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20/04/09 - Bath Academy to attend UK Schools Expo 2009 Exhibition in Hong Kong

The Principal and Vice-principal will be attending the UK Schools Expo 2009 Exhibition in Hong Kong from 30th May to 1st June 2009. It will be organized by Academic Asia UK Ltd who is the largest placement consultancy in the world. They specialise in the recruitment of pupils to schools and colleges in the UK.

22/09/08 - Exciting news of a past student

Lim Wei Sing is now in his 5th year of a Medicine degree at Cambridge and has recently obtained a full Bill Gates scholarship for the remainder of his 6 year course. During his first three years he received a Cambridge-Malaysia Bursary. For the last two summers Lim has worked as a volunteer providing medical services in China as part of an Oxbridge scheme for medical students and he is a very active member of the Christian Fellowship.

Congratulations to Lim on his outstanding achievements both academic and social. He is a credit to Bath Academy and we wish him all the best for the remainder of his course.

21/11/08 - Bath Academy to visit Bahrain in February 2009

The Principal and Vice-Principal are to visit Bahrain on the 3rd and 4th of February 2009 for the Education UK Exhibition..

Contact us for more details

30/10/08 - Bath Academy to visit Kuwait, China & Hong Kong in 2009

The Principal and Vice-Principal are to visit Kuwait on the 21st and 22nd of January 2009. They will also visit China and Hong Kong in May 2009 to attend the Academic Asia exhibition and to meet agents and students.

Contact us for more details

01/08/08 - Bath Academy to visit Dubai

The Principal and Vice-Principal will be visiting the Education UK Exhibition in Dubai from 20th - 21st October 2008.

Details can be found at www.ameinfo.com

01/08/08 - Bath Academy to visit Vietnam

The Principal and Vice-Principal will be visiting the Education UK Exhibition in Chi Minh City in Vietnam from 25th October 2008.

Details can be found at www.britishcouncil.org/eumd-exhibitions-vietnam-2008.htm

16/05/08 - Bath Academy Summer Ball 2008

Bath's historic Roman Baths and Pump Rooms are the setting for this year's Bath Academy Summer Ball. Students and staff are invited to attend this prestigious event in one of the country's finest settings. With guests in their finery, the evening starts at 7pm on Saturday 17th May with a drinks reception around the Roman Baths accompanied by a string quartet, followed by dinner in the Grand Pump Room. The evening continues with contemporary dancing until midnight.

01/05/08 - Business Studies students at Bath Academy help local business with marketing

30 students studying Organisational Behaviour in the popular University Foundation Programme have brought their studies to life by liaising with a local businessman who is using their skills to help him to promote his business "The Juice Kitchen". Students are organising a tasting session of in the centre of Bath of his fresh juice, smoothies and home made soups in the hope of enticing customers to use the "Juice Kitchen" and increase customers. Students have been working on promotional material, communicating with the local press, undertaking surveys and conducting secondary research. This material will be useful for the owner of the business to increase his profits.

01/03/08 - Bath Academy to visit Singapore and Hong Kong

The Vice-Principal will be visiting the ICEF exhibition in Singapore from the 28th to the 30th of March 2008

The Principal and Vice-Principal will be attending the Academic Asia exhibition in Hong Kong from the 23rd to the 26th of May 2008

Please email us for further details

04/02/08 - Bath Academy to visit Japan, Dubai and Germany

Bath Academy's Director of English Language Teaching will be attending the ICEF exhibition in Japan from February 29th to March 12th

The Principal and Vice-Principal will be visiting Dubai from March 4th to March 12th

Our Senior tutor will attend the Away Die Auslandsmesse exhibition in Germany from April 18th to April 25th

Please email us for further details

12/03/07 - Bath Academy Sponsors International Rugby Player

Bath Academy is very pleased to announce sponsorship of an international rugby player

Paulica Ion, the Romanian international tighthead prop joined Bath Rugby from Buceresti RFC at the beginning of this season. The 24-year-old has been capped 15 times for Romania (who are famous for their very strong pack) since his debut against Argentina during the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Known for his strength in the scrum, Paulica was recently described by the Daily Telegraph as "a prime lump of Bucharest beef" who "helped in the destruction of the Leicester Tigers front row".

