Our Employability Strategy embeds employability, enterprise and skills development throughout the student lifecycle. It's designed to facilitate access to professional and work-related learning for all students and provide a wide portfolio of inclusive and innovative employability opportunities for everyone studying at the university. It ensures we're connected, cohesive and future focussed in everything we do.
Employability and Student Success
Enabling all students to fulfil their potential, graduating with the skills, experience and confidence to achieve career success and lifelong employability.
Putting employability at the heart of the student experience
Our Employability and Student Success strategy underpins everything our dedicated Employability Teams do.
Our employability experts
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.
Careers
Based centrally, our Careers Team offers information, advice and guidance to students and graduates. They also work with employers to connect them with our students and recent graduates.
Skills Centre
The Skills Centre provides pre-sessional, academic, mathematics, language and digital skills support and enhancement, both for academic study and future employment.
Placement Teams
Placements allow students to to gain valuable work experience and make contacts for their future career. Embedded within each faculty/School, Placement Teams support students before, during and after their placement.
Enterprise
Enterprise Bath helps students achieve their entrepreneurial ambitions and supports their enterprising journey whilst at university.
The Bath Award
Recognising activities and professional development that develop employability skills
The Bath Award is designed to:
- Enable students to identify, and articulate, the key transversal skills they have acquired during their time at university
- Recognise the efforts of students who are carrying out student leader, volunteer, and employment roles
- Empower students to take action and develop transversal skills that will support their success in these roles
Launching in Semester 1 2025, The Bath Award will be awarded to all students who have met the criteria and made their submission by the deadline. The award recognises hours logged completing key activities, alongside time spent on a range of professional development activities.
Mapping your employability journey
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
Bath Insights internships
We know 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 is designed to give 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.
Read more about Bath Insights internships
My Employability Profile
A dashboard to help you track your development in 13 key employability capabilities
Accessible by all students, including undergraduates, postgraduate taught students, remote learners and students on placement, this online dashboard will sit alongside MyFuture (our Careers platform) and My Academic Success (our skills platform) and support you to access the information, resources, and events you need to build a comprehensive employability profile that employers will recognise and value.
It will help you articulate and demonstrate the skills you have developed in 13 key employability capabilities, identifying gaps you may have and suggesting resources to fill those gaps.
You can add to your dashboard at any time, and progress at your own pace. There is no deadline or limit on what you can submit to build your profile.
UoB Pop-Up Shop
The UOB Pop-Up Shop competition gives 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 competition is open to everyone and is a fun way to get new experience and make new friends. Whether you’re a marketing expert, a business guru, a finance ninja or you just want to give it a shot and see what it’s like, you can have a go and build your employability skill set.
Read more about the Pop-Up Shop competition
Workplace Essentials workshops
Coming in semester 1 2025-26, a series of workshops supported by online self-access resources, to help you with the essential skills you need to succeed in the workplace. Covering everything from how to use Microsoft Word and Excel, to how to have to impact in meetings, we recommend all students come along to these workshops. If you can't make it to a workshop, use the online resources to complete the same learning at a time that suits you best.
Read more about the available workshops
Languages and employability
In an increasingly interconnected world, language learning has become more than a skill.
It is a vital asset for students preparing for university placements and graduate roles, whether in the UK or abroad. While mastering a second (or third) language opens up exciting opportunities for international travel and cultural engagement, its value goes far beyond the obvious. Language learning cultivates a wide range of employability skills and can significantly enhance your placement prospects and future career.
Get in touch
If you'd like to find out more about Employability and Student Success at the university, please get in touch.