TIMETABLES
These sessions have been designed with programme leads to give you a taste of your chosen course.
CREATIVE SOUND AND
You’ll work in teams to develop a new business idea using a framework popular with technology businesses.
Explore how economists understand real-world decisions, both in markets and in everyday life. Take part in a short activity and then get hands-on with some of the creative tools and software used in our portfoliobased Economics programme.
Never programmed before? You might be surprised exactly how much cool stuff is only a few lines of code away. Join us for this fun and explorative creative workshop where we’ll learn a few basic programming techniques and use them to create an interactive visual experience.
CREATIVE CODING WORKSHOP
Never programmed before? You might be surprised exactly how much cool stuff is only a few lines of code away. Join us for this fun and explorative creative workshop where we’ll learn a few basic programming techniques and use them to create an interactive visual experience. Commons G32
BUILDING YOUR CREATIVE IDENTITY: PART 1
Want to make media but not sure where you fit in the wide world of the creative industries? Come and join the Creative Media Team to build up your own identity as a maker, with advice and practical experimentation!
SO WHAT'S THIS SOUND ALL ABOUT ANYWAY?
A session in our Immersive Sound Lecture room, lead by the CSMP Team, come and hear how sound works (on big speakers)!
CREATIVE NON-FICTION: FINDING OUR MOMENTS
This workshop is all about finding our ‘moments’ and the memories that resonate with us – what Virginia Woolf calls ‘Moments of Being’, which are like violent shocks in the cotton wool of nonbeing (getting up, making breakfast, going to work). The session will be interactive with writing exercises relevant for fiction and non-fiction – and Dr Lily Dunn will take you through how to write these moments vividly as building blocks for story. The perfect antidote to the blank page.
Commons 111
Explore why creativity matters in business and management and put your creative thinking abilities to the test in this workshop.
Explore why creativity matters in business and management and put your creative thinking abilities to the test in this workshop.
USING AI TO CHOOSE YOUR UNI
Design an AI to help you decide which uni is best for you and compare the decision making results.
PLAYABLE PIXELS
How can you make a video game with no screen, just 144 pixels and DIY electronics? Join this group session to learn how to design multiplayer playable experiences that light up the room!
BUILDING YOUR CREATIVE IDENTITY: PART 2
Continuing on from the morning, there will be more information, more creativity, more chances to play around with the kit and more opportunities to meet our applicants!
DESTINATIONS, EMPLOYABILITY & THE PATH THROUGH CREATIVE SOUND AND MUSIC PRODUCTION
Where do our students end up? The CSMP Team lead you through the course
THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG: HOW SHORT CAN A SHORT STORY BE?
This interactive session teaches the importance of economy of language and making every word count, using flash fiction as a starting point. Commons First Floor (outside
- 10:20
OSINT WORKSHOP
Want to know how organisations use Open Source Intelligence as a cybersecurity tool to help gauge security threats to their operations? How would criminals do the same thing virtually undetected? Join us in this interactive workshop to conduct your own OSINT exercise.
PERFORMANCE PRACTICES
Work with specialist staff on exploring scripts.
Participate in a workshop and information session with our specialist musical theatre staff.
ECONOMICS IN PRACTICE
Explore how economists understand real-world decisions, both in markets and in everyday life. Take part in a short activity and then get hands-on with some of the creative tools and software used in our portfoliobased Economics programme.
TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD THROUGH
Join us to find out more about the power of education to address the pressing challenges of our world.
READING NATURE
In this time of environmental crisis, writing about nature matters. In this session, we’ll explore great literature, our campus’s natural surroundings and our own habits of thought to see if we can shift our perspectives on ourselves, our place and our world.
COLLABORATIONS WITHIN FASHION
You’ll explore collaborations within the fashion industry and propose a new collaboration and accompanying idea for a brand.
YOU, THE FILM CRITIC!
Passionate about movies? This session introduces you to the tools of film analysis and film reviewing. You will watch key sequences from the very best of contemporary cinema, and find your way into the world of film reviewing!
