Work

Working in the Uk Work Restrictions

Assessed Work Placements

You are permitted to attend assessed work placements as part of your university programme provided that the length of the work placement does not exceed 50% of the length of your university programme in the United Kingdom.

Only if your programme has a statutory requirement to spend more than 50% of the length of your programme attending work placements (for example PGCE programmes) will you be permitted to attend assessed work placements which exceed 50% of the length of your university programme.

Paid Work

-           You are only permitted to work full-time during holidays.

-           During term time you must not work more than 20 hours per week.

-           You must not work in a type of employment prohibited by your visa.

The University term and holiday dates will vary according to the programme you are studying.   Postgraduate programmes will have different term and holiday dates from undergraduate programmes and the term and holiday dates may also vary according to the subject and School.

You will need to ensure that you are following the term and holiday dates relevant to your programme.   For details of term and holiday dates applicable to your programme please contact your School office.

If you are a PhD Student you will only be entitled to a limited number of weeks holiday per year.  For details of your holiday entitlement please contact your School office.

If you are a postgraduate student (which includes students following Masters and other taught post graduate programmes as well as PhDs) you will not be permitted to work full time whilst you are writing up your thesis, dissertation or project.