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Student Jobs and Work Experience

At CareerCentral we advertise thousands of career development opportunities for UEA students each year. We’ve also been voted in the Top 10 for Best Universities for Work Experience 2025/26.

We help our students secure: 

  • Student jobs

  • Paid internships

  • Work placements

  • Volunteering roles

  • Graduate jobs

  • Graduate schemes 

  • Opportunities to work abroad

 

Student Jobs

We understand that many students will need to earn while they learn. A student job not only provides financial support throughout your studies, but also gives you the opportunity to gain transferable skills and work experience to add to your CV when applying for roles in the future.

We advertise lots of student jobs on our dedicated careers platform, MyCareerCentral, and these include local part-time work and vacancies on campus. We also run a Part-Time Student Jobs Fair every September, connecting our students with employers who have live vacancies in the local area.

Current students and recent graduates can explore our vacancy platform using the link below.

 

Placements and Internships

Our links with local, national and global employers ensure we can advertise to our students the latest placements and internships across a range of industries.

  • Placements are embedded in your degree, allowing you to put your subject knowledge into practice in your chosen field.
     

  • Internships are separate to your degree and offer the chance to gain practical work experience in a professional setting over a fixed period of time, such as over the summer. Paid internships across cross a range of sectors are available exclusively to UEA students and graduates through the UEA Internship Programme.

 

Student Ambassador Scheme

UEA students can earn money while they study and learn key skills for the workplace by joining our student ambassador scheme. This includes a variety of opportunities such as:

  • Talking about your university experiences to prospective students 

  • Event support - registration, room set up, campus tours 

  • Off-campus activity – in local schools or at fairs

  • Office support – admin tasks across UEA 

  • Photoshoots for promotional materials

Volunteering

We work with a range of charities, social enterprises and non-profit organisations to connect our students with volunteering opportunities.

Volunteering improves your employability skills, makes your CV stand out and helps some great causes.

 

CareerCentral: Student jobs and work experience