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Skills for success at Bath and beyond

At Bath, we'll support you to develop lifelong academic and employability skills to get the most out of your studies and secure the future you want.

Taught skills sessions that fit flexibly around your timetable

Our expert Course Leaders and teachers provide a wide range of year-round development opportunities, no matter what level you’re studying at.


Student taking part in a one-to-one writing tutorial with a Skills Centre writing tutor

These include:

Academic skills: what you need to succeed in your studies, including how to think critically, write effectively and be successful in exams

Maths and statistics skills: work with our Faculty-aligned maths and statistics specialists to gather and analyse data, and utilise statistics effectively

Language skills: improve your English, learn a new language, and develop your communication and intercultural skills to enhance your CV

Digital skills: study and work in today’s fast-changing digital world with a huge range of courses including utilising GenAI, storing and sharing files, and using key Microsoft tools

In addition to the above, we also offer sessions to develop other key employability skills and look after your health and wellbeing.

'We will seek to ensure students get the most out of their time at Bath, gaining valuable knowledge, transferable skills and intercultural competencies so they leave us well rounded and with a competitive edge.' — 69É«ÇéƬ Strategy 2021-26


Develop your skills online at a pace that suits you

When you start at Bath, you are given access to MySkills, our dedicated skills platform.


Two students sitting in the University Library and working on laptops.

MySkills not only gives you access to book online and in-person workshops, drop-in sessions and one-to-one tutorials, but also a wealth of self-access resources so that you can develop your skills in your own time.

'My language classes at the 69É«ÇéƬ have given me a passion which will last far beyond my time at this university, and have had an impact both on my professional and personal life.' — Michal Nalepa, Civil Engineering graduate

Skills for life. Made in Bath.

How do the skills you develop at university transfer to the workplace? Meet Ellie, our fictional graduate, during a typical day in her life. (See below for a descriptive transcript of this video.)