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Event Management Educators Ireland (EMEI)

In Spring 2020, following the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown throughout Ireland, which had devastating impacts on the wider festivals & events sector in Ireland, a number of educators in the field of event management initiated a discussion about how higher and further education in Ireland could best respond to the crisis. Resulting from these informal discussions, it was decided to form a new grouping – Event Management Educators Ireland (EMEI).

EMEI – Purpose of group:

 To develop synergies between educators teaching and researching in the festival and event management studies arena, and to develop further collaborative links with the wider festival/ events sector, to the mutual benefit of all.

Initial Areas of work:

Alerting industry to educational/ upskilling opportunities.

  • Catalogue and make available the various event management certificate/ diploma/degree and postgraduate programmes available in the higher education sector in
  • Life Long learning and up-skilling opportunities via Springboard Programmes, Special Purpose Awards, etc.
  • Seek input from industry on possible upskilling

Alerting industry to placement opportunities /requirements

  • Catalogue and make available the various placement opportunities available in the higher education sector in Ireland on festival/ event management programmes, and HEIs to provide details of placement requirements (placement contract, duration, contact point )

Networking with industry

  • Actively recruit students to become members of industry bodies so they can engage with the industry from the outset of their careers.
  • Invite practitioners to give guest lectures/ facilitate thesis research for mutual knowledge
  • Seek opportunities to co-host seminars/conferences on event-related

Research

  • Produce top line summaries / make top 5 final year theses from each Higher institution available for industry to access.
  • Liaising further with industry on applied research for undergraduate/ post graduate students, e.g. practitioners can provide a list of suggested thesis topics
  • Work with practitioners to learn more about career progression of alumni from Irish HEIs and so learn about career advancement in the sector more

Current Member Institutions, Colleges and Universities:

  • AIT-LIT Consortium
  • Dundalk Institute of Technology
  • Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
  • Institute of Art and Design, Dun Laoghaire
  • IT Carlow,
  • IT Sligo
  • Munster Technological University (Kerry)
  • National University of Ireland, Galway
  • Sound Training College Temple
  • TU Dublin
  • University of Limerick
  • Ulster University

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