Timetables
YOUR OFFER HOLDER DAY
Student Life Hub
Chat to our University services teams and find answers to your questions about life at Bath Spa at the information stands
10:00 - 15:00
Student Life Hub - Commons G09
Parents and Supporters Meet and Greet
A chance for Parents and Supporters to meet Bath Spa staff and find out more about what life at Bath Spa will be like for their students
11:15 - 12:00
Michael Tippett Centre
CAMPUS TOURS
Departing from Main House throughout the day.
Drop-in between 10:00 and 15:00
ACCOMMODATION
Head over to Beech block in Gardens and Langton at Lakeside to see some accommodation today.
Drop-in between 10:00 and 15:00
Want to know more about accommodation? Finance? Student life? Chat to staff and students from University Services throughout the day!
YOUR OFFER HOLDER DAY
BATH BUSINESS SCHOOL SESSION TIME LOCATION WELCOME TALK An introduction to the Bath Business School and information about what to expect at the Offer Holder Day 10:30 - 10:50 Commons G23 COURSE INFORMATION POINT - ALL COURSES Speak to course teams 13:30 - 15:00 Commons second floor COURSE SESSION TIME LOCATION BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT Entrepreneurship You’ll work in teams to develop a new business idea using a framework popular with technology businesses. 11:00 - 12:00 Commons 107/108 Creativity For Business Explore why creativity matters in business and management and put your creative thinking abilities to the test in this workshop. 12:15 - 13:15 Commons 107/108 BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS / ECONOMICS AND LAW Market Simulation Game Discover the real-world relevance of economic concepts as we simplify the complexities of supply chains, market competition, and external influences. Come join us in this interactive session, and set the stage for a deeper dive into the fascinating realm of economics. 11:00 - 12:00 Commons 221 BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS Creativity For Business Explore why creativity matters in business and management and put your creative thinking abilities to the test in this workshop. 12:15 - 13:15 Commons 107/108 ECONOMICS AND LAW Prosecuting and Defending a Client You will be participating in teams to convince a Judge of the merits of your case. 12:15 - 13:15 Commons 225/226 FASHION MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT Sustainable Fashion You will be introduced to Photoshop and will produce a Brand Board on a sustainable fashion brand. 11:00 - 12:00 Commons 214 Collaborations within Fashion You’ll explore collaborations within the fashion industry and propose a new collaboration and accompanying idea for a brand. 12:15 - 13:15 Commons 112
More than just a law degree
Explore how we teach and why it is distinctive. Take part in “Debattle”, preparing questions for short debates on topics such as a second Trump presidency, the rule of law and whether murder is always wrong.
LAW
11:00 - 12:00 Commons 225/226
and Defending a Client You will be participating in teams to convince a
of the
of your case. 12:15 - 13:15 Commons 225/226
a Marketer for Good! In this interactive session you’ll explore why Marketing and the planet need you! 11:00 - 12:00 Commons 222 Digital Marketing Participate in a ‘taster’ seminar on Digital Marketing and find out what a class at uni is like. You’ll learn to create an Instagram post for a brand to promote a new campaign. 12:15 - 13:15 Commons 224 SPORTS MANAGEMENT What you can expect from the future of Sports Management Challenging the status quo of sport and considering the rapidly changing industry. 11:00 - 12:00 Commons 224 Digital Sports Marketing An interactive consideration into the importance of digital marketing within the Sports Industry. 12:15 - 13:15 Commons 224
Prosecuting
Judge
merits
MARKETING Become
YOUR OFFER HOLDER DAY
Start watching sport with a journalist’s eye and not just as a fan! We’ll be analysing footage of a match and then looking at how to tell the story of the game.
Exploring sports stories about the people behind the scenes. How do we find those untold stories - we’ll explore documentary examples and methods to find the wider stories about the coaches, experts and teams that lead teams and individuals to victory.
