Skills Centre
Drop-ins, courses, online resources and 1:1 tutorials to help you succeed in your studies and beyond.
Our Employability Strategy embeds employability and skill development into the student lifecycle. It facilitates access to professional learning for all students and provides a wide portfolio of opportunities for everyone studying at the university.
We have teams of Employability experts, based centrally within Professional Services and embedded within the Faculties/School, to ensure all students have access to a wide range of employability support and expertise.
Drop-ins, courses, online resources and 1:1 tutorials to help you succeed in your studies and beyond.
We offer information, advice and guidance to students and graduates. We also work with employers to connect them with our students and recent graduates.
Enterprise Bath can help you achieve your entrepreneurial ambitions and support you on your enterprising journey whilst at university.
Choose an undergraduate placement degree from Bath to gain valuable work experience and make contacts for your future career.
Registrations for the Bath Award 2026-27 are now open, enabling you to identify the skills you have acquired during your time at Bath, and empowering you to take action and develop skills that support your success.
Career planning can feel overwhelming and it helps to break it down into small manageable steps. There are plenty of opportunities here at Bath for you to enhance your skills, gain experience and build your confidence but you may be unsure where to start or what to do. The employability map can help.
Find out more about our Employability Maps
Finding work experience can be a real challenge for students in years one and two as organisations often ask for prior experience and skills they may not have had a chance to develop. Bath Insights gives students in their first or second year the opportunity to gain work experience in a safe, supportive environment through working as an intern in one of a variety of departments on the university campus.
Find out more about the Bath Insights Internship ProgrammeThe goal of the Pop-Up Shop programme is to give all students the chance to run a shop in the city centre for a day. It doesn’t matter what course you’re studying, or what stage of study you’re at, the programme is open to everyone and is a fun way to get new experiences and make new friends.
Find out more about the Pop-Up Shop Programme
Employability is woven into so much of what we do, here are some more ways you can build your employability and ensure your success while you're a student Bath.
Micro Internships offer short-term career exploration and development opportunities.
This series of practical workshops is designed to help you build confidence in the core skills employers value most.
The importance of language learning in preparation for placements in the UK or abroad.
Celebrating the achievements, journeys, and insights of VR³ÉÈËÊÓÆµ students. Discover real stories, learn from peers, and share your own experiences to grow your network.
I’m Blane Wootton, a graduate of the VR³ÉÈËÊÓÆµ, where I studied Modern Languages: French (ab initio) and German, with a year abroad in my third year.
Isaac is currently nine months into his industry placement with Knights Brown, working on the Weymouth Walls Harbour replacement scheme.
In this blog, Daniela shares her experience with each stage of the Bath Award and provides tips to help you complete the award successfully.
We met up with Durvesh, MSc Marketing student, to talk about his experience at Bath as an international student.
My name's Sophie. I successfully completed the Bath Award in 2026 & it has been a valuable experience, helping me reflect on my skills, career, and aspirations.
I'm Maryam, and when I arrived at Bath as an international student, I was determined to succeed academically and make a meaningful difference.
Browse events where you can meet the team and find out more about our work.
This workshop will help you develop the mindset and skills needed to make a strong professional impact.
Learn how to identify different types of stakeholders, understand their priorities, and adapt your communication style to build strong working relationships.
These drop-ins are for any student who has a question about using My Employability Profile.
If you’d like to find out more about our courses, or check which level you should enrol at, come along to this Meet the teacher drop-in.
If you’d like to find out more about our courses, or check which level you should enrol at, come along to this Meet the teacher drop-in.
If you’d like to find out more about our courses, or check which level you should enrol at, come along to this Meet the teacher drop-in.
News and articles from across the university and beyond to help you build your employability.
Registrations for the Bath Award 2026-27 are now open. Register by 12 February 2027 to take part.
Join the Skills Centre Languages team for a 10-week course in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese or Spanish.
Creativity takes many forms. Even if you’re not writing poetry, assignments require creativity through analysis, ideas and expression, not just memorising facts
Workplace resilience doesn’t start on your first day of work. It’s built at university, where the foundations for handling professional challenges begin.
Sustainability is important for you, as it is for all of us, personally, professionally and culturally.
In projects, discussions, placements and jobs, inclusive and culturally aware decisions improve your experience and positively impact others too.
As Director of Employability and Student Success, Helen Stringer heads up Employability at the university. Careers, the Skills Centre, faculty and School placement teams and Enterprise collaborate with colleagues across the institution to deliver a broad range of employability opportunities for students.
If you'd like to find out more about Employability and Student Success at the university, please get in touch.