Meet the team
The Careers and Employability team aim to create opportunities that empower our students and graduates for their futures.
The Careers and Employability team’s purpose is to create opportunities that empower students and graduates to develop the skills, confidence and vision for their personal and professional future.
We are dedicated to providing exceptional support to our students across all stages and graduates of their student and early career journey. Learn more about what we do below.
Meet the team
The leadership team of Bath Spa’s Careers and Employability Service is responsible for the development and delivery of the employability strategy and the overall operations and continuing enhancement of the service. As experts in employability and career development, they act as strategic enablers, ensuring that good practices around employability, entrepreneurship and employer activity are integrated across the university’s culture and operations, enabling students to become career ready and thrive in their futures.
Laura Ingham, Head of Careers and Employability
l.ingham@bathspa.ac.uk
Peter Tribe, Deputy Head of Careers and Employability
p.tribe@bathspa.ac.uk
Sarah Outamast-Brown, Deputy Head of Careers & Employability – Academic Alignment
Central Services provide comprehensive operational support for Careers and Employability, encompassing events, digital systems, internal marketing, resources, and financial support.
They also manage extracurricular activities, Student Career Champions, and a mentoring scheme.
Tim Beale, Career Service Manager
t.beale@bathspa.ac.uk
Shelley Knowles, Student Scholarship and Bursaries Coordinator
s.knowles@bathspa.ac.uk
Jessica Carey, Projects Coordinator
j.carey@bathspa.ac.uk
Martin Chiffers, Digital Storyteller
m.chiffers@bathspa.ac.uk
Dominic Stroud, Digital Content and Student Engagement Coordinator
d.stroud@bathspa.ac.uk
Rhianna Broad, Administrator
r.broad@bathspa.ac.uk
The Curriculum and Academic Alignment team work with academics across all schools to support the embedding of employability and enterprise good practice into curriculum, enabling students to progress into positive graduate outcomes.
Each of our Partner colleagues has specific school links.
Aquari’elle Singer, School Employability Partner: Bath Business School and Bath Spa University London
a.singer@bathspa.ac.uk
Heledd Ager, School Employability Partner: School of Education and School of Sciences
h.ager@bathspa.ac.uk
Louisa Clark, School Employability Partner: Bath School of Art, Film and Media and Bath School of Design
l.clark2@bathspa.ac.uk
Chloe Whittaker-Davis, Employability Coach
Hayley Johnson, Employability Coach
Pandora Manton, School Employability Partner: School of Education and School of Sciences
p.manton@bathspa.ac.uk
Vivien Yorke, School Employability Partner: School of Writing, Publishing and the Humanities and Bath School of Music and Performing Arts
v.yorke@bathspa.ac.uk
The Placements team oversees the Professional Placement Year (PPY) and our Bath Spa Works: Internships programme. They work with local businesses to provide exciting work opportunities, and ensure that students’ placements are meaningful and support them in their development.
Jamie Bradbury, Placements Manager
j.bradbury@bathspa.ac.uk
Charlotte Marshall, Placements Coordinator
c.marshall2@bathspa.ac.uk
Eleanor Freeman, Placements Coordinator
e.freeman@bathspa.ac.uk
Hannah Ring, Placements Coordinator
h.ring@bathspa.ac.uk
Jessica Scott, Placements Coordinator
j.scott@bathspa.ac.uk
Rebecca Taylor-Ford, Placements Coordinator
r.taylor-ford@bathspa.ac.uk
Bath Spa students are renowned for their creative and entrepreneurial spirit, and this specialist team supports our large community of students and graduates who are interested in setting up their own business or working freelance.
Tiffany Frye, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Manager
t.frye@bathspa.ac.uk
Jai Tyler, Employability Coach: Enterprise Specialist
j.tyler@bathspa.ac.uk
Nicola Turner, Employability Coach: Enterprise Specialist
n.turner@bathspa.ac.uk
The Graduate Success Team run the Grad Support Unit, offering BSU-exclusive employment opportunities through schemes such as the Grad Placement Programme and the Bath Spa Graduate Scheme.
They also provide 1-2-1 and e-guidance and digital resources that enable final years to successfully transition into their future after graduation.
Paige Clarkson, Graduate Success Manager
p.clarkson2@bathspa.ac.uk
Iona Jones, Employability Coach: Graduate Success
i.jones@bathspa.ac.uk
Rajinder Boucher, Employability Coach: Graduate Success
r.boucher@bathspa.ac.uk
Blessing Mururi, Graduate Success Coordinator
b.mururi@bathspa.ac.uk
Our experienced Employer Relations Team is the first port of call for businesses looking to employ our students and graduates and benefit from our talent pool, collaborate and engage with our student community, and grow by raising their profile amongst the next generation.
John Hector, Employer Relationships Manager
j.hector@bathspa.ac.uk
Beverly Woodland, Employer Relationships Advisor
b.woodland@bathspa.ac.uk
Sarah Cooper, Employer Relationships Advisor
s.cooper2@bathspa.ac.uk
Simon Taylor, Employer Relationships Advisor
s.taylor4@bathspa.ac.uk
Charlotte Godfrey, EMERGE Studio ManagerThe service isn’t part of a combined careers service and we currently work with the following third-party providers to supply services:
We’re a proud member of the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) and follow their work experience standard guide and position on impartiality.
We have advertising guidelines that all employers must adhere to before any position becomes available for students to view, and have several guiding principles as part of our ethics and sustainability statement on how we work with businesses involved with sensitive environmental, social and governance matters. This statement is reviewed and updated annually and approved by the Senior Leadership Team. The last review was completed in August 2024.