Possible to have a part-time job during your degree?

Just wondering how feasible that is really... :confused:

Does anyone doing a medical course at the moment work, and if so, how much does it affect your studies. Would you recommend it?

Reply 22

Mush

It affects different people differently. Medicine is obviously an insanely difficult course but I do know folks who manage to get lots of great grades aswell as maintaining a weekend/part-time job.

You can also work out exchanges with your workplace, tell them you'll work extra hours during the summer/holidays and in return ask if they'll give you much less hours as exam time approaches. That way you'll minimise any adverse affects that working has on your uni performence.

If not, then you can just work full time during the summers to fund the rest of your year! And remember, a lot of medical courses do paid work placements as part of the course...

Reply 23

rottcodd

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My friend studying medicine worked during the holidays, but said she would have found it absolutely impossible to retain the job during term time.

Reply 24

*tink*

"a lot of medical courses do paid work placements as part of the course..."

No..........

Working during the holidays is generally fine during the preclinical phase (lots of people work full time with no probs)

Working during term time depends on your circumstances (see elles post above)

Personally, I worked during the first 2 1/2 years with no problems, about 10 hrs during term time, 40-50hrs/week holidays so its not necessarily impossible

Reply 25

Annaconda

could you not do a job like handing leaflets out in the street where you only work a couple of hours a week and they are really flexible.

and do you not have to to EMS in the holidays?

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Fluffy

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Mush

And remember, a lot of medical courses do paid work placements as part of the course...

*******s! I wish they did, but they do not!!!

Reply 27

No Future

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Fluffy

*******s! I wish they did, but they do not!!!

Yeah, as far as I am aware you have to pay tuition fees for the clinical placement years, yet in the placements you do do work. Okay sure you gain teaching and some experience but it seems crazy that you have to pay to work there. :s-smilie:

Nursing students receive payment, certainly when they are on placements!

Reply 28

ash_moo

Does anyone doing a medical course at the moment work, and if so, how much does it affect your studies. Would you recommend it?

I work a bit, I had to cut down to around 4 hours a week in my fourth year because I couldn't fit that much in with hockey, mixed hockey, fashion show, drama and the rest of it.

Reply 29

Mush

Medicine is obviously an insanely difficult course but I do know folks who manage to get lots of great grades aswell as maintaining a weekend/part-time job.

It is?

Reply 30

No Future

Nursing students receive payment, certainly when they are on placements!

Yer, loath as I am to defend them, student nurses actually nurse while on placement wheras we just stand there looking pretty.

Reply 31

Annaconda

and do you not have to to EMS in the holidays?

No, for a start; who'd have us?

Reply 32

Mush

Renal

It is?

Let me rephrase.

Medicine is obviously a relatively demanding course.

Reply 33

Renal

I work a bit, I had to cut down to around 4 hours a week in my fourth year because I couldn't fit that much in with hockey, mixed hockey, fashion show, drama and the rest of it.

My...a busy little elf aren't you? :p:

I was just wondering in terms of, would you be able to entirely support yourself through the money that you earn working?
(Bearing in mind that I will have some money saved up for the first year, plus 75% of the maintenance loan...)

:s-smilie:

Reply 34

bright star

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ash_moo

My...a busy little elf aren't you? :p:

I was just wondering in terms of, would you be able to entirely support yourself through the money that you earn working?
(Bearing in mind that I will have some money saved up for the first year, plus 75% of the maintenance loan...)

:s-smilie:

no, not really! i can't anyways and liverpool is cheap to live. will your parents not support you?

i work term time and fulltime most holidays (i had this christmas off due to not having a suitable job more than anything though....)

i can manage at the moment but as said, you need to cut down on hours in clinical years so you need to be saving for that earlier on in the course which is the bit i haven't been able to do.

Reply 35

bright star

no, not really! i can't anyways and liverpool is cheap to live. will your parents not support you?

i work term time and fulltime most holidays (i had this christmas off due to not having a suitable job more than anything though....)

i can manage at the moment but as said, you need to cut down on hours in clinical years so you need to be saving for that earlier on in the course which is the bit i haven't been able to do.

They are more than willing to support me. In fact, I reckon they want to pay for all of my expenses.

But I have got this silly thing in my head that I am going to try and do it all by myself.
'Try' being the operative word here :p:

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person 34

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I plan to work at M and S to get money off posh food. Or just work in a club as a pole dancer.

Reply 37

bright star

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ash_moo

They are more than willing to support me. In fact, I reckon they want to pay for all of my expenses.

But I have got this silly thing in my head that I am going to try and do it all by myself.
'Try' being the operative word here :p:

well that's just stupid to be quite honest! to be independent financially is going to take a lot of sacrifices and i don't see the motivation behind doing that to yourself holding up long-term if there's no real reason for it.... why not just take their help if you need it, even if it's just as a loan?

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