Jobs whilst you are a student Reviews

Be an agent for ukbell. Simply introduce customers to huge savings on their phone calls and get paid for it! All you need to do is simply sign up a minimum of 20 customers to start getting paid commission. Commission is paid as long as you have 20 customers, but obviously the more you get to join the more you earn. However what is ...

I have always had to have a job as a student. I have only a student loan coming in and it is just not enough to survive on. I have to work to pay the rent and feed myself if I want to stay at university. Student jobs aren't there these days to earn a bit of extra cash but as an absolute necessity. I recommend going to yourlocal ...

I got a job at the end of my first term at university, and am still in the same job. I found there to be more advantages to this than just the money, although this has certainly smoothed my way through uni. I am in my third year now, and have just been through a milkround interview. At interview the employer wanted to talk far more about the ...

Well I was coming along just nicely, I had my overdraft but no student loan and was in my final year hoping to graduate when poof...after 2 and a half years of waiting I finally decide to go through private medical care for an operation on my knee...there really wasn't any point in waiting on the NHS the same doctor who became so helpful when ...

To work or not to work? Is there an option? If I hadn't worked at Uni I think I'd have been living on the streets! Holiday work is a must & tempory contracts usually pay better than bar or shop work. If you work while at Uni (which I did) the obvious place to start is at the student bars! Get in early for these - ...

I always knew it would be tough staying afloat financially at university so in my first year I got a job. Word of warning, never ever work in Poundland! It was truly awful and so many hours that I had no time to do any work and kept falling asleep in lectures. I took holiday work after each year and found that to be far more suitable, especially ...

I am forced to work in a pub to be able to afford to go to university. If I didn't work those eleven hours a week I would not be able to afford my rent, let alone the beer I consume throughout the week. Working in a busy student run pub is a bit mad. The beer is cheap and there is always plenty going on. As far as I am concerned I have one of ...

I left college with NO DEBTS! I took out no student loans and was only overdrawn a couple of times. I was a student for 5 years in total, and am well qualified to give advice on the subject of working while studying. So listen up, all you students out there - take advice from the moomin!!! For two years (1993-95) I studied in Edinburgh. ...

I think taking jobs whilst you’re a student especially during term time can just add to your mounting worries, although it may ease the financial strain, I have found friends not being able to meet assignments deadline and missing most of the morning lectures. Most students work in bars, pubs, food chains etc at night time if they ...

There is much debate about working whilst a student. On the one hand some believe that you should devote yourself to studying, and there are some merits to this. I believe however that you should try and find some work for the following reasons :- 1. Funding of a 3/4 year stint at uni is difficult and causes stress. Working ...

I am currently in my first year of a maths degree. I do not have a job at the moment as I am trying to get back into study first! I also drive 60 miles to uni every day as, believe it or not, it works out cheaper for me to do that than live there, also I would only get to see my partner one day a week if at all which I am not prepared to do. ...

Being a student however hard you try slow eats away at any savings/money you have. I am currently a postgrad and have no choice but to take parttime work. I have no other funding (yet!) so the job is vitally important to me. Although all it does cover is my rent with a bit left over to go towards general living expenses. As an undergrad I did ...

I think it does you no harm to work whilst studying,but it has to be balanced,otherwise your studies lose out. Firstly,there are benefits to be had,besides the money,which obviously makes it a little easier,or in my case,is a necessity,in order to survive and support my wife.Future employers will undoubtedly look favourably on any work done ...

Well the untijely introduction of tuition fees is always joy to the ears of all students. unless you are a rich spoilt little brat you will soon realise that when a student loan toals between 2700 and 3700 with the expenditures. being at least £5000 a year we all face a problem. Solution to work...However there are only so many crumby bar jobs ...

It was during my second year at uni that I decided in order not to get into debt i'd have to get a job as my bank balance was slowly dwindling. I started working as a waitress at a fast food restuarant. It was bad hours, only marginally better pay but great work mates. It is difficult when at uni studying hard (and partying ...

A lot of students take on part time work while studying. I think it depends on individual people, whether or not they should get a job while studying. I had a job through university, and I don’t regret this, although I think it did take up a lot of my spare time. I don’t think that my grades were effected by my job, although I suppose ...