FILM AND MEDIA SESSION TIME LOCATION WELCOME TALK An introduction to both The School of Art, Film and Media and The School of Design with information about what to expect at your Offer Holder Day 10:30 - 10:50 Commons G24 COURSE INFORMATION POINT - ALL COURSES Speak to course teams 13:30 - 15:00 Commons Atrium COURSE SESSION TIME LOCATION FILM AND SCREEN STUDIES Become a Film Critic: The Art of Film Analysis This session introduces you to film analysis and film reviewing. It will draw on key sequences from the very best of contemporary cinema, and guide you through the language of film! 11:00 - 11:45 Commons 111 Curating a Film Event: Uncovering Trends in European and World Cinema Would you like to develop and pitch your own film event? This session offers you a taste of a mini lecture on a selected topic, followed by activities on how to curate and programme your own film event! 12:15 - 13:00 Commons 111 MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS AI, Disinformation and Authenticity: can we trust anything we see online? Come and join the Media Communications team as we try to unpick what makes an image real or fake and why it matters! You’ll think about the notion of authenticity in relation to AI, art and creativity. Feel free to bring your ideas and questions ... 11:00 - 11:45 Commons 112 From Climate Crisis to Fashion Sustainability: Comms for Change with Adobe Express Are you interested in sharing your voice and making a change? If so, please come and join the Media Communications team in making activist campaigns using Adobe Express. No previous experience about Communications, Campaigning or Adobe required! 12:15 - 13:00 Commons 214
MEDIA PRODUCTION
Attack
BATH SCHOOL OF ART,
SPORTS
Match
11:00 - 11:45 Commons 105
Behind Sport
12:15 - 13:00 Viewing Gallery
YOUR OFFER HOLDER DAY
BATH SCHOOL OF DESIGN (COMPUTING)
COMPUTING
CREATIVE COMPUTING
Creative Coding Workshop
Never programmed before? You might be surprised by exactly how much cool stuff is only a few lines of code away. Join us for this fun and explorative P5.js workshop where we’ll learn a few basic programming techniques and use them to create some interactive and funky visuals.
Decisions, Decisions game
CYBER SECURITY
Creative Coding Workshop
Never programmed before? You might be surprised by exactly how much cool stuff is only a few lines of code away. Join us for this fun and explorative P5.js workshop where we’ll learn a few basic programming techniques and use them to create some interactive and funky visuals. 11:00 - 11:45
Decisions, Decisions game What is it like to work as a Cyber Security Analyst?
Creative Coding Workshop
Never programmed before? You might be surprised by exactly how much cool stuff is only a few lines of code away. Join us for this fun and explorative P5.js workshop where we’ll learn a few basic programming techniques and use them to create some interactive and funky visuals. 11:00 - 11:45
Decisions, Decisions game
What is it like to work as a Cyber Security Analyst?
SESSION TIME LOCATION WELCOME TALK An introduction to both the School of Art, Film and Media and The School of Design with information about what to expect at your Offer Holder Day for both Schools 10:30 - 10:50 Commons G24
INFORMATION POINT - ALL COURSES Speak to course teams 13:30 - 15:00 Commons Atrium COURSE SESSION TIME LOCATION
COURSE
11:00 - 11:45 Commons G32
What is it like to work
Cyber Security Analyst? Test your wits and problem solving skills in this Cyber Security role playing game. 12:15 - 13:00 Commons 124
as a
Commons G32
Test your wits and problem solving skills in this Cyber Security role playing game.
- 13:00 Commons 124
12:15
Commons G32
Commons 124
Test your wits and problem solving skills in this Cyber Security role playing game. 12:15 - 13:00
GAMES DEVELOPMENT
Creative Coding Workshop
Never programmed before? You might be surprised by exactly how much cool stuff is only a few lines of code away. Join us for this fun and explorative P5.js workshop where we’ll learn a few basic programming techniques and use them to create some interactive and funky visuals.
Decisions, Decisions game
What is it like to work as a Cyber Security Analyst? Test your wits and problem solving skills in this Cyber Security role playing game.
