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Parade Profile: Ian Johnston (BSc Business Administration 2003)
Published 9/7/2026 in On Parade
More than two decades after graduating, Bath remains an important part of Ian's story. While here, he founded a football team and made lifelong...read more ❯

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Bath Award Q&A: From architecture student to project management intern at Aviva
The Bath Award encourages students to reflect on their experiences, recognise their strengths, and articulate the skills they've developed...read more ❯

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What three months in Cologne taught me
Hi! I’m Blane Wootton, now a graduate of the University of Bath, where I studied Modern Languages: French (ab initio) and German, with a year...read more ❯

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The daunting beginning: how to start writing a piece of work
Published 9/2/2026 in Academic & Employability Skills
You know that feeling when you open a blank Word document, look at the cursor blinking back at you and suddenly decide that absolutely anything else...read more ❯

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Why Responsible Research and Innovation matters in AI research
By Bath Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour members Dr Sachini Weerawardhana and Dr Emma Walker, and guest author Dr Menisha...read more ❯

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Bridging research and policy: Good work does not speak for itself
Published 9/2/2026 in IPR blog
Good research does not automatically find its way into public policy. James Craig, Public Affairs Lead at Nuclear Restoration Services, reflects on...read more ❯

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Making design a reality: What is site civil engineering like on a university placement?
Hello! My name is Isaac, and I am currently nine months into my industry placement with Knights Brown, working on the Weymouth Walls Harbour...read more ❯

Hello again: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion — and people
Hello again! It has been a while. A very long while, in fact. This blog has been quietly resting through a global pandemic, changing...read more ❯

Parade Profile: Iyanu Joseph (BSc International Development with Economics 2023)
Published 8/31/2026 in On Parade
Since graduating, Iyanu's career has taken her from international development to education and corporate sustainability – a path she describes as...read more ❯

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Britain cannot upskill its way out of the youth jobs crisis
Published 8/27/2026 in IPR blog
In light of Alan Milburn’s interim review and the Government’s plans for addressing NEETs, Farooq Mughal and Aneesa Zafar at the University of...read more ❯

Over 45 years of friendship
Published 8/27/2026 in On Parade
In 1978, a group of Electrical & Electronic Engineering freshers – Andy White, Andrew Cresci, Errol Lafayette, Simon Wakefield, Roger Hawker...read more ❯

Blurring the borders: Working collaboratively across fields.
By Mercy O. Martins, Dorica Deborah Mirembe, and Chandra Bahadur Lama Introduction As part of the British Council ELTRA project (Reparative...read more ❯

Staff network spotlight: five years of No Kidding
A blog post by No Kidding network co-facilitators, Alison and Rachel. University of Bath has 18 staff networks and groups. They provide a chance...read more ❯

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A student’s guide to the Bath Award: Tips to help you succeed
Hi! I’m Daniela and I’m an incoming final year psychology student. At the start of this academic year, I came across the Bath Award, an...read more ❯

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From Interns to Insights: Improving Moodle Accessibility Across the Faculty of Science
Published 8/25/2026 in Centre for Learning & Teaching
Blog post by: Katie Knight (MBioMed Biomedical Sciences with professional with Professional Placement) and Will Hempstock (BSc Management...read more ❯

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Creativity and innovation at University: Not what you think
Published 8/25/2026 in Academic & Employability Skills
You’re at university working hard and completing assignments and reading around your subject. You have left all the fun of creativity, painting...read more ❯

What Changed in My Classroom After the ELTRA Project
By Nasta Chebet and Mercy O. Martins This is the second blog in a series we will be sharing from the recently concluded British Council ELTRA...read more ❯

Parade Profile: Melvyn Smith (BEng Mechanical Engineering 1987)
Published 8/24/2026 in On Parade
Melvyn's career traces the rise of AI. After studying Mechanical Engineering, he moved through toolmaking and robotics research into a distinguished...read more ❯

An interview with Durvesh Patankar, MSc Marketing student
We met up with Durvesh, MSc Marketing student, to talk about his experience at Bath as an international...read more ❯