Paulica and his wife Jenny have been studying English at Bath Academy since the end of the 2007 World Cup.

12/03/07 - Bath Academy to visit Hong Kong in May

The Principal and Vice Principal will be attending the following events:

Hong Kong - Academic Asia Exhibition from the 26th to the 28th of May 2007

Please contact the Principal for further information

23/01/07 - Bath Academy to visit Dubai

The Principal and Vice Principal will be attending the following events:

Dubai - ICEF Workshop on the 4th and 5th of February 2007
Dubai - Sue Anderson Exhibition at Knowledge Village from the 8th to the 10th of February 2007

Please contact the Principal for further information

25/09/06 - Bath Academy Welcomes Euroclass 2006

Thirty 17-18 year old students from the Oslo Handelsgymnasium in Norway are spending one term of their three year High School education at Bath Academy, studying their subjects in English.

The eighteen girls and twelve boys are learning English (Language, Literature, History and Sociology), Mathematics, and either French, German or Spanish, and have chosen additional subjects such as Physics, Business, World History, Economics, Art, Media Studies, Psychology and Law. In most classes they are studying alongside Bath Academy’s University Foundation Programme students from other countries.

The students are living with local host families and are accompanied by a teacher from their school who gives them lessons in Norwegian History and Civics.

This is the twentieth year that a Euroclass from Oslo has been studying in the Bath area but the first time they have come to Bath Academy.

19/07/06 - Bath Academy Student Graduates with First Class Degree

Jun Yi Liu (Ying), who comes from Hang Zhou in China, was a student at Bath Academy from September 2002 to June 2003. He successfully completed the University Foundation Programme with an overall A grade and gained a place at Nottingham University to study Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

He has graduated this summer with a First Class degree and has been accepted onto a PhD course to study A.I (Electrical Engineering) at Nottingham University.

13/07/06 - Bath Academy to visit Hong Kong, Vietnam, Berlin and UAE

The Vice Principal will be holding enrolment interviews at Education UK in Hong Kong on the 19th and 20th of August 2006.

The Vice Principal will be visiting Vietnam on the following dates in October 2006:
21st and 22nd - Hanoi
24th and 25th - Ho Chi Min City
27th - Danang

Bath Academy representatives will be at the ICEF workshop in Berlin on the 5th - 8th of October 2006

The Principal and Vice Principal will be visiting UAE on the following dates in Novermber 2006:
26th and 27th - Abu Dhabi
28th and 29th - Dubai

For further information on any of these trips please contact the Principal

17/05/06 - Bath Academy Summer Ball 2006

End of year will be celebrated in style at Bath Academy's annual Summer Ball. The event will be held on the 9th of June at Bath's splendid Guildhall where students and staff will enjoy dinner followed by dancing to a live band and disco.

Read a review and see photographs of last year's event here.

03/03/06 - Meet our staff at the following events

China:

  • 25th March - 2nd April 2006 - The Vice-Principal will be visiting Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou and Huangzhou

Middle East British Council Exhibitions:

  • Qatar 2nd - 3rd April 2006
  • Bahrain 5th - 6th April 2006
  • Kuwait 8th - 9th April 2006

Japan:

  • Osaka - British Council Exhibition 2nd April 2006
  • Tokyo - private visits - dates to be confirmed; please email for more info

Dubai:

  • 12th - 14th April 2006 - Meet the Principal and Vice-Principal at the GETEX Exhibition

Hong Kong:

  • 27th - 28th May 2006 - Academic Asia Exhibition

For more information or to make an appointment to see our representatives please email The Principal

01/12/05 - Bath Academy is proud to be a supporter of Book Aid International

Bath Academy is proud to be a supporter of Book Aid International, a British charity dedicated to supplying books and educational materials to children and schools in the developing world.

For more information, please see http://www.bookaid.org

"Without education there's no hope. Without books, there's no education"
Professor Kingo Mchombu, Namibia University, Namibi

29/09/05 - Bath Academy in Asia, October-November 2005

Representatives from Bath Academy will be travelling extensively in Asia in October and November this year. They would be happy to arrange additional appointments with students, parents or educational consultants.