11:00 - 11:45
Commons G32
12:15 - 13:00
Commons 124
YOUR OFFER HOLDER DAY
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SESSION TIME LOCATION WELCOME TALK An introduction to the School of Education and information about what to expect at your Offer Holder Day 10:30 - 10:50 Commons 119/120/121 COURSE INFORMATION POINT - ALL COURSES Speak to course teams 13:30 - 15:00 Outside Commons 119/120/121 COURSE SESSION TIME LOCATION EDUCATION PRIMARY AND EARLY YEARS Transforming our world through education Join us to find out more about the power of education to address the pressing challenges of our world. 11:00 - 11:45 Commons 119/120/121 Shaping young lives in the School of Education and beyond Explore your Undergraduate programme as the passport to the future: your own future, and the future we share with others. 12:15 - 13:00 Commons 119/120/121 EDUCATION SECONDARY Transforming our world through education Join us to find out more about the power of education to address the pressing challenges of our world. 11:00 - 11:45 Commons 119/120/121 Shaping young lives in the School of Education and beyond Explore your Undergraduate programme as the passport to the future: your own future, and the future we share with others. 12:15 - 13:00 Commons 119/120/121 EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES Transforming our world through education Join us to find out more about the power of education to address the pressing challenges of our world. 11:00 - 11:45 Commons 119/120/121 Shaping young lives in the School of Education and beyond Explore your Undergraduate programme as the passport to the future: your own future, and the future we share with others. 12:15 - 13:00 Commons 119/120/121
YOUR OFFER HOLDER DAY
SCHOOL OF SCIENCES
BIOLOGY
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
FORENSIC SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
You’ll practice micropipetting and then use it to create some of your own artwork.
Nature Walk
If you have a keen interest in the Ecology side of Biology, will be given the opportunity to join a Nature Walk. If you prefer, you can join the Biomedical Sciences microscopy session.
Creative Lab Skills
You’ll practice micropipetting and then use it to create some of your own artwork.
Microbial Microscopy
In this session you’ll use Microscopes to explore the invisible World.
Creative Lab Skills
You’ll practice micropipetting and then use it to create some of your own artwork.
Wildlife Crime
You’ll examine green criminological perspectives with a specific focus on wildlife crime and how it could be prevented.
Key Skills for Environmental Science
- 11:45
- 13:15
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
This will introduce you to some of the key themes of Environmental Science and how they can be studied. 11:00 - 11:45
Our Wild Campus
You’ll explore the wildlife on campus and think about how we can study it to understand principles of animal behaviour, ecology and conservation.
Why and how should we conserve wildlife? Lecturers and current students will introduce why wildlife needs your help, how you can give it to them, and how the Wildlife Conservation degree at Bath Spa is designed to help you achieve this.
Our Wild Campus
You’ll explore the wildlife on campus and think about how we can study it to understand principles of animal behaviour, ecology and conservation.
12:15 - 13:45
11:00 - 11:45
12:15 - 13:45
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SESSION TIME LOCATION WELCOME TALK An introduction to
information
Day 10:30 - 10:50 Michael Tippett Centre Auditorium
INFORMATION POINT - ALL COURSES Speak to course teams 13:30 - 15:00 Commons Atrium COURSE SESSION TIME LOCATION
the School of Sciences and
about what to expect at your Offer Holder
COURSE
Creative Lab Skills
11:00
11:45 Wellow G01/G02
-
12:15 - 13:00 Wellow G01/G02
11:00
Wellow G01/G02
- 11:45
12:15
Wellow G01/G02
- 13:00
11:00
Wellow
G01/G02
Commons
12:15
G24
Twinhoe
Twinhoe
G04
Twinhoe
G04
Twinhoe G04
GEOGRAPHY AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
FOOD WITH NUTRITION AND HUMAN NUTRITION AND SPORTS AND EXERCISE NUTRITION
Going places with Geography and Global Development and Sustainability
Find out more about our Geography and GDS programmes and meet our students to get a real insight into student life at Bath Spa University.
Understanding the world through human and physical geography
Learn about our interactive approaches to learning including international fieldtrips, laboratories and surveying equipment, and engaging with contemporary global issues.
Discover nutrition courses at Bath Spa
This will enable you to talk to staff and Ambassadors and find out what it is like to study Food and Nutrition.
Think you know your nutrients? In this interactive workshop session you’ll taste different foods and drinks and determine the nutrient content.
Media: The cause of crime?
A session in which we will consider whether the media is the cause of crime or whether media can help to solve crimes.
11:00 - 11:45
Stanton G01
12:15 - 13:00
Stanton G01
11:00 - 11:45
Stanton G08
12:15 - 13:00
Stanton G11
11:00 - 12:00
Commons G24
CRIMINOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY / FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY / EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY / BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY
Wildlife Crime
Examining green criminological perspectives with a specific focus on wildlife crime and how it could be prevented.
