About this episode

Maria O'Dea discusses the new regulated event management diplomas at The Event School London aimed at addressing recruitment shortages in the UK event industry.

Maria O'Dea from The Event School London explains the school's new ATHE level 4–7 regulated event management diplomas, created to tackle UK industry recruitment shortages by offering a structured, vocational route into events. The episode covers the school's hands-on, industry-led teaching, flexible course options from short masterclasses to degree alternatives, and how it prepares students and career changers for real-world challenges including AI, corporate events and weddings. This episode of the Event Industry News Podcast is sponsored by Present Communications. Present provides broadcast-quality live, hybrid and virtual event production, trusted by organisations where reliability really matters. From corporate town halls and conferences to high-profile live streams, they design and deliver fully resilient systems that work first time. To keep up to date with all the news, subscribe for free here.If you would like to take part in a podcast, then please complete our submission form.

People in this episode

Guest: Maria O'Dea

Topics covered

• event management
• vocational education
• industry recruitment
• AI in events
• corporate events
• weddings

Keywords

• event management diplomas
• vocational route
• UK industry
• AI
• corporate events
• weddings
• The Event School London

Sponsors

Present Communications

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Event School London

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