Talk to a Careers Adviser

Foundation and Partnership College Students

Careers contacts at your own institution

Bridgwater	Alaister Lambon
City of Bath College	Brian Gibbs & Joanne Davies
City of Bristol College	Nella Stokes
New College	Chris Powell
Norton Radstock	Hilary Walker
Strode	Richard Frapwell
Swindon	Meg Logan & Julian White
Weston	Mark Gooding
Weymouth	Carol White

The Careers Service at Bath Spa

There are a wide range of services and resources available to students undertaking Foundation/Distance Learning/Wessex Consortium programmes of study.

We can offer you:

• Access to our careers web pages
• Access to our paper based resources at Newton Park and Sion Hill for arts specific information
• Access to brief information queries

The following services can be accessed by referral from your individual institution:

• Individual careers appointments
• e-guidance
• In-depth information requests

Careers Resources at Newton Park

Occupational publications: information on a wide range of career options with particular relevance to subject studied at BSUC.

Computer packages: careers guidance and funding search database available on both campuses.

Self Assessment: guides and books exploring practical methods of self-assessment in relation to careers planning, including changing careers and advice for mature graduates.

Information Leaflets: linking subject of study to sources of information and potential career options.

Jobs Boards: displaying vacancies, including full time local and national jobs, graduate recruitment schemes and work placements and internships. Notice-boards are located in the careers service at Newton Park , in the SU foyer at Newton Park and outside the Students' Union office at Somerset Place, Basement, House 8.

Specialist Journals and Jobs Publications: on reference in the careers service covering specific occupational areas such as environment, charities, arts.

CV's, Applications and Interviews: advice on job seeking, producing an effective CV, interview techniques, presentations and psychometric testing.

Postgraduate Study

Prospectuses of most UK universities, covering undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and information from specialist institutions, ie art, performance, environment.

Publications and websites of postgraduate opportunities - local, national and international

FunderFinder: Search for funding using the database of sources. Available on BSU Careers Service computers.

Teaching

Teaching Applications: information, advice and guidance on teaching courses, applications and interviews for entry to teacher training.

Teaching Vacancy Bulletins and Teaching Jobs Boards: local and regional teaching vacancy bulletins, links to teaching vacancy websites and noticeboards of individual teaching jobs.

Work/Study Abroad

Working in Europe and Internationally: information files, publications and web sites covering international opportunities and work experience, specific information on job seeking and study by country, links to websites of overseas jobs.

Vacation Work Abroad: information files and books, web links to vacation work opportunities.

Voluntary and aid work: information files, jobs publications and web sites. See the BSU Volunteer Challenge website.

TEFL: Information files and books offering advice on courses and finding employment.

Web and IT Resources

This website: www.bathspacareers.com - careers advice and guidance, useful web links by subject and occupation, advice on applications, CV's and interviews, current vacancies, information on careers events and fairs.

Prospects Planner: is an online job exploration tool. which helps you explore your strengths and abilities, asking a series of questions and then matching your responses to a database of 800+ jobs.

FunderFinder: searchable database of funding sources for study available on BSU Careers Service computers.

Jobs and Employment

GO>careers@bathspa has a searchable database of current jobs and employers.

Gradsouthwest is a website offering graduate level jobs in the southwest supported by all the universities in the region.

Employment Section: information on local and national employers, directories of local employers, graduate recruitment schemes and work experience opportunities

BSUC Careers Graduate Packs: General, arts and teaching editions are produced annually for final year students covering information and advice on job seeking.

Jobs@bathspa
This is an employment service covering part time and vacation jobs for students based on campus only students based in other colleges can locate suitable part time and vacation jobs via the following websites:

NASES - the National Association of Student Employment Services, links to all UK university and college job shops

For short information queries, contact us by emailor telephone 01225 875525.