Short courses – Bath Spa University

Short courses – Bath Spa University Short courses Unlock your potential by upskilling with Bath Spa University. Creative Advancement Further your career or explore a new hobby. If a course is sold out, please fill out our expression of interest form to be the first to hear about new dates. Writing with Technology 7 - 28 May, £100 Explore the digital storytelling landscape, develop your own writing ideas and discover how to turn your vision into a plan someone else can help you build. View details Moving Ecologies 15 June - 16 June, £75 Explore intersections between embodied practice and environment-based creative arts enquiry through movement workshops, reflexive writing and classroom-based discussion. View details Writing with Technology 7 - 28 May, £100 Explore the digital storytelling landscape, develop your own writing ideas and discover how to turn your vision into a plan someone else can help you build. View details Moving Ecologies 15 June - 16 June, £75 Explore intersections between embodied practice and environment-based creative arts enquiry through movement workshops, reflexive writing and classroom-based discussion. View details Fully Funded Courses We work with local governing bodies and businesses committed to social change to provide the following courses free of charge. Agile Project Management 1 - 19 October Master Agile principles, methodologies and their practical application in your workplace. This course is for partners of serving UK military personnel View details Marketing and Entrepreneurship Explore the fundamentals of digital marketing and entrepreneurship in innovative ways. This course is for partners of serving UK military personnel View details Agile Project Management 1 - 19 October Master Agile principles, methodologies and their practical application in your workplace. This course is for partners of serving UK military personnel View details Marketing and Entrepreneurship Explore the fundamentals of digital marketing and entrepreneurship in innovative ways. This course is for partners of serving UK military personnel View details Professional Development Enhance your professional development and advance your career. Data Analysis for Beginners: Data Wrangling 3 June, £235 Learn about data analysis, common tools and platform for working with data and methods for obtaining data. View details Data Analysis for Beginners: Data Storytelling 24 June, £235 Learn about effective data visualisation, how to write a narrative about a piece of analysis and how to illustrate this through appropriate data visualisations. View details Wellbeing and Leadership - An Introduction Dates TBC, £265 Discover how everyday habits can transform not just workplace culture and performance, but also your personal energy and capacity to lead change. View details Excelling as a Line Manager and Leader Dates TBC, £265 Discover how to build trust, delegate with clarity, and use everyday coaching conversations to inspire, motivate, and support growth within your team. View details Managing Through Uncertainty Dates TBC, £265 Discover how to balance performance with care, strengthen team engagement and create a purpose-driven culture that thrives through uncertainty. View details Creating Meaningful Insights with Power BI Dates TBC, £235 Learn the basics of Power BI and how you can use it to communicate what matters. View details Python for Data Analysis: Writing Functions Dates TBC, £235 Learn the basics of programming and how to use Python to construct a short programme to fulfil a specific task. View details Creating More Meaningful Insights with Power BI Dates TBC, £235 Learn how to customise, enhance, and validate reports using advanced Power BI features. View details Python for Data Analysis: Dataframes Dates TBC, £235 Learn about working with the Pandas library in Python, and how to use Pandas data structures and methods to prepare data for more advanced analysis. View details Enhancing Digital Engagement in Tourism Dates TBC, £245 Learn how digital engagement, particularly through online reviews, can be leveraged to enhance your business. View details Data Analysis for Beginners: Data Wrangling 3 June, £235 Learn about data analysis, common tools and platform for working with data and methods for obtaining data. View details Data Analysis for Beginners: Data Storytelling 24 June, £235 Learn about effective data visualisation, how to write a narrative about a piece of analysis and how to illustrate this through appropriate data visualisations. View details Wellbeing and Leadership - An Introduction Dates TBC, £265 Discover how everyday habits can transform not just workplace culture and performance, but also your personal energy and capacity to lead change. View details Excelling as a Line Manager and Leader Dates TBC, £265 Discover how to build trust, delegate with clarity, and use everyday coaching conversations to inspire, motivate, and support growth within your team. View details Managing Through Uncertainty Dates TBC, £265 Discover how to balance performance with care, strengthen team engagement and create a purpose-driven culture that thrives through uncertainty. View details Creating Meaningful Insights with Power BI Dates TBC, £235 Learn the basics of Power BI and how you can use it to communicate what matters. View details Python for Data Analysis: Writing Functions Dates TBC, £235 Learn the basics of programming and how to use Python to construct a short programme to fulfil a specific task. View details Creating More Meaningful Insights with Power BI Dates TBC, £235 Learn how to customise, enhance, and validate reports using advanced Power BI features. View details Python for Data Analysis: Dataframes Dates TBC, £235 Learn about working with the Pandas library in Python, and how to use Pandas data structures and methods to prepare data for more advanced analysis. View details Enhancing Digital Engagement in Tourism Dates TBC, £245 Learn how digital engagement, particularly through online reviews, can be leveraged to enhance your business. View details Bath Spa University provides short courses that allow you to gain expert knowledge. Whether you're looking to reskill into a new career, start your own business or explore an interest, we have courses to suit everyone. Express your interest in our courses Bath Spa University recognised