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Who can do a work placement?

You can find out if your course has the option to take a work placement from your faculty聽. This may be a short placement or a long placement, and could be during your course, or if you are on a postgraduate course, your placement may be after you have submitted your dissertation. To find out if your course offers a work placement, ask your faculty programme office.

Your Student visa allows you to work full-time during your work placement, if it is an official placement.聽Your placement is not official until it has been authorised by your faculty.

Check our guidance for聽聽or read below for details on securing your full-time placement as part of your studies.

What work are you not allowed to do as a work placement?

• You cannot be self-employed or run your own business
• You are not allowed to work the restricted field of professional entertainment
• Sporting placements can be undertaken but must not be professional coaching or playing.

How do you get your placement authorised?

When you find a placement,聽complete and submit the聽聽on myHub - under the My Placements & International Activity tab. It will then be assessed and authorised by your faculty.

You should complete this form at least two聽weeks before the date you want to begin your placement. The placement must then be approved by your faculty.聽We will email your employer explaining the conditions of your visa. They will take a copy of your passport and visa when you start working.

If you start your placement before it has been authorised, you will be in breach of the聽聽and also of the聽, and may be withdrawn from your course.

If you do more than one聽placement, you must get authorisation on myHub, before starting each placement.

What are your responsibilities while you are on your placement?

You must complete the聽聽on myHub on the first day of each month.

When do you start to complete these monitoring forms?

• If you are on an聽undergraduate course and doing a long placement, you need to聽聽in September of placement year (Level P)
• If you are on a postgraduate聽course and doing a long placement, you need to聽聽the month after you start your placement. For example, if you start your placement in February, you complete the form on 1 March.
• If you are on a short placement which is less than 60 days, you do not need to complete the forms
• If you have any problems or questions about any of these procedures, please聽听辞谤听
• You can find more information about the working conditions of your Student visa on our聽working during your studies听辫补驳别.

What is your working allowance while you are on your placement?

While you are doing your 色花堂 official work placement, you are also allowed to work the 20 hours part-time work that your Student visa allows.

If you are on an聽undergraduate聽course and you finish your placement before the end of the academic year, you are only allowed to work 20 hours per week in a part-time job from the end of the placement, until the beginning of the聽.

If your visa is not long enough

Before you start a placement you should check that your visa is long enough to cover the whole length of the placement. If it is not, you will need to extend your visa before you start your placement. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

Who can you contact with any questions?

• If you have questions while you are looking for your placement, you can聽听(笔颁)
• If you need support during your placement, you can contact your聽(PDA)
• If your employer asks for a letter to confirm your term dates and/or placement dates, you can聽request this letter聽from Ask色花堂
• If you have concerns about your Student visa and working, you can contact [email protected].

Where can you get more information?

• Find out more about working聽听补苍诲听聽your studies.