The work behind the InterHigh Weekends

Managing Events

Since I started working for InterHigh back in April 2012 I have been involved in two very successful annual events. The first of which was an activity break (InterHigh Weekend 2012) for the Students and their families to attend - this was quite an eye opener for me as I had only been working at InterHigh for approximately two weeks! Whilst at the event I discovered just how much time, effort and organising the occasions require, even for the most trivial of things. The second was a Hollywood themed ball (Interhigh Weekend 2013) which I had a lot more input with. We had approximately 120 students, family members and staff form InterHigh attend this event and we were all very pleased with the outcome of the ball and hope that everyone enjoyed.

Whilst organising the ball with Jacqui and the rest of head office staff I realised that I wanted to learn more about event management in the corporate sector. This led me on to searching for an online course in which I could still work full time as well as still continuing with my other commitments outside of work, but still gave me a good accreditation at the end of my studies. I came across the Fitzwilliam Institute Group, (www.fitzwilliaminstitutegroup.co.uk) who specialise in online courses ranging from Events Management to Internet and Web programming and many more. This particular course allows me to study at home and complete the course in my own time frame providing I finish the course within the allocated time of one year. The course is a series of assignments with a final course project, all of which can be sent to course tutors for marking before they are submitted for a final grade.

At the moment I am currently in the process of completing my first assignment on strategic planning. Wish me luck! I will keep you posted with my progress, in the meantime if you have any questions please let me know- natalie@interhigh.co.uk

Natalie Davies

School Administrator