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APU - Anglia Polytechnic University
Ashcroft International Business School
East Road
Cambridge CB1 1 PT
United Kingdom
Director: Michael Malone-Lee (Vice Chancellor)
Phone: +44 1223 363271
Fax: +44 1223 417700
E-mail: j.hewlett@apu.ac.uk
Web site: www.abs.anglia.ac.uk/courses/art/artsmanagement.htm
Background, orientation and purpose
Profiles: United Kingdom
Anglia Polytechnic University was founded with the joining of three long-established regional
educational institutions in East Anglia. The main aims of the programme are to provide the business
skills needed for a career in arts management along with a toolbox of management techniques to help
understand the key issues facing arts managers.
Programme(s) and qualification(s)
Certificate stage in Arts Management/Diploma stage in Arts Management.
Duration
Certificate stage in Arts Management - 1 year (full-time)/2 years (part-time).
Diploma stage in Arts Management - 1 year (full-time)/2 years (part-time).
MA in Arts Management - 2 years (full-time)/3 years (part-time).
Content
The Certificate stage in Arts Management/ Diploma stage in Arts Management:
The Certificate stage covers the following modules: Managing Finance in the Arts; Working with
Information; Arts Environment; Marketing the Arts; Managing People and Relationships at Work.
The Diploma stage in Arts Management comprises 60 credits and covers the following modules:
Research Methods for Managers; Business Planning and Finance in the Arts; Audience Development;
Strategy in the Arts; Cultural Tourism; Youth Arts Strategy and Delivery; Access Equality and the
Arts; Legal Issues in the Arts; Education in the Arts. Full-time students and any part-time students
who are not in arts jobs already undertake a work placement.
The Master’s Stage in Arts Management: Completion of the master’s stage of overall course, a 25,000
word dissertation or a work-based project and a 15,000 word dissertation.
International/European dimension
The Programme regularly provides for a study tour of approximately one week to European countries
each year. There are also good opportunities to develop foreign languages. The institution is a
member of ENCATC.
Evaluation and assessment
Student performance is evaluated through examinations/papers, research, a final paper/thesis and
practical work/internship.
Lecturers
Joan Hewlett, MA, Grad. CIPD and leader of the course; Peter Thornton, part-time consultant and
part-time with APU, previously a senior manager with the Eastern Arts Board; Lester Lloyd-Reason,
Deputy Course Leader.
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