Part-Time Work

VISA conditions

• Most international students are on a Student visa (Tier 4).
• The visa sticker (vignette) or your BRP (Biometric Residence Permit) will state your work conditions.
  • Most will be 20 hours / week

National Insurance (NI) Number

You need a National Insurance number to work in the UK so your tax and contributions are recorded correctly. If you don’t have one yet, you can still start working as long as you can prove your right to work, but you must apply for an NI number as soon as possible.

You can apply for a National Insurance number if you:

• live in the UK
• have the right to work in the UK
• are working, looking for work or have an offer to start work

If you have a BRP or eVisa, you might have a National Insurance number already. You can find it:

• on the back of your BRP
• by logging into your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account to view your eVisa
• If you do not have a National Insurance number, you must apply for one if you plan to work. You can only apply when you’re in the UK.

Unitemps

Unitemps is a recruitment and temporary staffing agency run by and based within UK universities.

It's core function is to connect students and recent graduates with temporary, part time and flexible job roles that fit around their studies

Types of work offered by unitemps includes:

On-campus roles such as student ambassadors, open-day helpers, library or admin assistants, research or IT support, catering and events staff.

Off-campus and local roles it can help with include placements with local businesses and employers to partner with the university.

Warwick Careers

The Warwick careers service supports students and recent graduates with employability, career planning and work experience. It offers opprtunities such as:

One to One Guidance

• Career consultations - confidential 1:1 sessions to discuss career directions, options and decision making.
• Application support - Feedback on CVs, Cover Letter, application form and personal statements

Mock interviews - practice interview experience with detailed feeback

Job and opportunity access:

• Warwick's myadvantage page has listings for part-time jobs, internships, placements, graduate role and events.
• The careers page also provides links to internships, work experience and placement years included funded and sponsored schemes

Employer engagement:

• Career fairs, which are large scale recruitment events that will connect students with employers across sectors
• Employer presentations, skill sessions and networking sessions that run throughout the year

Specialist and Ongoing support for international students including visas and other work related considerations

Job finding platforms

There are multiple Job-finding platforms that students or recent graduates can use to find part time work.

This includes options such as:

Graduate schemes and early career specialists sites:

• Prospects - The prospects site is the UK's main career graduate job sites. It provides job opportunities and career advice including what options to pursue with your degree
• Milkround - a portal which provides job opportunities for students, graduates including internships, part time roles or full-time roles

General job board sites:

• Indeed - Indeed is a huge aggregator for part time jobs, flexible jobs, graduate jobs or full time work
• Linkedin - This a Job and professional working site that allows you to reach out to recruiters and do company research

Other Part Time and flexible work opportunities:

• Student Jobs UK, - part time, seasonal or student roles