Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Placement year is an exciting opportunity to explore your interest, career choices and to apply your knowledge to real-life. However, figuring out which placement to apply for and the application process can be daunting and stressful. Having been through this...

Hi everyone, and Happy New Year! I’m Hannah, a third year Modern Languages student currently on my Year Abroad in north-eastern Spain, living and studying in Zaragoza. Although I live here, I have been exploring northern Spain throughout the Christmas...

Baby scientist wearing an EEG cap What is developmental psychology? Let’s start off with the basics! Developmental psychology is a branch of psychology which looks at how individuals change overtime, and tries to understand the mechanisms behind why these changes...

‘For it is not differences that immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken’ – Audre Lorde. I think the reason why all of us on the One Young World Bath team joined this project...

New York, NY - a city so nice, they named it twice! First month reflections It’s finally been a little over a month since I began my research placement at New York University - and what a month it’s been!...

Hello everyone! Welcome back! I’m Vienne from Hong Kong, a second-year doctoral student in Education. My first blog post about my VIP experience was published a year ago. Today, here is my sixth instalment on this journey. Ta-daaaah! Speaking of...

Hello Everyone! I am Abi, currently studying an MSc in Engineering Business Management. I have a background in Chemical Engineering, mainly focusing in CCUS and Low Carbon technology. I love working in sustainability and climate change fields regardless of the...

Hi everyone! I'm Valeria, a 3rd year Psychology student at the University of Bath. This is a short vlog outlining what a day in my life interning at New York University is normally like. I am a research assistant at...

The Cambridge Dictionary defines Culture Shock as "a feeling of confusion felt by someone visiting a country or place that they do not know". When visiting new places, culture shock is rather common, and can be a positive or negative...

I have lived in Cornwall my entire life, I am used to a very quiet lifestyle by the sea and even in bath this lifestyle was not changed all that much. Bath is a very small city, surrounded by parks...