21st October 2005 - Bangkok, Thailand
27th October 2005 - Yangon, Myanmar
31st October 2005 - Hanoi, Vietnam
3rd-9th November 2005 - Hong Kong

29/09/05 - Bath Academy at the ICEF Berlin Workshop 2005

Bath Academy will once again be attending the ICEF Berlin Workshop at the Hotel Intercontinental, Berlin, Germany from November 13-15, 2005.

For more information or to arrange an appointment please contact Damion Brown via damion@bathacademy.co.uk

29/09/05 - Bath Academy at EDUKEX 2005, United Arab Emirates, November 2005

The Principal and Vice Principal will be participating in the British Councul EDUK Exhibition, in Abu Dhabi on the 27th and 28th November 2005, and in Dubai on the 29th and 30th November 2005. More information is available at http://www.britishcouncil.org/uae.htm.

To arrange an appointment please contact admissions@bathacademy.co.uk.

17/06/05 - Bath Academy Student Awarded LSE Scholarship

We would like to congratulate Nguyen Thi Can Tu from Vietnam who has achieved excellent results with us this year. She has been offered a conditional place at the London School Of Economics to read Management, and based on her excellent results, the LSE have awarded her a scholarship towards her studies.

All at Bath Academy offer their best wishes for the next stage of her studies, and wish her a happy and successful future.

16/06/05 - Bath Academy visit Hong Kong, Malaysia in August 2005

Representatives of Bath Academy will be travelling to Hong Kong and Malaysia this summer.

Nicola Philips will be in Hong Kong for the British Council's Education UK Enrolment Interviews at the Exhibition Centre, China Resources Building, Wanchai, Hong Kong on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st August 2005. She will be accompanied by our local Hong Kong representative Perry Lam from Dolphin UK Education Limited (http://www.dolphinukeducation.com). For meetings outside of the Education UK Enrolment Interviews, please email us or contact Perry Lam directly at (852) 2524 5503.

Bath Academy's Vice-Principal Mrs Ann Preston will be travelling to Malaysia to participate in the Education UK Exhibition, also organised by the British Council. The event will be held on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th August at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Kuala LUmpur, Malaysia. Mrs Preston will also be available for interviews outside these dates, and is in Penang from August 24th-26th. Our local agents in Malaysia are Education Network Consultants Sdn Bhd (ENC), Ph: 60 4 261 7098.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please telephone the college or email us.

19/05/05 - Performing Arts Enrichment Course starting September 2005

In the attractive surroundings of Bath's newest theatre: The Mission - a converted Grade 2 listed building in the heart of Bath - students on this course will have the chance to develop and explore all aspects of the performing Arts.

Under the guidance of Ann Garner, Artistic Director of the Next Stage Theatre Company students will have the chance to to enjoy sessions of mime, improvisation, devised pieces, forum theatre and textual study. The versatile space will enable students to perform in-the-round, on a conventional stage or to try out thrust or promenade theatre.

Each term there will be the opportunity for a group theatre visit to see a play relevant to the course and each term students will present a showcase of their work.

No previous acting experience necessary, but the ability to read and speak English reasonably fluently would be useful.

email us for further information

21/04/05 - Principal and Vice Principal visiting Chaina in May 2005

The Principal and Vice Principal will be visiting Shanghai, Nanjing and Suzhou during May to meet students and parents.

For more information or to arrange an appointment please e-mail us.

10/2/05 - Bath Academy Representatives in Asia - Spring 2005

Representatives from Bath Academy will be attending the following Workshops and Education Expo's in Japan, Malaysia, and Myanmar between February and April 2005.

  • 28 February - 2 March : ICEF Pacific Rim Workshop, Tokyo, Japan
  • 16 March : Education UK Expo, Penang, Malaysia
  • 14-15 April: British Council Exhibition, Yangon, Myanmar
  • 2 April: British Council Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
  • 3 April: British Council Exhibition, Osaka, Japan

For more information or to arrange an appointment please e-mail us.

11/1/05 - Bath Academy attending Education UK 2005 Expo in Malaysia - March 2005

Bath Academy representatives will be attending the British Council Education UK 2005 Expo in Penang, Malaysia, on 16th March 2005. We will also be in Penang and Kuala Lumpur after this for further appointments.

