Students doing a course lasting more than six months are eligible to work part-time but certain restrictions apply and you can work under certain conditions:

During term-time, you can work no more than 20 hours per week (BUT you can work longer if the work placement is an essential part of your course - e.g. the work period of a sandwich course - OR if you are on a degree course and the work placement is an internship lasting no more than three months)

You can do full-time short-term work during the holidays

You cannot run your own business, be self-employed, or work as a professional sports person or entertainer

You cannot take up a permanent full-time position Even if you are a given 'restriction on working' (i.e.) allowed to work part-time, you cannot include your earnings as evidence of your ability to support yourself financially. Please note that part time jobs should not be considered as a main source of income for funding your studies. There are two exceptions to this rule:

If you will be attending a publicly funded college or university and the institution guarantees that it will employ you and can provide details of your pay

If you will be attending a sandwich course at a publicly funded college or university and the institution guarantees that there will be a job for you and can provide details of your pay then you can include these earnings as evidence of your ability to support yourself.