Events & Festivals Research, UK Centre for Events Management

The following list of projects provides a flavour of the breadth of the projects undertaken by our team:

• A social impact evaluation of the Shoreditch Festival 2008 for The Shoreditch Trust (more). 
• A review of the literature on training and skills in the festivals and events sector for People 1st, the Sector Skills Council (available from here)
• Evaluation of melas and other festivals for local authorities, including Preston City Council, Blackburn with Darwen Council and Saltaire Festival (Bradford).
• Youth circus mapping and recommendations for Arts Council England.  
• Open City: Encouraging social inclusion agendas for city festivals for Manchester City Council
• The impact of rural events for communities and the Welsh economy for the Leader+ and partners in Wales (more)
• Decibel focussed development agency feasibility study report. Arts Council England, Yorkshire.
• Yorkshire Market Towns Regeneration Project: Settle Music Festival for Yorkshire Forward, the region’s economic development agency.
• 2012 Olympic Games Roadshow - Evaluation (with Logistik Ltd) for Yorkshire and Humber Learning and Skills Council
• Event Market Development Project - The project was part-financed by the European Union and the Higher Education Innovation Fund (more)
• PASS – an innovative group assessment project for the Higher Education Funding Council England (HEFCE)
• The use of guest speakers for events management education: a review of practice for the national Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund (TQEF)
• Fostering entrepreneurship and SME development in Bulgaria’s tourism industry (with others) for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (more)
• Developing a handbook for tourism learning areas (with EcoTrans) for the European Commission (more)
• An analysis of professionalism and professionalization for the Institute of Travel and Tourism (more)
• Co-financing of training and skills development (with HOST Policy Research) for the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) (more)
• Attitudes to climate change: A survey. Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT) (more)
• Flexible working practices.  Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT) (more)