How do student survive?

Lokolo

johnswife wrote: »

My daughter just rang to say she has been offered a job at HMV, 25hrs a week. It includes weekends but not sure how she will fit it all in.
She is waiting to hear from Argos and also Debenhams.

My other daughter has applied for "hundreds" of jobs, her next interview is for a kitchen assistant so washing up?

If she's in first year then I think this can be coped (if it's weekend work during the day, which I imagine would take up most of that 25 hours?). I think second year and third it would be quite difficult!

pimento

My son has been applying for jobs since before he arrived in Portsmouth with no luck. he worked as a door to door canvasser for a double glazing company for one day (can't blame him there) and has filled in about 30 application forms (nobody wants CVs it seems) for retail jobs. Some of them have them most preposterous questions on.

He's getting a bit downhearted because he never had trouble getting a job when he lived at home.

johnswife

Yeh, my eldest daughter who is in her 1st year at Bristol applied for loads of jobs before she moved down there. a lot of the stores get you to fill an application on line. (Primark, Debenhams, HMV)
She had a job offered her week before uni started but then then the woman rang to say she had employed too many so she wasn't needed. She was very disappointed. She didn't get a job at Tesco's cafe either. But she is still trying.

Pimento, has he been on the Argos website? There is a Christmas application form that he can fill out and hand in.

Lokolo, DD is in her 2nd year doing an Degree in Illustration. She travels in every day, 2 hours both ways unless Dad is driving that way and gives her a lift. It really only takes an hour in the car but she has 2 buses to catch. THere are a couple of days when she doesn't have to be there all day so hopefully any extra hours will be on these days. She definitely has to work Saturday & Sunday.

olly300

The_One_Who wrote: »

:eek: Every subject should be requiring extra reading, even ones like maths. My experience of economics is that is requires a lot of extra reading. At my university and in my department, using only lecture notes would get you a low 2.2 and only if it was well-written.

Agreed but it obviously depends on what university you are at and how the exam questions are written. Which explains why employers discriminate against universities.

I studied with some extremely intelligent people and even they did extra reading. Though they did subjects they were extremely interested in learning about rather than just to get a job.

pimento

johnswife wrote: »

Pimento, has he been on the Argos website? There is a Christmas application form that he can fill out and hand in.

I think he has, yes.

ultimatedingbat

While at uni i've found theres no way I can volunteer, work and study. It has been impossible. I'm 3rd year and spend approx 15 hours a week in uni. I also volunteer a full day in school, am on the committee for a society, participate in 2 other socities, volunteers in other places as well as the school, edit the newspaper, produce a radio show and then have to handle a fully unstaffed module as well. No way I would want to be working.

stars_bright

I agree that its best if you don't have to do paid work and can make the most of the opportunities at Uni, but how do you manage financially?

Oldernotwiser

stars_bright wrote: »

I agree that its best if you don't have to do paid work and can make the most of the opportunities at Uni, but how do you manage financially?

It's a question of balance. Lots of people can manage 8/10 hours work a week ( a couple of evenings or a day at weekends) but it's the people doing 20/30/40 hours a week who are putting their futures at risk out of what, for most people, is pure greed.

ultimatedingbat

Truthfully I am very lucky as once my student loan and bursary come in, I pay my rent (£65 per week + bills) and am left with approx £30 per week. I then get a grant from my university which I use to live on because honsetly £30 a week doesnt go far. It buys food and course books, my grant is used for the other essentials like clothes and the few little luxaries like the cinema and travel to my boyfriends

Gemmy_2

If he has already paid for his accommodation and course why can't he live on £80 til jan?
It's only himself there?

It's time by any means possible to get a part time job. Supermarkets, chip shops etc?