Working in UK !!!!!

This Post tells you about the rules and regulations about working in the UK during your studies. Many students work part-time during their course, or just during vacations. Part-time work is a useful source of extra money, but can also give you useful work experience, and is often a good way of making social contacts and perhaps even professional contacts. It is important that you understand the rules because if you break them, you may have to leave your course and leave the UK.

RULES FOR STUDENTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES -

When you arrive in the UK, you will already have a sticker or you will get a stamp in your passport. This will state the date until when you can stay in the UK and it will say whether you are allowed to work or not.

Work Restriction

This says "work (and any changes) must be authorized", or "the holder....does not enter or change employment paid or unpaid without the consent of the Secretary of State for Employment" - This means that you have permission to work in the UK

If you have stamp a (above) or b (below), you can work (20 hours a week during term time).

HOW MANY HOURS CAN YOU WORK ?

During term time you may work up to 20 hours a week (although you may find it difficult to work for 20 hours and study full-time). If your employer asks you to work more than 20 hours in one week, explain that you cannot break the rules. If you are found to be working over the limit, you may have to leave the country. The UK government is becoming more and more strict about enforcing these rules so don't take any risks.

During University vacations you can work full-time (35 hours a week).

ANY KIND OF WORK WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED ?

You are not allowed to be self-employed, or to take work in professional entertainment or sports. You are allowed to sell but you cannot engage in 'business'. Some art and design students obtain commissions for work - students must write to the Home Office for permission to do this. (Permission is normally granted if it is related to the course of study).

BASIC EARNING

There is a minimum wage in the UK. Currently, these are:

Age 18- 21 - £4.45 per hour
Age Over 22 - £5.35 per hour

How much you earn will depend on the kind of work that you do, but many students in London earn around the minimum wage in part-time jobs.

HOW WILL YOU FIND A JOB ?

There are many different ways of finding part-time work: The Evening Standard and other local newspapers have vacancies, and jobs are often advertised in shop windows and noticeboards.

Creative Opportunities is a weekly vacancies bulletin from Creative Careers. Creative Opportunities has temporary and part-time jobs in the areas of art, design, fashion, beauty and other areas studied at the colleges of The University, as well as general vacancies. Many jobs that are advertised in Creative Opportunities are not advertised anywhere else: employers know that the University has a pool of good candidates.

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