Please contact the college by e-mail, fax or telephone for appointments and further details

12/12/04 -Principal and Vice Principal visiting Abu Dhabi and Dubai in December 2004

Our Principal and Vice Principal will be attending the following British Council Exhibitions:

  • Abu Dhabi – 12th and 13th December
  • Dubai – 14th and 15th December

Please contact the college by e-mail, fax or telephone for appointments and further details

11/10/04 -Principal and Vice Principal visiting Penang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City in November 2004

Our Principal and Vice Principal will be:

  • In Penang – 4th and 5th November
  • In Hanoi – 10th and 11th November, at British Council Exhibition
  • In Ho Chi Min City – 13th and 14th November, at British Council Exhibition

Please contact the college by e-mail, fax or telephone for appointments and further details

11/10/04 - Bath Academy representatives attending Berlin Workshop in November 2004

Bath Academy representatives will be attending the Berlin Workshop on 8th and 9th November and will be in Berlin on 10th November for any further appointments.

Please contact the college by e-mail, fax or telephone for appointments and further details

03/06/04 - Meet us in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Penang and Kuala Lumpur in August 2004

Our Vice Principal will be at British Council Exhibition in Hong Kong in August and our representatives will be at Exhibitions in Malaysia in Penang and Kuala Lumpur in August 2004. Please contact the college by e-mail, fax or telephone for further details

11/03/04 - The Principal and Vice-Principal will be in China from 20th-26th May

The Principal and Vice Principal will be visiting China from 20th-26th May. They will be doing presentations and interviewing in Shanghai , Nanjing , Suzhou and Changsa. Please contact the college by e-mail, fax or telephone for further details.

16/02/04 - The Principal and Vice-Principal will be in Dubai interviewing from 2nd-8th May

The Principal and Vice Principal will be in Dubai from 2nd-8th May interviewing at British Council offices on Tuesday 4 th May. Please contact the college or the British Council to arrange an appointment.

16/02/04 - The Bath Academy Marketing Consultant will be in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

If you would like to arrange an appointment, please contact Svetlana Busigina at the British Council, Ekaterinburg.

British Information Centre
l Gogolya 15a, 4th Floor
Ekaterinburg

Tel: +7 3432 59 2902

Or e-mail us for more details

22/11/03 - The Principal and Vice-Principal will be attending the British Council EDUKEX Exhibition in United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi on 13th and 14th of December from 17:00 – 21:00, at Abu Dhabi Grand Hotel, Le Meridien

Dubai on 15th and 16th December from 17:00 – 21:00, at Sheraton Creek Hotel & Towers

If you would like to make an appointment, please contact us.

The Principal and Vice Principal will be visiting Thailand and Vietnam in November

Please contact Bath Academy by e-mail for further details. Meet them at British Council Exhibitions in Hanoi at the Daewoo Hotel on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th.

Our Marketing Consultant will be attending the Berlin Workshop on 11th and 12th November.

Please contact Bath Academy by e-mail for further details.

The Bath Academy representative will be attending the Education UK Exhibition, Russia in St Petersburg and Rostov-on-Don.

1st - 2nd October: St Petersburg, at the Corinthia Nevskij Hotel
4th October: Rostov-on-Don at the Intourist Hotel

Please feel free to contact the Bath Academy office for more details
Tel: +44(0)1225 334 577 or e-mail admissions@bathacademy.co.uk

Interview Sessions in Malaysia - October 2003.

PENANG
Thusday & Friday, 2nd and 3rd October 2pm to 5pm
Education Network Consultants Sdn Bhd, Penang
For appointments, please contact Miss Christine Teoh
Tel: +604-2617098
Fax: +604-2617100
e-mail: sfyang@streamyx.com

KUALA LUMPUR
Tuesday 7th October 2pm to 5pm
Bilik Balau, Level 4, Pan Pacific Kuala Lumpur
For appointments, please contact Miss Christine Teoh
Tel: +604-2617098
Fax: +604-2617100
e-mail: sfyang@streamyx.com

KOTA KINABALU
Thursday 9th October 2pm to 5pm
The British Council, Kota kinabalu
For appointments, please contact Miss Philomena Lim, Education & Training Manager
Tel: +6088-222059
e-mail: sabah.education@britishcouncil.org.my

KUCHING
Friday 10th October 2pm to 5pm
The British Council, Kuching
For appointments please contact Mr Edwin Lee, Education & Training Manager
Tel: +6082-256044
e-mail: edwin.lee@britishcouncil.org.my