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What sort of jobs can you get at university?

are there any jobs that uni students that can whist studying, jobs that pay

thank you
Stripper.
I work for my university (getting paid £7.59 and £8.69 an hour) and then i work in retail as well
Original post by Jackieox
I work for my university (getting paid £7.59 and £8.69 an hour) and then i work in retail as well


If you don't mind me asking what do you do?
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Original post by darktwistedlove
If you don't mind me asking what do you do?


For the lower pay rate I show people round campus and run school visits and stuff like that, for £8.69 I travel out to schools and colleges to give talks and presentations :smile:
Original post by Emilycunningham
are there any jobs that uni students that can whist studying, jobs that pay

thank you


Hello :smile:

I work as an Auto Fitter, it's a 16 hour a week position and fits around my hours at university, I'm on £6.20 an hour and the good thing is, my job has flexibility so I can take on extra hours if I want too.

There are plenty of jobs for university students.

Good luck :biggrin:
I work as a lifeguard and it is brilliant for attending uni in a few ways, the hours are great and don't wreck my sleeping routine like working in a bar did. When I'm not on the pool I can actually sit and do my uni work which is brilliant coming up to exams. The pay is better than a lot of other student jobs (£9 p/h for lifeguarding £15 p/h for swimming teaching) and should my degree not work out as planned or I struggle to find a job in a sector relating to my degree it's not a bad job to end up in. There's a lot of room for progression to management roles within the company but there's other routes you can take without moving to management such as fitness instructing or PR. You get first rate first aid instruction/qualifications and you regularly complete staff training where you practice everything you've learned (which also means you get paid to swim and do first aid once a month).

It's not a hard job to get into and you don't even have to be a brilliant swimmer, I definitely wasn't before I did the course.
If you can swim I would highly recommend looking into it.
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Original post by student2312
I work as a lifeguard and it is brilliant for attending uni in a few ways, the hours are great and don't wreck my sleeping routine like working in a bar did. When I'm not on the pool I can actually sit and do my uni work which is brilliant coming up to exams. The pay is better than a lot of other student jobs (£9 p/h for lifeguarding £15 p/h for swimming teaching) and should my degree not work out as planned or I struggle to find a job in a sector relating to my degree it's not a bad job to end up in. There's a lot of room for progression to management roles within the company but there's other routes you can take without moving to management such as fitness instructing or PR. You get first rate first aid instruction/qualifications and you regularly complete staff training where you practice everything you've learned (which also means you get paid to swim and do first aid once a month).

It's not a hard job to get into and you don't even have to be a brilliant swimmer, I definitely wasn't before I did the course.
If you can swim I would highly recommend looking into it.


It sounds great, and really down my alley as I am an experienced swimmer, have competed, and am now starting uni and desperately looking for a job that respects student life schedules while at the same time earning decent money.How does one get into it? You just walk over to your nearest pool and ask? Do you have to pay to get trained as a life-guard?
Original post by MaxV
It sounds great, and really down my alley as I am an experienced swimmer, have competed, and am now starting uni and desperately looking for a job that respects student life schedules while at the same time earning decent money.How does one get into it? You just walk over to your nearest pool and ask? Do you have to pay to get trained as a life-guard?


It would be perfect then. When you're doing the course your in a pool for 3/4 hours a day for 5 days so even if you haven't swam in a while you improve really quickly, thankfully as I hadn't swam in years and could just about do a length at the start but passed the test easily enough.

I got mine as I worked in a leisure center summer scheme for a few years so they provided the course, paid for it and guaranteed me a job at the end of it. But other people I know did the course on their own then used it to apply for jobs in centre's, as far as I know none had difficulty getting positions.

It does cost quite a bit to do on your own (usually around £300) but it's a worthwhile investment because once you have it, the company you work for covers the costs of renewing it. Plus you could easily earn that money back in a month, I earn around £500 a month working weekends only, no weekday hours.
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Some unis are part of Unitemps which is a temp agency based on campus. You sign up with them and they advertise loads of jobs if all sorts. Check their web site to see if your uni has a branch.


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