as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted Bath Spa University is delighted to announce that its Adult Skills provision including Skills Bootcamps and Adult Community Learning has been recognised as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted. The report recognises BSU’s innovative and impactful work across the region, noting the quality of the curriculum, rigorous evaluation and the focus on additional needs and SEN support for learners. Read the full story Bespoke training Bath Spa University offers bespoke training designed to elevate your business and empower your employees to thrive. We're flexible and will customise the course to meet your organisation's needs and budget. Offers include: Change Management Creative Leadership Digital Marketing Project Management To find out more about how BSU can support your training needs, please email Joe Taylor j.taylor3@bathspa.ac.uk Our staff Penny Hay Professor of Imagination Louise Bowen Short Course Unit Curriculum Administrator Lucy Cuthew Jan Meinema Course Leader for MA Sound Design Ruth Farrar Reader in Creative Media and Enterprise, and Co-Director of the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries Helen Gormley Associate Lecturer in Wellbeing, Employability and Career Coaching James Shaw Short Course Unit Curriculum Manager Kate Kinson's story Why a Skills Bootcamp? Kate Kinson took part in Bath Spa University's Skills Bootcamp in Agile Project Management at the beginning of 2024. In this interview, she tells us about why she took part, how she is now involved with the teaching side of the Skills Bootcamps and what her highlights of the course were. Hear from our learners “My experience on my Skills Bootcamp was extremely positive.” The support I received was incredible and I had the opportunity to really dig deep and think about my career path and where I see myself in the future. I've taken some of the skills and methods learned into my current role and am more confident in managing a project. Jennifer, Student, Skills Bootcamp in Agile Project Management “The workshop was a fantastic opportunity to work with other writers, explore new ideas and learn through critique.” By the end of the Writing for Young People Writing Workshop I had added an additional 10,000 words to my manuscript. Receiving critique was very helpful and I always felt supported and encouraged. It was lovely to be in a creative space with other writers each week. Dani, Writing for Young People Writing Workshop Previous short courses Since 2021, Bath Spa University has worked with a variety of partners and funders to offer short courses tailored to industry demands in the region. Skills Bootcamps Since 2021, BSU have delivered 65 Skills Bootcamps in response to government priorities over 16 in-demand subjects, equipping over 1000 learners with sector specific skills. In 2025 our Adult Skills provision, including Skills Bootcamps, was recognised as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted. Whilst we currently deliver Skills Bootcamps in Agile Project Management, Agile and AI, Agile and Serious Games Simulation and Agile Scrum, in the past we have offered Skills Bootcamps in: Cyber Security Data Analytics and Machine Learning Data Science Digital Marketing Net Zero Web Development UX/UI Design Click Start Click Start by Bath Spa University in Creative Digital Skills was a creative digital programme designed to help learners pursue a new career. They developed next level skills in digital marketing, UI/UX design and web development to build a portfolio that'll showcase their new abilities. Click Start by BSU ran from 2023 – 2025 and helped 350 learners aged 18 to 30 in the West of England gain the skills they need to pursue a career in a creative or technology-based field. 232 learners achieved employment, undertook further education or secured a voluntary role since completing their course, with 124 of these learners securing a digitech role. Click Start by Bath Spa University in Creative Digital Skills was part of the nationwide Click Start training programme developed by the Institute of Coding (IoC) – a national collaboration of universities, charities and employers, and funded by Nominet - the public benefit company and guardians of the .UK web domain, which works with charities and organisations that seek to improve lives through technology. FWD FWD was a new style of learning that let learners pick and choose what they want to study, allowing them to match their learning to their career goals and interests. Each FWD programme ran for up to eight weeks. This consisted of six modules across four subject areas. Learners could choose to complete as many modules as they liked. The subject areas were: Digital Sustainability Health Enterprise At the end of FWD, each learner worked with a business to complete a real-life industry project relevant to the skills they gained. They received feedback on their project and developed their business connections whilst putting their new skills to the test. Our learners Daisy Lyons Click Start in Creative Digital Skills Kristi Kumrija Click Start in Creative Digital Skills Madeleine Perry Skills Bootcamp in Creative Computing Jaffar Naqvi Click Start in Creative Digital Skills George Knowlson Click Start in Creative Digital Skills Snizhana Rudakevych Click Start in Creative Digital Skills Cher-Maine Lee Click Start in Creative Digital Skills Sabiha Kanwal Click Start in Creative Digital Skills Maria Ancsa Szabo Click Start in Creative Digital Skills Community Learning In addition to our short courses, Bath Spa University offer a range of community learning designed specifically for adults looking to develop new creative skills, return to work after career gaps, or begin a new creative career. Flexible learning options led by professional artists make it easy to fit these courses and residencies into your other commitments. Fully funded by the West of England Combined Authority and working with Little Lost Robot , our Community Learning courses are for you if you are: 19+ and unemployed 19+, earning under the real living wage (£23,400 per year) and/or you are over the age of 50. Find out more Want to find out more? Keep in touch with us on and Alternatively, email us at shortcourses@bathspa.ac.uk You might also be interested in... News and Events Community Learning Skills Bootcamps