Welcome to the Festival State – could there be any better environment to learn Tourism and Events, or Festivals and Arts Production in?
Flinders University offers a strong suite of tourism, events and creative industries degrees. Whether you are looking for a career in international or domestic tourism and events, seeking exciting employment opportunities in the dynamic festivals and arts sector, or would like to study tourism in combination with another degree, Flinders offers several options to choose from.
Your career could take you all over the world, including working on major international music or film festivals, designing new tourist or event experiences, or developing sustainable tourism destinations that help protect our diverse cultures and unique natural environments, or contributing to the growth and development of a strong arts and culture sector.
In these degrees, you’ll work alongside international educators and researchers, as well as industry leaders and innovators. You’ll also combine practice-based learning with theory, and discover unique and challenging opportunities to engage in cultural experiences through international exchange and field schools.
At Flinders, we will ensure that you are best-equipped to work – and eventually lead – in one of Australia’s most dynamic and vibrant industries.
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10.7%
Conference and Event Organisers
*National Skills Commission, 2021 Employment projections for the five years to 2026
No.1 in SA
in Tourism, Hospitality, Sport & Leisure for full-time employment and skills development.
The Good Universities Guide 2024 (undergraduate)
No.1 in SA
in Tourism, Hospitality, Sport & Leisure for overall educational experience and teaching quality.
The Good Universities Guide 2024 (undergraduate)
No.1 in SA
in Tourism, Hospitality, Sport & Leisure for learner engagement, learning resources, student support.
The Good Universities Guide 2024 (undergraduate)
Discover how to create events and experiences that inspire and amaze, or how to help people explore the world in entirely new ways. This is more than a business course – you'll study a range of topics ranging from marketing to graphic design to management, accounting, sustainability and more.
Find your niche in the arts industry in Australia. You'll be learning about marketing, production and strategic skills in arts management, government policy in the arts and festival curation.
*Available at Festival Plaza from 2024.
If you’re a ‘big picture’ thinker, interested in the Creative Industries and want to work in the fast-paced Festivals and Arts sector, this is the degree for you. You’ll develop the business planning, entrepreneurial and marketing skills to thrive in this fast-paced industry, preparing you for leadership in an ever-changing landscape.
You’ll choose your own adventure with this degree, tapping into Flinders’ networks across the creative arts, events and industries to build a degree that’s unique to you.
Tourism and Events Management, and Festivals and Arts Production are industry-focused degrees that prepare you for employment in a variety of positions in a highly dynamic and diverse global industry.
At first, you might not know where you want your career to go, but as your studies progress, you'll discover opportunities in government, cultural sectors, tourism authorities, event organisers and more. This could include roles such as exhibition designer, functions manager, marketing manager, experience manager, programs manager.
Whether you are looking for local, interstate or international employment, your skills will be highly sought after by tour companies, museums and heritage sites, event management consultancies, art galleries and exhibition centres, festival organisations, local and state government organisations, youth arts organisations or freelance work and independent productions.
“My degree in tourism and events at Flinders has really given me the opportunity to get that hands-on experience and to gain industry knowledge before stepping outside of university.”
Celeste Ryan
Bachelor of Tourism and Events
"The course has been really good with teaching us some core skills in the industry that you wouldn’t get elsewhere. It’s providing connections to people within the sector so that you have that when you get out of the degree."
Frankie Acacia
Bachelor of Creative Industries (Festivals and Arts Production)
"I can see myself using the knowledge and skills I’ve been taught throughout my degree in a whole bunch of ways.
From all of the things I didn’t expect to be learning, plus all the areas that I am really excited about. I think the industry itself is so broad and there are so many different roles and jobs available that I can tailor what I’ve been studying to where I expect to be going."
Abbey Paton
Bachelor of Creative Industries (Festivals and Arts Production)
Flinders helped me build myself as a person and it stretched me - in a positive way - and allowed me in a safe environment to develop vital skills, to be vulnerable and to push myself.
My Tourism degree was very well tailored. There was a great diversity of subjects, but also some specific, tangible things like how to do a PnL or how to understand contract law.
Both the formal education and the informal networks and friendships I’ve made, will stick with me for the rest of my life.
I had a great time at Flinders, I really believe in the institution. And I don’t think you can overstate how great the campus is. You can connect with nature while you are at uni. The campus is undeniably the best campus in this state.
Before I studied at Flinders, I wasn’t aware that directing arts events was even a viable possibility, as I have never been an artist myself. What I learned at uni was quickly put into action, and I found that I really enjoyed the creative process. I came to understand the depth of the industry – where business and creativity work together to create strong, sustainable events that benefit so many different stakeholders.
Studying Flinders Cultural Tourism degree, we had opportunities to go on field trips to various tourism businesses and operators. One of my placements was with WOMADelaide / Arts Projects Australia (APA). It was just a fantastic experience, being around so many amazing artists - musicians from around the world and such a great team of people; a really great place to learn. In fact, I went on to work for APA before starting my own business, and have now returned to Adelaide as a Co-Director of APA as well as Co-Founder and Creative Director of Illuminate Adelaide.
Experience a new way of learning in the heart of Adelaide
Learn how you'll benefit from the TiCSA partnership and succeed in the tourism and events industry.
You’ll connect with industry leaders, such as Festival City Adelaide to grow your networks, gain hands-on experience and more as part of your degree.
Hear more about Celeste's experience studying Tourism and Events at Flinders University.
Our incredible teaching and research staff are experts in their professions and well-connected to industry.
Senior Lecturer Dr Gareth Butler
Tourism and Events
Gareth is a lecturer in a variety of tourism management topics focusing mainly on sustainable tourism development and community engagement strategies. He is the current coordinator for the department's overseas research project topic (TOUR3000) which typically involves travel to a destination in SE Asia (Malaysia or Cambodia).
He presently holds the additional title of Senior Research Affiliate at the University of Johannesburg and has worked on funded tourism development research projects in rural South Africa. He has previously taught at universities in the UK and Malaysia.
Marion Weck
Tourism and Events
Marion is a lecturer in Tourism and Events and the topic coordinator for WIL (Work integrated learning).
She has international experience and expertise in various industry sectors having lived and worked in Germany, Canada, Sri Lanka and Dominican Republic.
Marion's extensive industry experience is reflected in her teaching methodologies. She is passionate about engaging students in their chosen industry from the commencement of their academic career through a variety of projects, to ensure they are work ready when graduating.
Dr Eliza Kitchen
Tourism and Events
Eliza is a lecturer in Tourism and Events, teaching Introduction to Tourism Studies, Interpretation for Tourism and Event Design and Management topics.
She has previously worked at Leeds Beckett University, UK teaching event management topics and conducting industry projects with associations such as Meetings Professionals International (MPI).
Associate Professor Tully Barnett
Festivals and Arts Production
Tully is an Associate Professor in Creative Industries. Her DECRA Fellowship was for a project looking at digitisation as a cultural practice. She is a Chief Investigator for the ARC Linkage project Laboratory Adelaide: The Value of Culture looking for qualitative and quantitative methodologies for measuring and reporting the intangible and non-financial benefits of cultural activities, institutions and events, with collaborators Julian Meyrick and Robert Phiddian. She serves on the advisory board of the Australasian Consortium of Humanities Research Centres (ACHRC) and the executive committee of the Australasian Assocation of Digital Humanities (aaDH).
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