what can I do?

so I'm entering my last year of uni, getting around 3k of student finance but wants to work weekends. I am not sure what kind of jobs that accept uni students in the weekend or one weekday and one weekend... I live in Birmingham which sucks

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De Montfort University

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by Anonymous

Hiya!

It’s great to hear that you are looking for a way to finance yourself whilst being a student. The best way to do this is through a part-time job, this is what most students do however it is important to consider that it needs to be accommodating to the student lifestyle i.e not too many hours and / or late nights.

I would recommend getting in contact with your Career’s Team at the university (if you haven’t done so already) and looking at the university website for student jobs. By speaking to the career's team, they can inform you on any jobs within the university and possibly what's available in the area. For example, at De Montfort University we have Student Ambassador jobs (which is one of my part time jobs) and this role is incredibly flexible, optional and enjoyable as I have had some incredible opportunities presented to me through this role and I honestly couldn't recommend it enough; this also may be ideal as they are usually zero hour contract jobs.

I would also recommend looking at some websites such as Indeed, LinkedIn, Unitemps and even Facebook.

If you have moved to a new city/ town for university I would suggest walking around with copies of CV to see if you can leave it anywhere because even if there is no part time work currently available there may be some soon or even temporary seasonal work. This may seem quite intimidating but the worse they can say is no, and I am sure they can relate to a time when they were looking for work. As you have said you are based in Birmingham and possibly near the city perhaps there will be opportunities such as retail and cafes etc.

From my friends’ experiences as students some of them don't work, some work in retail / food establishments, some work in their field of degree gaining experience and some just work seasonally. Why not also, ask around at university to your friends and peers perhaps they know of some work available.

I hope this helps
-Maddie, second year Health and Well-being in Society student at De Montfort University