Bath Spa Uni Extends Relationship With Businesses

Bath Spa University in Bath is continuing to build relationships with employers, after it secured two exciting publishing internship programmes with Amber Books and Parragon.

London-based international book publisher Amber Books has agreed to offer five paid graduate internships whilst Parragon, the largest illustrated non-fiction publisher in the world, has maintained its close relationship with the University by extending its graduate scheme for a third year.

Bath Spa works with over 460 local employers who advertise over 2,400 part-time job opportunities every year.

This year over 500 students have already secured industry placements.

Parragon’s three-month, fully-paid internship scheme aims to integrate students within the work place to encourage commitment, responsibility and appropriate attitudes and work ethics that are vital in professional working environments.

Publishing Course Leader, Katharine Reeve, said: “These internships are an amazing opportunity for our graduates to gain high-quality experience of working in a publishing house, where activities can be tailored to each graduate’s area of interest.

“Previous interns have gone on to a variety of roles in editorial, digital and marketing.”

Gemma Bailey, HR Officer at Parragon Books added: “We’re delighted to be running our graduate scheme again in 2014 after such success in 2012 and 2013. We have had some really fantastic graduates join the business in a variety of roles, and the quality of Bath Spa’s publishing students is excellent.

“We have always received really great feedback from all of our managers and we always look forward to welcoming new graduates from the University.”

The BA (Hons) Publishing degree at Bath Spa is a practical course taken in combination with another subject such as History or Creative Writing.

Lecturers are all publishing professionals and help students develop their creative and digital making skills, as well as their critical judgment across a range of publications from print books to apps.

Students learn core skills, project management, and carry out innovative digital publishing research and development projects. They work collaboratively on live industry projects such as Bath Literature Festival, Quadrille Books, Osprey Publishers and BBC History magazine.

A short film about the Parragon internship can be seen at http://vimeo.com/56914888