Careers and enterprise

You’ll find employability embedded in every course we offer. Beyond your course, we offer employability-boosting opportunities including extracurricular activities, placements and projects.

Benefit from:

• One-to-one careers advice with our consultants;
• Opportunities to meet graduate recruiters;
• Exclusive internship programmes;
• Advice on securing placements during your study;
• Part-time, internship, voluntary and graduate level opportunities;
• The Bath Spa Award – gain recognition for your skills;
• Expert advice if you're considering a freelance career or self-employment.

Gaining professional work experience can increase your employment prospects. We’ll give you a variety of options to gain professional experience, whether it is as part of your course or on an extracurricular basis.  

To help you have a successful experience we can:

• Help you identify what you want;
• Liaise with employers on your behalf;
• Run pre-and-post placement meetings, so that you’ll get the most from the experience.

We’ll help you find part-time jobs in the local area, through the Job Shop – a free service for all students.

• We have a huge range of vacancies, updated daily.
• Last academic year the Job Shop advertised over 2000 job opportunities.
• We make sure that all the employers who advertise with us meet our Code of Practice.

We also run drop in sessions, which run three times a week during term time, and offer application advice, including help with CVs and cover letters.

Our annual Careers and Opportunities Fair is the flagship event in our employability calendar. Taking place this year on Thursday 25 October, the event is a fantastic way to meet local and national employers from a wide range of sectors. There will be up to 50 employers who will be looking to recruit for:

• Graduate schemes and other full-time opportunities
• Professional placement years and internships
• Part-time jobs
• Volunteering roles
• Training and postgraduate courses.

The Fair is open to students and graduates from all degree disciplines and all year groups, as well as students and graduates from other universities. 

Exhibitors will be announced through Bath Spa Careers Facebook closer to the time.

We’ve built links with employers who value the unique skills, talents and personal qualities of Bath Spa University students and graduates. This gives you access to work placements, internships, one-to-one mentoring, visiting lectures, industry advice, and the chance to apply for full-time graduate jobs.

We will not pass on your personal information without your permission. Read our Confidentiality Statement.

We are committed to monitoring and evaluating the work we do to ensure a high-quality service. Find out more about our process, evaluation and policy on feedback, compliments and complaints.

Our main base is located at Stewards lodge at our Newton Park campus – you'll find us just across the road from the Library and University Theatre. We also have a regular presence at both Sion Hill and Corsham Court campuses.

Need to know about the accessibility of Stewards lodge? Our are happy to answer your questions, or visit our accessibility guide.

To book an appointment (whether in person, over the phone or via Skype), find out more about our schedule of workshops or access our resources, current students and recent graduates can sign in to My Career.

If you have any questions or queries, please email us at careers@bathspa.ac.uk.