve met through the The busy cultural venues around the University help of lecturers and applied study and the city provide an excellent base for • placements have really boosted the expanding your knowledge, skillset and industry • The Academy music venues - part of the opportunities available to me after network. University’s Students’ Union graduation. I never expected to receive such extensive support and Through part-time work and your Applied Study • Old Trafford and the Etihad Stadium Periods, you can really make the most of what guidance from the staff.” • Manchester has to offer during your time here. Holly • MediaCityUK BA Management, Leadership and Leisure

8 WHAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER WHAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER 9 APPLIED STUDY PERIODS

imilar to industrial placements, YEAR ONE Applied Study Periods give you Two week placement completed in January theS opportunity to put the theories you learn into practice as you work YEAR TWO full-time in an industry of your choice. Four week placement completed in Semester Two As a mandatory unit in each year of the course, you’ll be supported in finding your YEAR THREE work placements and developing the 10 week placement completed in practical skills you need to successfully take Semester Two the first step towards your chosen career. In the past, students have secured themselves Students often choose to stay in Manchester a spot at a range of organisations, including the for their Applied Study Periods, but many BBC, Manchester United Football Club, choose to venture further afield around the Marketing Manchester, Co-op and a number of UK, Europe or across the world. hotels, events and PR-focused organisations. “I’m aspiring to get into the Arts business and eventually own my own gallery. Gaining work experience through the Applied Study Period my course offers will definitely help me. I actually completed a two-week internship at a gallery in Rotterdam in January!” Lisa BA Management, Leadership and Leisure

Where else could you spend your Applied Study Periods? Find out more at: www.manchester.ac.uk/mll-applied-study

10 APPLIED STUDY PERIODS APPLIED STUDY PERIODS 11 MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND LEISURE

BA Management, Leadership and This degree offers you the unique chance to explore all Leisure (3yrs) three industries of events, sports and tourism - allowing UCAS code: N871 you to gain experience across them all, or to specialise in For A-level and IB requirements the one you’re passionate about. please see course list at the back of this prospectus. Alongside your specialism, you’ll develop your For more detailed entry requirements understanding of all aspects of business management - please visit our website. from marketing, to financial management, to human resources.

INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT

YEAR ONE YEAR TWO YEAR THREE Throughout your degree you’ll In your second year, you’ll begin to In Year 3, you’ll begin to think study the fundamentals of build upon your understanding of strategically about business, “I was unsure of what I wanted to pursue as a career, but the management, covering business, business and management within putting this into practice through course offers a wide range of different modules and options , human resources, the global leisure context, with a your Applied Study Period and marketing and finance. focus on both UK and dissertation project. that I am interested in, such as sport, events and marketing. international business This course offers a management. For your dissertation project, Now that I’m here, choosing this course at Manchester was comprehensive understanding of you’ll conceive, plan, execute and probably one of the best decisions I have ever made!” the leisure industry, allowing you You’ll become equipped with the write up a major independent to specialise in your choice of skills you need to lead the way in piece of research in your area Peter events, tourism or sports your career, learning how of expertise. management, or to develop a leadership differs from BA Management, Leadership and Leisure solid understanding of a mix of management, and considering the three. the role and functions of leadership in business. Find out more about this course at: www.manchester.ac.uk/mll

12 MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND LEISURE MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND LEISURE 13 MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND LEISURE

YEAR ONE - EXAMPLE COURSE UNITS Financial Management I Mandatory Business Economics Mandatory Introduction to Management and Leadership Mandatory Marketing and Consumers Mandatory Human Resources Management I Mandatory Event Feasibility Optional Introduction to Tourism Optional Introduction to Sport Optional

YEAR TWO - EXAMPLE COURSE UNITS Digital Marketing & Promotion Mandatory Human Resource Management II Mandatory Financial Management II Mandatory Leadership Mandatory International Management Mandatory Sports Business Optional Tourism Destinations Optional Live Events Optional Leadership in Business (Education) Optional

YEAR THREE - EXAMPLE COURSE UNITS Leadership II Mandatory Strategic Management Mandatory Research Project Mandatory Sport and Development Optional Event Strategy Optional Tourism Development Optional

These are examples of course units offered in 2019/20 and are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, please visit: www.manchester.ac.uk/mll

14 MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND LEISURE MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND LEISURE 15 YOUR FUTURE

ur graduates have a wide range of Recent graduates have gone onto work in career opportunities available to areas including: them, thanks to the strong mix of business- orientatedO skills they develop during their • marketing studies. • event management • business development The combination of learnt management and • human resources leadership skills, along with the 500 hours of • finance industry experience gained while on the course, • project management means that our graduates find themselves well- • research prepared when applying for jobs in their chosen career - whatever that may be. Top employers of Management, Leadership and Leisure graduates are as varied as What’s more, the flexibility of the course means Barclays, the BBC, PwC, TUI and you can graduate with a degree specifically Thomas Cook. tailored to your career ambitions - even if they lie outside of the leisure sector. Emma is a recent Management, Leadership and Thanks to the range of modules such Leisure graduate, and she’s now working at the as Marketing and Consumers, Strategic BBC as a Workplace Events Coordinator. Management and Financial Management, this was made easier. “On a day-to-day basis, I help with the running of numerous events held at I was also part of AMsoc, the society for the main BBC Headquarters by Oxford the course. It really helped me to develop Circus. I help to provide a professional my skills and put me in a position of and seamless link between various leading and motivating a team. supply partners - such as Hospitality and Security - to ensure the smooth More importantly, I was heavily involved running of all events. in all the events that we ran and it really gave me an insight as to how to run As I was unsure about what I wanted events and made me realise the strong to study specifically, Management, interest I had for it.” Leadership and Leisure enabled me to have a few choices to try out first before deciding how I wanted to steer my career.

Where could your degree take you? Find out more at: www.manchester.ac.uk/mll-careers

16 YOUR FUTURE YOUR FUTURE 17 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS LET’S UCAS institution code: M20

Course UCAS GCSE or equivalent A-Level International TALK code Baccalaureate Management, Leadership N871 C or 4 in GCSE English ABB 34 points overall with and Leisure BA Language and Mathematics 6,5,5 at Higher level

For full details on our entry requirements, please visit our website: www.manchester.ac.uk/mll

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