DECISIONS, DECISIONS GAME
What is it like to work as a Cyber Security analyst? Test your wits and problem solving skills in this Cyber Security role playing game.
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PROSECUTING AND DEFENDING A CLIENT
You will be participating in firms to convince a Judge of your case.
SHAPING YOUNG LIVES IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND BEYOND
Explore your undergraduate programme as the passport to the future: your own future, and the future we share with others.
First Floor (outside 119/120/121)
BREAKING CONVENTIONS
Literature is diverse and so are our own responses. In this session, you will encounter writing that challenges the generic conventions and standard narratives of ‘English literature’, in the process appreciating experimentation's centrality in literary production. Commons First Floor (outside CM.131/132/133)
SUSTAINABLE FASHION
You will be introduced to Photoshop and will produce a brand board on a sustainable fashion brand. Commons Second Floor
THE MAGIC OF MOVIES
How do war movies tell stories differently from musicals? How do directors and studios tell stories differently using 'signature' styles? This session is designed to be a fascinating journey into the conventions of storytelling, camerawork, lighting, visual effects, sound, and so much more that goes into creating the magic of movies.
2 Experience using our studios and facilities with a series of interactive workshops. Meet and work with members of the team including academics, technicians and current students
COURSE WELCOME TALKS
10:00 - 10:20
10:30 - 10:50
GAMES DEVELOPMENT
Tippett
COURSE SESSION 1 11:00 - 12:00
COURSE SESSION 1 DETAILS
CREATIVE CODING WORKSHOP
G32
COURSE SESSION 2 12:15 - 13:15
Never programmed before? You might be surprised exactly how much cool stuff is only a few lines of code away. Join us for this fun and explorative creative workshop where we’ll learn a few basic programming techniques and use them to create an interactive visual experience. Commons G32
STUDYING GEOGRAPHY AT BSU
In this session, you’ll learn more about our degree programme and student experience. We’ll begin with a short overview of key features of the degree and explore opportunities such as international field trips, work placements, professional placement year and semester abroad. There will also be time for you to meet with our student ambassadors and learn more about student life at BSU.
HANDS ON HISTORY
In this session, we'll be taking historical ideas, perspectives, and sources to understand and explore a historical event of the past.
This session tests the limits of international cooperation and diplomacy, as you explore the potential politics of an alien invasion.
MAKING THE HEADLINES
Learn how to create and produce a basic news story in a fun and engaging format.
MORE THAN JUST A LAW DEGREE
More than just a Law degree Explore how we teach and why it is distinctive. Take part in “Debattle”, preparing questions for short debates on topics such as the rule of law, should AI replace lawyers and whether murder is always wrong.
BECOME A MARKETER FOR GOOD!
In this interactive session you’ll explore why marketing and the planet need you!
COURSE SESSION 2 DETAILS
PLAYABLE PIXELS
How can you make a video game with no screen, just 144 pixels and DIY electronics? Join this group session to learn how to design multiplayer playable experiences that light up the room!
GOING PLACES WITH GEOGRAPHY: KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND YOUR FUTURE CAREER
In this session, you’ll experience what it’s like to study human and physical geography at university and learn about how our modules will prepare you for a diverse range of future careers. You’ll have a short taster lecture in human geography that will show how course content links to real world issues. Then you’ll get to see some of our physical geography equipment such as total stations, differential GPS and drones, and learn about how our geography degree will provide you with the skills to use industry standard technologies and software.
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH TREASON
In Tudor England, treason was punishable by hanging, drawing and quartering or burning at the stake. In this session, students will role play different plots, coups and rebellions to shed light on Tudor politics and the ways in which even ordinary people could hold powerand even get away with treason.
This session explores the policy pledges and promises that comprise election campaigns, and gives you the chance to devise your own manifesto.
A BOOK AND ITS COVER
Learn to edit book jacket text like a pro using Track Changes and Adobe InDesign.
PROSECUTING AND DEFENDING A CLIENT
You will be participating in firms to convince a Judge of your case.
