Work experience is an important complement to academic work. Advantages can include making career choices more informed, developing skills that can't always be developed through academic work and getting evidence that will strengthen future job applications.

The scope for getting work experience is vast. It could be paid/unpaid, term-time/vacation, in Britain/overseas. These pages provide more information:

• Work experience - finding work experience and assessing its use
• Jobshop vacancies - finding part-time and temporary work
• Jobshop employment information - rights, minimum wage, National Insurance, income tax, international students
• Voluntary work - volunteering initiatives at the University

Additional resources are available in the work or study abroad / time out section.