Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

  • Moving to London for the first time!

    Placement Blog Post One – Moving to London!   Hello! I’m Adam, a third year Politics and International Relations student. I’m currently undertaking my placement in London, for the Podcasting company Podmasters. I recently moved to London to start my...

  • Discover Bath: the ducks stole my heart!

    A bit about me... Hello! I'm Vonny and I am in my first year studying Psychology with a work placement at Bath. For my A-levels, I took Psychology, English Lang/Lit, Spanish, Drama and Theatre Studies. I took part in Discover...

  • Semester 1 round up: Harvard Research Assistant

      Hi, I'm Millie and I'm a 3rd year psychology student on placement at the Harvard lab for developmental studies. As I go into my second semester here, I thought it would be good to wrap up my first semester-...

  • 5-month Placement round up!

    Just like that, the first half of my placement is coming to an end, so I thought I would do an (honest!) reflection of my time here so far! Settling in I feel so settled here now, in my job...

  • Day in my life on Placement

    Hello and welcome back to my blog – it’s been a couple of months since my last post and today I’d like to take you through a normal day in my life on Placement – from when I wake up...

  • Why I chose to study International Development with Economics at the University of Bath

    (Source: University of Edinburgh Research Office - https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-office/2019/09/10/unpacking-the-impact-of-international-development-research/) It is almost impossible in the present-day to escape the numerous broadcasts of ecological demise, growing global inequality, poverty, and innocent people suffering from around the globe. With BBC News updates of...

  • Why I chose to Study Sociology here at Bath

    Why Sociology? I developed a passion for understanding the world when I was young. My mother would always have on Stacey Dooley documentaries, which sparked an interest in understanding poverty, social justice, human rights, discrimination and much more. We used...

  • Day in the life of a sports science intern living in Sweden!

    Hi, I’m Arianna and my placement is based at the Winter Sports Research centre in Östersund, Sweden! I believe my placement is quite unique so I thought I would offer some further insight on what my day to day life...

  • Busy Day in South Korea

    My day in South Korea was packed with exciting activities and delicious food. It started with a visit to the Sunnye Dog Café in Hongdae, a charming place where you can enjoy the company of adorable dogs. With half the...

  • Harvard internship: reality vs expectations

    Hi, my name is Millie and I'm a third-year psychology student on Placement as a Research Assistant at Harvard. I feel like there are a lot of pre-conceived ideas about Research placements in general (maybe boring, too similar to things...