Backstage Academy
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THE HOME OF LIVE EVENTS EDUCATION
Backstage Academy is like no other university. We exist for passionate and driven individuals who dream of producing breathtaking events.
Based in Yorkshire, we offer specialist undergraduate degrees and short courses for the live events industry and are proud to be a small and exclusive institution where students are known by name rather than their student number.
From day one, our students are immersed in industry. Using best-in-class technology and equipment in state-of-the-art studio spaces, students work side-by-side with leading professionals across campus at the world-renowned Production Park.
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES:
- BA (Hons) Live Events Production (also available as 2 year FdA & 1 year Top Up)
- BA (Hons) Live Visual Design & Production
- BA (Hons) Stage & Production Management
POSTGRADUATE DEGREES:
- MA Innovation & Entrepreneurship for Live Events
- MA Live Event Design
- MSc Creative Technologies for Live Events
SHORT COURSES:
- Event Safety Passport
- Mental Health First Aid
- Rigging
- Stage Pyrotechnics
- Working with Electricity
SHORT COURSES (coming in 2021):
- Creative Draping
- Principles of Audio
- Principles of Interactivity
- Principles of Lighting
- Principles of Networking
- Principles of Touring
- Principles of Video
- Principles of Video
- Special FX
- Train the Trainer