Understanding perception through visual and auditory illusions
Discover how common visual and auditory illusions can help us understand human perception, a fundamental domain of Cognitive Psychology.
Eyewitness memory
Act as a witness to a crime and see if you can pick the perpetrator out of a line-up, and learn about the psychology of eyewitness misidentifications.
The digital revolution: Sociological interactions in the digital age
12:15 - 13:15
Commons G24
11:00 - 11:45
Commons G23
SOCIOLOGY
Reflect on how advancements in digital media and technology have impacted our lives. Are we empowered by technology? What opportunities and risks come with the digitalisation of social life?
Tackling public issues: The homelessness crisis Homelessness has become a growing concern in recent years, but why, and how can we solve it? Use your sociological imagination to explain the problem and suggest solutions.
12:15 - 13:00
Commons G23
11:00 - 11:45
Commons 131
12:15 - 13:00
Commons 131
YOUR OFFER HOLDER DAY
encounter writing that will take you beyond what is conventionally thought of as ‘English literature’ and you’ll be guided to create your own unconventional remix, in the process learning about how crucial experimentation is to literature.
In this time of environmental crisis, writing about nature matters. In this session we’ll explore great literature, our campus’s natural surroundings, and our own habits of thought to see if we can shift our perspectives on ourselves, our place, and our world.
Write and lay out a newspaper story using Adobe InDesign.
Learn to edit book jacket text like a pro using Track Changes and Adobe InDesign.
the limits of international cooperation and diplomacy, as you explore the potential politics of an alien invasion.
This session explores the policy pledges and promises that comprise election campaigns, and gives you the chance to devise your own manifesto.
OF WRITING, PUBLISHING AND THE HUMANITIES SESSION TIME LOCATION WELCOME TALK An introduction to the School of Writing, Publishing and The Humanities and information about what to expect at your Offer Holder Day 10:30 - 10:50 Commons 107/108 COURSE INFORMATION POINT - ALL COURSES Speak to course teams 13:30 - 15:00 Commons Atrium COURSE SESSION TIME LOCATION CREATIVE WRITING The Silent Walk The writing self-harnessing and protecting your most useful asset. How do we hitch the unconscious mind to the writing arm? Let’s take a walk... 11:00 - 12:00 Commons 136 The Tip of the Iceberg: An Introduction to Micronarrative How short can a short story be? In this fast-paced and energetic session we’ll look at flash fiction, economy of language, and making every word count. 12:15 - 13:15 Commons 136 ENGLISH LITERATURE Breaking Conventions
is diverse and so are our
In this
you’ll
11:00 - 12:00 Commons 137 Reading Nature
SCHOOL
Literature
own responses.
session
12:15 - 13:15 Commons 137
PUBLISHING
PUBLISHING / JOURNALISM &
Making the Headlines
11:00 - 11:45 Commons G30
A Book and its Cover
12:15 - 13:00 Commons G30 POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
of the
This session
11:00 - 11:45 Commons 133
The End
World?
tests
Your Manifesto
12:15 - 13:00 Commons 133
HISTORY
Hands on Bath Spa’s History
Delve into the history of Bath Spa and use primary sources from our archive to create a day in the life of a 1950s student at Newton Park. What classes will they have? What will they get up to in their free time? Will they be back in time for curfew? I guess we’ll find out!
The Trial of Citizen Louis Capet
In early December 1792, King Louis XVI faced trial in the National Convention on charges of high treason and other crimes. You will act as members of this assembly who will hear the evidence presented against Louis and his defence. You will deliver your verdict and decide upon his punishment, should you find him guilty.
Why there is more to Philosophy than Dead, White Men
This session introduces you to Bath Spa’s distinctively global approach to philosophy, inviting you to explore the meaning of philosophy (in dialogue with related notions, such as religion, worldview, tradition) and to reflect on the challenges and opportunities of taking a more diverse approach to philosophy.
11:00 - 11:45
Commons
12:15 - 13:00
Commons
11:00 - 11:45
12:15
135
135
ETHICS
PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS / RELIGIONS, PHILOSOPHIES AND
Commons 132
Philosophy can help with Real-world Contemporary Issues
session invites you to discover how philosophy is relevant to key issues in contemporary society, helping us to think critically and constructively about today’s pressing concerns, such as climate change, intercultural encounters and religious diversity.
How
This
- 13:00 Commons 132