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If you want an exciting career in the entertainment industry as a skilled technician this is for you. You could engineer and manage audio, lighting, or broadcast systems to bring events to life.The live events industry has seen a surge of technology advances in the last 10 years, blurring the lines between live music performances, corporate events, and other mixed-media live experiences. This exciting, hands-on degree supports you to develop the skills for a career in the technical side of events, where there is a growing skills gap of skilled engineers and technicians pushing the boundaries of technology.Throughout your studies you will have the chance to build specialist skills with practical learning opportunities in our state-of-the-art facilities, from our Dolby Atmos Cinema to our HD outside broadcast vehicle. The degree will help you develop a high level of working knowledge, leaving you fully equipped to install, operate and customise audio, video and lighting systems and pursue a range of careers in the music, broadcasting, and live events industry. This gives you first-hand experience of the time and quality pressures associated with outside broadcasting and live events.The course has a strong focus on helping you improve your employability. Past students have been given regular work experience opportunities at live music and sporting events, including some of the UKs biggest music festivals, such as Glastonbury, Boardmasters, Camp Bestival, NASS, and Isle of Wight Festival.Solent's Live Event Technology degree was developed to encompass all elements of the events industry, with music as a big focus, but also coverage of the growing use of specialist lighting, visual technologies, and systems such as virtual production. As a degree embedded within the media technology team at Solent, Live Event Technology not only gives you the opportunity to experience a broad range of technologies and experiences, but also access to an excellent career built through our industry links and reputation.This course is part of the South Coast Institute of Technology (IoT), a partnership of colleges, universities and industry-leading employers to create new career opportunities in the technology sector. IoT courses like this one are precisely tailored to the needs of employers in the maritime, engineering and digital industries – industries which are hungry for talented new engineers, technologists, technicians and creatives like you.3 years