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Part-time Employment

The Board has adopted guidelines on the amount of employment which full-time students holding scholarships may undertake.  You are expected to devote at least forty hours per week to your research, less four weeks’ recreation leave plus statutory holidays and the University Christmas Break./

Full-time students are permitted to undertake a strictly limited amount of paid employment; no more than 240 hours of employment a year. Generally the employment may not exceed eight hours during normal working hours in a week.  If the part-time employment consists of tutoring or lecturing, the total of eight hours a week or 240 hours a year will include the time required for preparation and marking.  The University does not require a student to undertake employment.  You will be asked to state on your annual progress report form how much part-time employment you have undertaken during the year.

If you are interested in part-time tutoring or demonstrating within the University, you should, after obtaining the approval of your supervisor, approach the course coordinator or the Dean of the relevant Faculty several weeks before the start of semester.  They will advise you on the availability of part-time teaching, given your academic background.

Approval to undertake part-time work must be sought in advance from your supervisor to ensure that the part-time work does not interfere with your full-time research.