Short courses

Unlock your potential by upskilling with Bath Spa University.

Bath Spa University provides short courses that allow you to gain expert knowledge. Whether you're looking to reskill into a new career, start your own business or explore an interest, we have courses to suit everyone.

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Bespoke training

Bath Spa University offers bespoke training designed to elevate your business and empower your employees to thrive. We're flexible and will customise the course to meet your organisation's needs and budget.

Offers include:

  • Project Management
  • Change Management
  • Digital Marketing
  • Microsoft software

To find out more about how BSU can support your training needs, please email Nikki Dodds n.dodds@bathspa.ac.uk.

Creative Advancement

Further your career or explore a new hobby.

Freehand Machine Embroidery

Tuesday 17 June, £45 per person

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Learn how to use a sewing machine and explore a contemporary way of creating art on fabric.

At the end of the course, you’ll have produced a piece of artwork that can be framed and displayed or used as an applique.

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Linocut Printmaking

Tuesday 17 June, £95 per person

A flat lay of a lino block, inks and linocutting tools

Learn how to cut and print your own lino-block, using specialist papers, excellent facilities and extensive equipment.

You'll discover different methods of printing, including using traditional tools and vintage presses, as well as printing by hand.

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Throwing Ceramics

Tuesday 17 June, £75 per person

A pair of hands pinching a pot on a pottery wheel.

Learn about the key throwing techniques on the potter’s wheel and how to decorate your ceramic pieces with coloured decorative slips and underglaze colours.

By the end of the course, you’ll have produced a series of custom ceramic pieces.

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Introduction to Screenprinting

Wednesday 18 June, £95 per person

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Learn how to use the silkscreen process to create big, bold and colourful works using stencils and hand-drawn imagery, inspired by Henri Matisse.

At the end of the course, you’ll have produced a selection of prints to display, including your own design.

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Handbuilding Ceramics

Wednesday 18 June, £60 per person

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Learn about the key handbuilding techniques and how to decorate your ceramic pieces with coloured decorative slips and underglaze colours.

By the end of the course, you’ll have produced a series of custom ceramic pieces.

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Introduction to Fabric Printing

Thursday 19 June, £125 per person

A person pushing down on the handle of a heat press to transfer a design onto a t-shirt.

Learn how to use heat press fabric printing technique and create bespoke fabric goods with the help of the sewing studio.

By the end of the course you'll have created a series of cushion covers or tote bags.

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Tuft Your Own Rug

Thursday 19 June, £195 per person

A person using an electric tufting gun to create a design on fabric

Learn how to tuft with an electric tufting gun and watch a demonstration to teach you the art of tufting.

You’ll come away from the day with your very own 60x60cm rug or wall hanging, and a new skillset to show the world.

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Photo Etching

Friday 20 June, £95 per person

Learn about the history of Photogravure and transform your digital photographs into Polymer Gravure prints.

By the end of the course, you will have created at least one A5 Polymer Gravure print of your work.

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Clay and Wellbeing

Friday 20 June, £25 per person

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Explore and play with making with clay, focusing on enjoying hand building processes rather than an end result.

You can photograph what you have made, and take away the clay to continue making.

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Introduction to Ceramics

Wednesday 17 September, £235 per person

A person holds a sheet of clay with sculpted plants inlaid on top

Learn a variety of techniques in both making and decoration, including clay preparation, wheel throwing and hand-building.

You’ll leave the course with practical skills and a collection of personally crafted ceramic pieces.

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Freehand Machine Embroidery

Tuesday 17 June, £45 per person

A person using a sewing machine to freehand a design onto fabric

Learn how to use a sewing machine and explore a contemporary way of creating art on fabric.

At the end of the course, you’ll have produced a piece of artwork that can be framed and displayed or used as an applique.

View details

Linocut Printmaking

Tuesday 17 June, £95 per person

A flat lay of a lino block, inks and linocutting tools

Learn how to cut and print your own lino-block, using specialist papers, excellent facilities and extensive equipment.

