Practical and imaginative development which activates you for this fast-growing industry

This course gives graduates of a Foundation Degree, or those who have successfully completed the first two years of a BA Hons subject lined degree (which is HE equivalent), the opportunity to progress to BA Honours in Production for Live Events and Television. FdA graduates must be experienced in production and demonstrate competence to an appropriate level in a live events or television context and good research skills to enter the Honours-level year. Your suitability will be explored at interview and through the submission of a portfolio, showreel or other artefacts and text work.

This course gives you the opportunity to develop conceptual skills and theoretical knowledge across either of two pathway options:

• Design for Production
• Production Event Manager/Creative Project Director

Major projects will allow all students to collaborate and share their skills and knowledge.

The theoretical aspects of the Honours-level work will be explored through a dissertation or equivalent, encouraging you to investigate future industry developments and to support your personal professional direction.

Successful applicants will need to demonstrate their willingness and readiness to undertake extended academic writing. This work is supported by a bridging unit in the summer prior to enrolment and by the LCC Study Support department.

Students can expect to develop their practice work within an understanding of its theoretical and industrial context.

This course is taught within the School of Media.

Learning and teaching

Courses in UAL span a broad range of art, design, communication, business, media, science and communication subjects. So the ways in which you learn and how your time is used will vary according to the specific course you are studying; this may be in studios, labs, classes, involve working alone, learning from peers in pairs or groups, or with external partners. Most importantly, no matter which course you enrol on, you will learn not only about your subject but also about how you learn and how to increase your knowledge base.

Our courses will guide you to take increasing responsibility and ownership of your work and your learning. We do this so that you will be ready and able to take full advantage of the full range of opportunities offered by the creative industries in the global economy. 

Assessment

Assessment always sounds austere and foreboding, but it is not. We see assessment as a very real part of learning, rather than just a means of looking back at past work and measuring achievement; we believe that assessment helps you plan future work and develop new ideas.

Your work will be assessed through projects or portfolios, with written papers or research journals, and, on some courses, examinations. You will be graded according to a set of marking criteria that relate to such things as research, subject knowledge, methodology, and your capacity to analyse and reflect on your achievements. So don’t be afraid of assessment - it is the way to progress.

• Live Project (WCA)
  or
• Sponsorship & income generation for events

• Final Major Project (Individual)
• Contextual Studies 3 Dissertation
• Futures
• Personal and Professional Development 3

This course defines itself at a level above the FdA by placing more emphasis on research to support innovative conceptual development and practice of these skills and furtherance of specialist work utilising a variety of resources and venues. This is comparable with the professional production world and will support your professional and personal development. Unit 1 will be either Live Project or Sponsorship and Income Generation for Events.

Graduates of the BA (Hons) Production for Live Events and Television (top up) will be able to celebrate a diverse and large employment market that could allow them to enter into a variety of roles, depending on the specific area in which they specialize. To inspire you, here is a long list of potential employment opportunities:

• Independent and regional television, film and video production companies
• Lighting and audio companies
• Set provision and construction and scenic painting companies
• Independent professionals; such as designers, set dressers, scenic artists, directors, producers, production managers
• Drama training institutions and educational linked ventures
• Touring theatre companies
• Exhibition and display production companies
• Museum events
• Commissioned festival and special events contracts
• Fashion and advertisement promotional events
• Music events
• Residential or short term theatre and television studio contracts
• Conference, corporate, party and charity functions management companies
• Leisure and sporting events commissions
• Theme parks
• Web based productions

The BA (Hons) Production for Live Events and Television (top up) graduates will have opportunity of employment at differing levels of responsibility depending on the nature of the production and depending on the focus they choose to elect. Below is a selection of potential roles:

• Production Design Assistant
• Assistant Art Director
• Assistant Project Director
• Assistant Production Manager
• Assistant Floor/Studio/Stage/Location Manager
• Lighting design Assistant/Operator
• Sound design Assistant/Operator
• Assistant Technical Manager
• Assistant Creative Manager
• Storyboard Artist
• Assistant Prop Designer/Maker/Supervisor/Buyer/Supplier
• Assistant Set Dresser
• Assistant Model Maker
• Technical Drafts Person
• Assistant Scenic Artist
• Set Construction Assistant
• Assistant Costume Coordinator/Supervisor/Buyer/Supplier

Leadership level in the above fields of work is possible but most likely to be obtained once work experience is furthered.

Enterprise and employability at UAL

We know what it takes to be successful in your chosen field. Your tutors are professionals in their own right and understand what you need to help you establish your career. Staff in our Centre for Student Enterprise and Employability (SEE) are dedicated to helping you build up work-relevant skills, knowledge, experience and networks throughout your time here. You will also benefit from our many relationships with industry, which give our students exclusive opportunities and access to networks and funding.

Artists and designers tell us they value UAL's informed engagement with their career and professional practice development and our ability to offer them practical advice, guidance and opportunities across the wide spectrum of possible professional pathways - as entrepreneurs and employees. Staff value the resources and skills UAL makes available to help them deliver effective professional and career development through the curriculum.

Find out more

ArtsTemps (SEE) is the UAL in-house recruitment agency placing students and graduates in paid temping roles within the University. 

Creative Opportunities (SEE) is the UAL job vacancy and work placement website for students and graduates and advertises hundreds of creative job and placement opportunities each month.

Get more information and advice on employment and creative careers for all UAL students and graduates.

Recruitment and admissions

Selection criteria

The aim of the admissions policy is to ensure that all applicants who can display the necessary creative and intellectual abilities and motivation to benefit from studying are given equal opportunity to achieve a place on the course.

The course team will encourage as wide a participation as is possible, in line with the University’s mission, and will seek to broaden participation among all groups in society.

Student selection will be based on the following criteria:

• An aptitude for their chosen specialism and for working in the media. Candidates are asked if they have worked on live events or in television through for example workplace visits or related work experience.
• Enthusiasm for the academic study of the subject area and for intellectual enquiry.

Progression from FdA Production for Live Events and Television to BA (Hons) Production for Live Events and Television (Top-Up) is conditional on:

• Places being available
• A merit classification being achieved in appropriate FdA course
• A successful interview (or alternative selection method)
• Successful completion of the Bridging Studies Unit

Minimum UAL entry requirements

Find out more about the University's Regulations on Admissions.

Admission procedures

Applications will normally be made through LCC for internal students bridging from FdA Production for Live Events and Television. External candidates may
apply through UCAS. 

Applicants meeting the entry criteria above or with initial evidence of appropriate prior learning and / or experience, will be considered for admission. After due
consideration by the course team, applicants may be invited to interview. The Course Director and team will confirm that they have the necessary motivation,
background, capacity to contribute and the potential to benefit from the course. This may include a written exercise.

During the interview, the applicant will be given:

• Additional information about the programme enabling each applicant to make an informed choice.
• More information about the AP(E)L policy

Students should have completed the LCC bridging course which prepares applicants for entry to this BA 'top up' year.

Applications from current UK/EU University of the Arts London students should be made using the College UK / EU application form (PDF - 4MB).

Any UK/EU student applying from outside the University needs to apply through UCAS. For more information please contact the admissions team on +44 (0)20 7514 6599 or email info@lcc.arts.ac.uk.

International students should use the international application form which is available to download on the International Office's web pages.