Statement of Service for employers
Bath Spa Careers Statement of Service 2011-12
What is Bath Spa Careers?
Bath Spa Careers is the university careers service for Bath Spa University and provides confidential and impartial undergraduate and graduate focused careers education, information, advice and guidance. We also provide information on part-time jobs, vacation work, placements, mentoring, enterprise and business start-up as well as other graduate level opportunities. Bath Spa Careers is located in LY.101, which is on the first floor of the Newton Park library. For detailed information on the Job Shop, see Job Shop Code of Good Practice available on Career Hub.
This statement outlines the standard of service you can expect from Bath Spa Careers, and in turn what we expect from you.
Who can access Bath Spa Careers?
- All undergraduate and postgraduate students currently enrolled full time or part time at Bath Spa University
- Recent graduates of Bath Spa University
- Staff employed by Bath Spa University
- Employers and Opportunity Providers
Wessex Partnership students should access the careers service at their own further education college in the first instance.
Support to Employers
We aim to work closely with employers to provide information and opportunities to our students and graduates and to provide employers with skilled candidates for opportunities within their companies.
We will support employers by providing:
- Information about courses run at Bath Spa University and the skills being developed by our students through direct contact with employers and through our website
- Inviting employers onto campus to meet with and advise current students about working within their industry
- Advertising opportunities that arise within local and national companies to our students
- Providing opportunities for employers to come onto campus and talk to students about opportunities they have
- Provide a range of opportunities to employers to meet students and support them in the development of their skills such as workshops and mentoring
In return we ask employers to:
- Commit a small amount of time to take part in activities with students
- Provide work experience opportunities for Bath Spa University students and graduates
- Make Bath Spa University aware of graduate level opportunities within your company
Professional Codes of Practice
Bath Spa Careers adheres to the following standards:
a) The QAA Code of Practice on Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance
www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/Section8careereducation2010.pdf
b) The AGCAS Code of Practice on Guidance
www.agcas.org.uk/assets/27-Code-of-Practice-on-Guidance
c) The AGCAS Equal Opportunities Policy
www.agcas.org.uk/assets/28-Equal-Opportunities-Policy
d) The Bath Spa University Equal Opportunities Policy and Data Protection Policy
www.bathspa.ac.uk/services/hr/for-staff/equality-and-diversity/equal-opportunities-policy.asp
www.bathspa.ac.uk/regulations/data-protection/policy.asp
Bath Spa Careers is committed to working towards the Matrix Standard
Feedback, compliments and complaints
Bath Spa Careers welcomes feedback, both positive and negative, in order to help continuously monitor and improve the quality of our services. Feedback is gathered following careers appointments, drop in, Bath Spa Plus workshops and curriculum sessions. We also actively seek informal feedback and suggestions via regular surveys, our feedback box at Bath Spa Careers, and through emailed comments sent to careers@bathspa.ac.uk. While your individual comments will remain confidential if this is your preference, we do share anonymised feedback on our website, noticeboard, and in our student and graduate newsletters.
Should you be unhappy with any aspect of our service and wish to make a complaint, you are welcome to contact Jane Wylie, Senior Careers Consultant J.Wylie@bathspa.ac.uk or Adam Powell, Head of Employability A.Powell@bathspa.ac.uk.
This Statement of Service is reviewed annually.
Jane Wylie, Senior Careers Consultant
September 2011
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