MA Cultural and Arts Management

MA Cultural and Arts Management is particularly relevant to students who already work in the creative industries and are interested in professional development or those interested in a career in that sector, be it on a freelance basis, to work for small cultural operators like arts venues or to work in large organisations like the Arts Council.The programme has been designed in partnership and in consultation with local, regional and national employers in the arts and cultural industries. The aim is to develop an understanding of management in the creative industries as it is a particular business environment with several specificities, such as the implications of cultural policy and agendas of social inclusion and sustainability.Some modules concentrate on the microenvironment (the internal environment of arts and cultural organisations), others on the macroenvironment (the context in which arts and cultural organisations operate) and students also have a flexible module enabling them to focus on a sector or area of their choice (for further professional developmentpurposes). Students can also develop work-related projects, for example, if they want to set up their own company or develop a freelance career.... [-]