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February 15th, 2021/in Latest News/by Rebecca Christian

The Institute of Event Management (IEM) together with the Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) submitted comments to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) with proposed revisions and additions to their SOC2020 draft. The Standard Occupational Classification Codes is the system that categorises jobs into general types for the purpose of collecting, calculating, analysing, and disseminating […]

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February 8th, 2021/in Latest News/by Rebecca Christian

Association for Events Management Education https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2371448/ As part of our commitment to championing the industry, we are talking to people about their careers and what IEM means to them. The Association of Events Management Education (AEME) was founded in 2004, with the central aim of advancing events education within the UK and overseas higher education […]

Headline: Event Professionals – on the road to Government recognition

February 15th, 2021/in Latest News/by Rebecca Christian

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February 8th, 2021/in Latest News/by Rebecca Christian

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Headline: Event Professionals – on the road to Government recognition

February 15th, 2021/in Latest News/by Rebecca Christian

The Standard Occupational Classification Codes is the system that categorises jobs into general types for the purpose of collecting, calculating, analysing, and disseminating data. The SOC covers all jobs in the national economy, including occupations in the public, private, and military sectors.

As reported in the BVEP’s UK Events Industry Report, chapter 6 on People, the jobs undertaken by those in the events industry are scattered, hidden and non-existent in the existing SOC codes.

As part of the consultation process by the ONS on SOC extension codes, it was requested that the code 3557 ‘Conference and Exhibition Organisers and Managers’ be changed to ‘Event Managers’. As this level was not part of the consultation it was thought unlikely that this would be approved. The ONS have however agreed to change the new SOC2020 codes so that 3557 is now entitled ‘Events Managers and Organisers’. All the new codes to download at the ONS website.

3557: Event managers and organisers
SOC-EXT2020	SOC-EXT2020 Unit Group Title
3557/01	Conference managers and organisers
3557/02	Exhibition managers and organisers
3557/03	Festival managers and organisers
3557/04	Hospitality managers
3557/05	Wedding planners and organisers
3557/99	Conference and exhibition managers and organisers n.e.c.

Susan Spibey, Executive Board Chair of IEM, commented that “this is just a first step towards official recognition of the sector. There is still much work to do as this does not cover the main SOC Code work neither SIC Codes which are used by businesses to register at Companies House. Again, Events does not exist on the SIC Code framework.”

Caroline Jackson, Vice Chair of BVEP and Chair of the Skills & Talent Working Group commented that “we are really pleased that the ONS, and the bodies involved in deciding on the new SOC extension codes, have recognised the need for the generic title of ‘Events’. Once this has been published, it will be up to employers and researchers to ensure that those codes directly related to events are used. For too long the valuable events workforce has gone unrecognised and the pandemic has highlighted the need for official figures that the Government accepts.”

Point of View: AEME

February 8th, 2021/in Latest News/by Rebecca Christian

Association for Events Management Education
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2371448/

As part of our commitment to championing the industry, we are talking to people about their careers and what IEM means to them.

The Association of Events Management Education (AEME) was founded in 2004, with the central aim of advancing events education within the UK and overseas higher education institutions.

Q What does the IEM mean to you?
A AEME have known the IEM founders since 2006 and at the Annual Forum in 2016 the need for professional accreditation for the industry was discussed and presented by IEM. This was further developed at the 2017 event and since then it has been on the agenda of AEME. As an educational association that provides support for the Higher Education sector delivering Event Management courses throughout the UK, we decided that it would be useful to have a voice in the development of the IEM and for the benefit of our members and students at our member institutions.

Q Why did you decide it was important for you to get involved?
A The majority of our members are lecturers and have held positions within the Events Industry or gained experience in supervising their students to create successful events within their local communities. As such our members have extensive experience of both event theory and praxis. Therefore, it was felt that AEME could offer much to a partnership with the IEM and vice versa. In particular AEME and the IEM can work together to develop a professional and fit for purpose accreditation programme for the industry and University level academic courses.

Q Where do you hope to see the IEM in 20 years time?
A It is hoped that working together AEME and the IEM would have fully developed the above-mentioned course accreditation and that this would be accepted by Industry and rolled out across the events sector and that IEM would be a significant voice for the industry with annual membership of over 5,000 and Chartered status gained.

Q What is your favourite event related memory?
A As an organisation, there are many favourite memories related to the forum that AEME hosts annually. This year the event is being hosted by partner University of Brighton with a theme centred around Diversity and Inclusion.

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