From international sporting events and concerts to world-class retail and transport hubs, mass gatherings are increasing in scale and complexity. In the current global environment the challenges of keeping people safe are greater than ever.

Our short Postgraduate Certificate and full MSc programmes at Coventry aim to provide you with the academic underpinning to analyse the features that make for best-practice planning, policy and process, so that you can go on to devise effective crowded places arrangements of your own.

The programmes cover cutting edge crowd dynamics research, and important legal and socio-political frameworks within crowd safety and emergency management, as well as investigating emerging technological solutions, and the contemporary safety and threat environments that impact on the sector.

The courses also aim to provide an understanding of the issues that underlie many of the concerns faced by crowd safety management practitioners, such as multi-agency cooperation and coordination and business continuity. In particular, you will examine how these issues may be addressed in practice, with a view to enhancing the effectiveness of integrated emergency management and organisational resilience.

Programmes are designed to be full- or part-time, and are designed to be flexible to fit around the demands of a career in the live events sector. Entry requirements include a first degree, foundation degree or Level 5 qualification. Start points available in September, January and May every year. Contact us for more details.