- 10:30 13:30 - 15:00
& 226
A DIGITAL MARKETING SEMINAR 'TASTER' SESSION
Participate in a ‘taster’ seminar on digital marketing and find out what a class at uni is like. You’ll learn to create an Instagram post for a brand to promote a new campaign.
COURSE WELCOME TALKS
10:00 - 10:20
10:30 - 10:50
COURSE SESSION 1 11:00 - 12:00
MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
Commons 225 & 226
Commons 214
MUSIC (INCL. PERFORMANCE) Commons G24
Michael Tippett Centre G18
COURSE SESSION 1 DETAILS
FROM CLIMATE CRISIS TO FASHION
SUSTAINABILITY: COMMS FOR CHANGE WITH ADOBE EXPRESS
Are you interested in sharing your voice and making a change?
If so, please come and join the Media Communications team in making activist campaigns using Adobe express. No previous experience about communications, campaigning or Adobe required!
VOCAL/INSTRUMENT WORKSHOPS
Meet your instrument/voice specialist and start your musical development with us. Please bring your instrument.
GLOBALISING PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHY
POLITICS Michael Tippett Centre Auditorium
137
This session introduces you to Bath Spa’s distinctively global approach to philosophy, inviting you to explore the meaning of philosophy and to reflect on the challenges and opportunities of taking a more diverse and inclusive approach to philosophy.
THE END OF THE WORLD?
This session tests the limits of international cooperation and diplomacy, as you explore the potential politics of an alien invasion.
TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD THROUGH
Join us to find out more about the power of education to address the pressing challenges of our world.
UNDERSTANDING PERCEPTION THROUGH VISUAL AND AUDITORY ILLUSIONS: PART 1
Discover how common visual and auditory illusions can help us understand human perception, a fundamental domain of cognitive psychology.
MAKING THE HEADLINES
Learn how to create and produce a basic news story in a fun and engaging format
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM THE FUTURE OF SPORTS MANAGEMENT
You'll look at challenging the status quo of sport and consider the rapidly changing industry.
CAMERA-READY
Camera workshop - how we use them and a simple set up to get quick and on the ball results.
COURSE SESSION 2 12:15 - 13:15
Commons 112
COURSE SESSION 2 DETAILS
AI, DISINFORMATION AND AUTHENTICITY: CAN WE TRUST ANYTHING WE SEE ONLINE?
Come and join the Media Communications team as we try to unpick what makes an image "real" or "fake" and why it matters! We will be asking you to think about the notion of authenticity in relationship to AI images and art, and the impacts this has on society at large. Feel free to bring your own ideas and questions on the topic.
MAKE A FILM
Michael Tippett Centre Auditorium
SCORE!
09:30 - 10:30 13:30 - 15:00
Commons Atrium
A practical, film score devising workshop - work with specialist staff and current students. Commons Atrium
APPLYING PHILOSOPHY
This session invites you to discover how philosophy and ethics can be applied to virtually any contemporary matter of concern, from Artificial Intelligence and climate change, through to political polarisation and public health misinformation, often with creative, surprising and transformative results.
YOUR MANIFESTO
This session explores the policy pledges and promises that comprise election campaigns, and gives you the chance to devise your own manifesto.
SHAPING YOUNG LIVES IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND BEYOND
Explore your undergraduate programme as the passport to the future: your own future, and the future we share with others. Commons
INTERACTIVE Q&A FORUM
Commons 107 & 108
Find out about University life by talking to current Psychology students and asking any questions you have about the course and studying at Bath Spa.
G30 A BOOK AND ITS COVER
Learn to edit book jacket text like a pro using Track Changes and Adobe InDesign.
A DIGITAL SPORTS MARKETING SEMINAR TASTER SESSION
Commons Atrium
An interactive consideration into the importance of digital marketing within the sports industry. Commons Second Floor
BEHIND SPORT
Viewing Theatre
Exploring sports stories about the people behind the scenes. How do we find those untold storieswe’ll explore documentary examples and methods to find the wider stories about the coaches, experts and teams that lead teams and individuals to victory.
Commons Atrium
