Fully Funded Short Courses

If you’re looking to start or advance your career in the live events or creative industry, our fully funded short courses will prepare you for your next steps.

Whether you want to work in festivals, theatre, sporting events, arena touring, or the wider creative industry, we’ll provide you with the fundamental skills and knowledge you need, with hands-on learning and expertise from industry professionals - so you’ll learn from the people who have actually done it.  

Join our fully funded two-week intensive short courses in Festival and Event Crewing, Content Creation for the Creative Industries or CAD for the Creative Industries and transform your passion into a professional skill set and get you ready to take on projects that inspire and excite.

TECHNICAL PRODUCTION

On the Festival and Event Crewing Skills Bootcamp, you'll learn the essential skills needed to work safely, confidently and professionally behind the scenes at concerts, festivals and large-scale events.

  •   Set up and management of event and festival sites  
  •   Crowd control and safety procedures  
  • Staging, lighting and audio setups  
  •   Event sustainability  
  •   Technical crew team skills

Apply now to secure your place!

Content Creation For The Creative Industries

The Content Creation For The Creative Industries short course will teach you to develop creative ideas from concept to finished piece with no prior experience needed. You’ll gain practical experience across key design tools, working on real-world briefs and building a professional portfolio to help you stand out You'll gain skills in key areas including:

  •   Pixel-based design 
  • Image editing 
  •   Vector graphics, icon design and simple branding  
  •   Motion graphics and animation techniques  
  •   Video editing, sequencing and audio mixing  
  •   AI-assisted image creation   
  •   How to respond to creative briefs   
  • Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier Pro

Apply now to secure your place!

CAD For The Creative Industries

The CAD For The Creative Industries short course will introduce you to the creative and technical world of Computer-aided design (CAD). Learn how to create detailed digital drawings for live events, theatre, exhibitions and more, no prior experience needed. You'll gain skills in key areas including:  

  •  AutoCAD and digital drafting workflows  
  • Creating detailed drawings for live performance environments  
  • Version control, model organisation and professional best practice  
  •  Customising your CAD interface for speed and productivity  


Careers & Employability

We don’t just hand you a certificate at the end of your course. We are committed to your career success. 

We’ll work with you to secure opportunities and interviews for you, leveraging our extensive industry connections at ALT to help you into your next big step.  

Whether you aspire to manage large-scale events or make your first steps into the creative world, we’ll support you in getting on the right path, with the right people in the industry.  

Why Study at ALT?

Alternative learning  

Our approach to education is industry-integrated, where we work alongside some of the world’s biggest productions from the likes of Beyoncé, the Arctic Monkeys, Amazon and Netflix. It means you get access to industry experts and work opportunities unlike any other. 

Real-world learning

Solve real briefs and offer up creative solutions to industry challenges. Through hands-on practice and research, you’ll learn the tools and methods that you can immediately apply to your own work.  

Designed by industry for industry 

All our courses have been designed to meet the biggest challenges and opportunities facing the live experience and creative industries today. And the experts who lead each course will teach, mentor and support you every step of the way.  

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