You'll discover different methods of printing, including using traditional tools and vintage presses, as well as printing by hand.

View details

Throwing Ceramics

Tuesday 17 June, £75 per person

A pair of hands pinching a pot on a pottery wheel.

Learn about the key throwing techniques on the potter’s wheel and how to decorate your ceramic pieces with coloured decorative slips and underglaze colours.

By the end of the course, you’ll have produced a series of custom ceramic pieces.

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Introduction to Screenprinting

Wednesday 18 June, £95 per person

An image of the screenprinting workshop at Locksbrook Campus, including a screenprinting bed

Learn how to use the silkscreen process to create big, bold and colourful works using stencils and hand-drawn imagery, inspired by Henri Matisse.

At the end of the course, you’ll have produced a selection of prints to display, including your own design.

View details

Handbuilding Ceramics

Wednesday 18 June, £60 per person

A hand uses a damp sponge to smooth out a ceramic jug

Learn about the key handbuilding techniques and how to decorate your ceramic pieces with coloured decorative slips and underglaze colours.

By the end of the course, you’ll have produced a series of custom ceramic pieces.

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Introduction to Fabric Printing

Thursday 19 June, £125 per person

A person pushing down on the handle of a heat press to transfer a design onto a t-shirt.

Learn how to use heat press fabric printing technique and create bespoke fabric goods with the help of the sewing studio.

By the end of the course you'll have created a series of cushion covers or tote bags.

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Tuft Your Own Rug

Thursday 19 June, £195 per person

A person using an electric tufting gun to create a design on fabric

Learn how to tuft with an electric tufting gun and watch a demonstration to teach you the art of tufting.

You’ll come away from the day with your very own 60x60cm rug or wall hanging, and a new skillset to show the world.

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Photo Etching

Friday 20 June, £95 per person

Learn about the history of Photogravure and transform your digital photographs into Polymer Gravure prints.

By the end of the course, you will have created at least one A5 Polymer Gravure print of your work.

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Clay and Wellbeing

Friday 20 June, £25 per person

A group of people making objects out of clay

Explore and play with making with clay, focusing on enjoying hand building processes rather than an end result.

You can photograph what you have made, and take away the clay to continue making.

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Introduction to Ceramics

Wednesday 17 September, £235 per person

A person holds a sheet of clay with sculpted plants inlaid on top

Learn a variety of techniques in both making and decoration, including clay preparation, wheel throwing and hand-building.

You’ll leave the course with practical skills and a collection of personally crafted ceramic pieces.

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Professional Development

Enhance your professional development and advance your career.

BCS Foundation Certificate in Agile

June 16 - 19, £795 per person

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Partnering with Coherent Training, Bath Spa University is offering the BCS Foundation Certificate in Agile, providing a comprehensive overview of Agile principles.

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BCS Foundation Certificate in Agile

June 16 - 19, £795 per person

A large planning board showing an agile workflow. On top of the board is a series of post-it notes.

Partnering with Coherent Training, Bath Spa University is offering the BCS Foundation Certificate in Agile, providing a comprehensive overview of Agile principles.

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Why a Skills Bootcamp?

Kate Kinson took part in Bath Spa University's Skills Bootcamp in Agile Project Management at the beginning of 2024.

In this interview, she tells us about why she took part, how she is now involved with the teaching side of the Skills Bootcamps and what her highlights of the course were.

Hear from our learners

“Since completing my Skills Bootcamp in Data Analytics and Machine Learning I have been offered a job as a Power BI developer.”

I absolutely think that the course contributed towards me being offered the job, both through the content of the course, and the support I got in terms of refining my CV and personal statement.

James, Skills Bootcamp in Data Analytics and Machine Learning

“The workshop was a fantastic opportunity to work with other writers, explore new ideas and learn through critique.”

By the end of the Writing for Young People Writing Workshop I had added an additional 10,000 words to my manuscript. Receiving critique was very helpful and I always felt supported and encouraged. It was lovely to be in a creative space with other writers each week.

Dani, Writing for Young People Writing Workshop

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