MA Arts Management

The Team

Aidan Plender

Head of Programme
Aidan Plender BA MBA

Aidan Plender has worked in arts management for over twenty years since studying music at university. He has been Concert Assistant with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Music Officer for Kirklees Metropolitan Council and, from 1990-96, was General Manager of St David’s Hall in Cardiff. Since then, Aidan has worked in a freelance capacity undertaking work for the British Council in Romania, IMG Artists, and Theatre Projects. He is Music Consultant to St David’s Hall and an assessor for the Arts Councils of England and Wales and the National Memorial Heritage Fund. Aidan is a Trustee of the Kenneth Loveland Gift.

Lecturers in Marketing 

Mark Davies
Dr David Atkins

Lecturer in Fundraising 

Marie Wood 

Lecturer in Education 

David Baxter

Lecturer in Organisation & Planning 

Mark Davies

Lecturer in Arts Management 

Aidan Plender

Lecturers in Venue Management 

Aidan Plender
Carol Jones
Mark Davies

Lecturers in Business & Marketing Planning 

Aidan Plender
Carol Jones
Mark Davies