Credentials & Portfolio
The most powerful credential is not a certificate — it is a body of work that demonstrates what you can do. Every ISET student graduates with a Portfolio of Production: consulting-grade deliverables that prove capability to employers, clients, and collaborators.
The Portfolio of Production
A certificate tells someone you studied. A portfolio shows them what you can produce. In a consulting profession, the latter matters infinitely more.
Every assessment in ISET programmes produces a tangible, professional-quality deliverable. By the time you graduate, you hold a curated collection of real strategic documents, intelligence reports, event concepts, and policy recommendations — all produced to consulting standards, all addressing real market challenges.
This is not a hypothetical portfolio. These are genuine artefacts produced during your programme, refined through peer review and industry panel assessment, and ready to present to employers or clients on day one of your career.
Portfolio Artefact Categories
The specific artefacts depend on your programme tier and specialisation, but they draw from these four categories. Masters and MBA students produce work across all four.
Strategic Documents
- • Destination event strategy (for a real market)
- • Event feasibility assessment with scoring analysis
- • Sponsorship valuation and activation proposal
- • Convention bureau growth roadmap
Intelligence Outputs
- • Market comparative analysis using GETI/ERS data
- • Event portfolio audit with ECS scoring
- • Brand category intelligence report (EBS)
- • Venue assessment and recommendation brief (EVS)
Creative & Campaign
- • Event concept document with positioning strategy
- • Bid document for hosting a major event
- • Marketing campaign strategy with media plan
- • Stakeholder engagement and communications plan
Research & Policy
- • Industry white paper on an emerging trend
- • Policy recommendation for a government tourism body
- • Economic impact assessment methodology
- • AI integration strategy for an event organisation
What You Own
You Own Your Work
Every consulting artefact, strategy document, and creative output you produce during your programme belongs to you. You retain full intellectual property rights.
You Own Your Portfolio
Your Portfolio of Production is yours permanently. You can share it with employers, use it in pitches, publish excerpts, or build upon it in your career.
You Own Your Data
Research findings, analyses, and insights you generate using the intelligence platform are yours to take forward into professional practice.
University Owns Assessment
Your partner university manages grades, transcripts, degree conferral, and academic records according to their governance frameworks.
Credential Stacking
ISET programmes are designed to stack. Credits earned at one level carry forward to the next, so you never repeat learning and every qualification builds on the last.
Micro-Credentials
Standalone badges for specific competencies: AI Literacy in Event Tourism, Scoring System Interpretation, Event Feasibility Analysis, Sponsorship Valuation, and more.
Can be stacked towards Certificate programmes.
Certificate (T2)
A focused 12-week qualification demonstrating competence in a single domain. Produces one major consulting artefact.
Can be stacked towards Diploma programmes.
Postgraduate Diploma (T3)
A 24-week qualification demonstrating breadth across multiple domains. Produces a portfolio of interconnected deliverables.
Can be stacked towards Masters programmes with additional research.
Masters (T4/T5)
A 12–18 month postgraduate degree with dissertation or consulting thesis. Full Portfolio of Production plus original research contribution.
Foundation for doctoral research or senior consulting practice.
MBA (T6)
An 18–24 month executive qualification combining event tourism expertise with strategic business leadership. Capstone consulting project with industry partner.
C-suite readiness and strategic advisory capability.
Micro-Credential Badges
In addition to formal qualifications, ISET programmes award verifiable digital badges for specific competencies. These are industry-recognised markers of skill that can be displayed on LinkedIn, professional profiles, and CVs.
AI Literacy in Event Tourism
Scoring System Interpretation
Event Feasibility Analysis
Sponsorship Valuation
Destination Strategy
Data-Led Decision Making
Cultural Intelligence
Event Portfolio Audit
Responsible AI Practice
Badges are issued through verified digital credential platforms and remain valid permanently. They complement, but do not replace, formal degree qualifications awarded by partner universities.
Build Your Portfolio
Students apply to and study at partner universities. Register your interest to explore programmes where you produce real consulting work from day one.