There are plenty of opportunities to join in the arts. Join our student staff team, find out about Arts Scholarships, or even become an Arts Liaison.
The Edge Front of House Team
The SU Arts team employ student staff for their Front of House team. With both paid and voluntary roles, you could work at our shows and events in The Edge, from musicals to open mic nights and everything in between!
By joining our growing Front of House team, you would be supporting the arts and student events at Bath, building event management and communication skills, and receive specialist training and development opportunities.
Duty Managers
The Duty Manager ensures that events run smoothly and successfully whilst supervising a team of volunteer Ushers. You can gain valuable skills in; customer service, leadership and event managing with competitive rates of pay.
Volunteer Ushers
Volunteer Ushers will welcome audiences and support the Duty Manager to ensure that events run smoothly and successfully, and deliver excellent customer service. You will gain valuable skills in customer service, get to see the shows for free, enjoy 50% off our Tuck Shop and receive training opportunities.
Arts Scholarships
The Arts Scholarship programme supports students who want to develop their artistic interests alongside their studies. Each scholarship runs for one academic year. There are 12 scholarship places available for the academic year of 2024/25.
Successful applicants will; receive £1,000 to support their artistic development, engage in a compulsory artistic skills development programme, be given opportunities to showcase their talents, be matched with a relevant mentor from the artistic community (where possible).
Find out more.
Arts Liaison
Each year a student is elected as Arts Liaison to sit on the Activities Executive Committee. The Committee are an elected body who work with the Activities Officer to represent the voices of societies and volunteering groups to; The SU, the University and the wider community.
The Arts Liaison works with the SU Arts team and groups who run events at the Edge and other venues. They meet with Arts societies and feedback issues and ideas to the Committee team, Officer, and SU Arts team.
Elections for 2026-27 will be held in March 2026.