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Welcome to our page on how we support International Students with their career aspirations at the University of Huddersfield Careers Service. In this section you can find resources to support your employability, tips and tricksto further support your employability skills as well as the rest of our offer to you.
Rumana Khan is a second year Early Childhood and Education BA(Hons) student, hear how she managed to secure a part-time role through building her experience via volunteering.
Rumana initially built her experience volunteering as an Academic rep through the Students Union which then gave her the exact experience to progress on to a paid Academic Rep Assistant role.
In addition to volunteering and part-time roles, Rumana also recommends International Students to get involved with the International Student Societies and to come see the Careers and Employability Service!
Here is our video depicting the Top 5 tips for International Students from our speciliast Careers Consultant for International, Julie Bhagat. In this video she shares with you some of her favourite pieces of advice for improving your employability as an International student.
These tips include:
& a few more helpful tips. Check out all of the links mentioned in that video, just below.
In order to be able to work in the UK, you need a National Insurance number
Learn about the rights workers have under UK Law and about the national minimum wage
The UK Tier Visa system is a points-based visa category system.
Applicants must score a minimum number of points on an assessment test to be eligible for a visa. The test takes into consideration such factors as:
and other factors dependent on the specific Tier under which you apply. If you're an International students and want to explore the VISA options available to you, find out more below