June 2022

As you may know, placements are very common to do as a University of Bath student - with most undergraduate courses here offering a placement year. I am on a four-year Business course where I have two 6-month placements. My...

Do I need to tell people I have an invisible disability? My name is Lily and I am a first year at the University of Bath. I have Cystic Fibrosis (CF), an invisible disability, (you cannot tell anything is different...

I’m now 10 months into my placement year at the Office for National Statistics and the time has flown by. Given my experience, I thought it might be useful to talk about what I’ve learnt about pushing myself, networking and...

Bath is one of the most beautiful cities. From the vast green meadows to the bustling city centre there is an abundant number of things you can do; more than you can imagine. Here are a couple of my favourite...

My name is Chris, and I am about to start my placement at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Prime Brokerage Account Management. It took me a lot of rejections and a lot of learning, but I’m lucky enough to...

Being a woman in STEM myself, I have found it difficult to ignore the low female to male ratios and the experiences associated with them. Like everyone else, there are times when I have loved my course and other times...

They say time flies when you’re having fun, so I’m assuming that’s why my placement seems like it started only yesterday! Of course, since commencing my placement at Woking Mind in September, it has not been all fun and games....