Partners
Working with partners: a catalyst for learning and regional impact
At Bath Spa University, mutually beneficial partnerships are at the heart of our ambition to deliver Professionally Creative education.
Our diverse range of partners are more than connections: they are catalysts. They enable us to co‑create practice-driven learning experiences to enhance our students’ skills, provide work placements and further their learning through talks, exhibitions and events.
Students and staff bring innovative thinking, research insight and new talent to partner organisations, as well as opportunities to extend their activity. As students gain industry insight and build specialist skills to flourish in the workplace, our partnerships strengthen the region’s cultural and employment eco-systems.
Organisational Partners
We are proud of our partnerships with the creative and cultural sector in Bath. Together, we support our community, our students and staff, and our valuable research and creative practice.
3SG is an independent membership network supporting the charity, social enterprise, faith and voluntary sector operating in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES).
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Bath Arts Collective is a community interest company that drives, develops and contributes to a vibrant and varied arts and events scene in Bath and surrounding areas.
Bath Carnival is a free party in the city celebrating carnival arts, as well as diversity of Bath’s people and culture. They also hold a range of workshops and events throughout the year.
Bath City Football Club aim to be successful, professional, and efficient and to achieve long-term financial sustainability, whilst being open, inclusive, considerate and diverse.
The Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) is a not-for-profit organisation championing heritage, science, literature and the arts, as well as history, geography and contemporary debates.
The Design Council is dedicated to all design disciplines and showcases brilliance, leads on new thinking, evidences value and influences policy to create an environment for design to thrive.
Fairfield House is an important piece of Bath’s history, a building of significant importance to Ethiopians and Rastafari, home to the charity BEMSCA and a place of vibrant cultural activity, recreation and worship.
The Holburne Museum is one of the UK’s leading independent museums and is one of a small number of galleries in the UK that combine a historic collection with a diverse programme of art.
House of Imagination is a charity that creates opportunities for young people to imagine and build a better future. Its aim is to put imagination at the heart of education, prove its value, and share that knowledge widely.
Hosting over 400 events per year in a beautifully restored Grade II listed former cinema, Komedia Bath offers an unparalleled programme of comedy, music, cabaret, kids’ events, club nights and just about everything in between.
Little Lost Robot CIC is a not-for-profit collective of social practice artists. They make immersive, interactive, digital and playable art that strives to bring visibility to the risks to the standard of living for othered communities.
Music Workshop is a music teaching and performance organisation based in the heart of Bath city centre. Founded by BSU alumni Kim Hoefkens-Lee in 2009, it began by delivering drum lessons to a small but ever growing handful of students.
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) provide a wide range of services including medicine and surgery, services for women and children, accident and emergency services, and diagnostic and clinical support services.
Theatre Royal Bath is one of the country’s leading regional theatres. The Theatre presents and produces varied, high quality and artistically bold plays and activities across three auditoria: the Main House, The Egg and the Ustinov.
3SG is an independent membership network supporting the charity, social enterprise, faith and voluntary sector operating in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES).
Bath Arts Collective is a community interest company that drives, develops and contributes to a vibrant and varied arts and events scene in Bath and surrounding areas.
Bath Carnival is a free party in the city celebrating carnival arts, as well as diversity of Bath’s people and culture. They also hold a range of workshops and events throughout the year.
Bath City Football Club aim to be successful, professional, and efficient and to achieve long-term financial sustainability, whilst being open, inclusive, considerate and diverse.
The Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) is a not-for-profit organisation championing heritage, science, literature and the arts, as well as history, geography and contemporary debates.
The Design Council is dedicated to all design disciplines and showcases brilliance, leads on new thinking, evidences value and influences policy to create an environment for design to thrive.
Fairfield House is an important piece of Bath’s history, a building of significant importance to Ethiopians and Rastafari, home to the charity BEMSCA and a place of vibrant cultural activity, recreation and worship.
The Holburne Museum is one of the UK’s leading independent museums and is one of a small number of galleries in the UK that combine a historic collection with a diverse programme of art.
House of Imagination is a charity that creates opportunities for young people to imagine and build a better future. Its aim is to put imagination at the heart of education, prove its value, and share that knowledge widely.
Hosting over 400 events per year in a beautifully restored Grade II listed former cinema, Komedia Bath offers an unparalleled programme of comedy, music, cabaret, kids’ events, club nights and just about everything in between.
Little Lost Robot CIC is a not-for-profit collective of social practice artists. They make immersive, interactive, digital and playable art that strives to bring visibility to the risks to the standard of living for othered communities.
Music Workshop is a music teaching and performance organisation based in the heart of Bath city centre. Founded by BSU alumni Kim Hoefkens-Lee in 2009, it began by delivering drum lessons to a small but ever growing handful of students.
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) provide a wide range of services including medicine and surgery, services for women and children, accident and emergency services, and diagnostic and clinical support services.
Theatre Royal Bath is one of the country’s leading regional theatres. The Theatre presents and produces varied, high quality and artistically bold plays and activities across three auditoria: the Main House, The Egg and the Ustinov.
Educational Partnerships
An Educational Partnership is an agreement between the University and another organisation to collaborate on delivering a broad range of education, research and scholarly activities.
Whilst these agreements can take various forms, they share a common goal - to ensure all students have access to high quality learning and the opportunity to earn a qualification that will support their professional growth.
The Centre for Educational Partnerships oversees Bath Spa University Educational Partner relationships, providing support throughout the partnership. Wherever possible, Bath Spa University makes its academic professional development provision to staff at Educational Partnership Institutions.
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Inclusive Communities
The Inclusive Communities team supports and empowers individuals from structurally disadvantaged communities to access and engage in creative and cultural activities, skills development and education through region-wide partnerships.
Through these partnerships they are developing and opening accessible, community led creative and maker spaces in Bath, the Somer Valley and West of England wide.
Global Academy of Liberal Arts
The Global Academy of Liberal Arts (GALA) is a global network of creativity spanning national and cultural boundaries to broaden the experience of students and staff.
GALA brings staff and students together from around the world to explore the relationship between creativity and social engagement through teaching and research collaborations and an annual meeting. Activities include joint programme development, comparative research, student exchange, remote teaching, joint student projects and visiting lectures.