Useful Website links

Finance and tax
International students
Employment Rights
Careers
Work experience and skills development
Other Useful Sites

Finance & Tax
Inland Revenue (Tax)
Frequently Asked Questions page including "I'm a full time student, why am I paying tax?" and "I'm a full time student working during my vacation. Do I pay Income Tax?"
http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/index.htm

International Students
British Council
This links to advice for international students about being able to work in Britain. Site also has useful information for any international students who have newly arrived in Britain or are only here for a short period of time.
http://www.britcoun.org/eis/workuk.htm

UK Home Office
The UK Government's Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) home page within the Home Office site. This has information about staying in the UK as well as useful information specifically for international students. There are useful contacts that you can use for getting further advice. If you are working, or about to start, and your employer has a query about eligibility to work you can get employer information on this site and it describes what different passport stamps mean.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/

Employment Rights
Citizens Advice Bureau
A wealth of up to date advice on employment, education, consumer affairs, health, legal system etc
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/nacab/plsql/nacab.homepage

Commission for Racial Equality
Includes information about the Race Relations Act which makes it unlawful to discriminate against anyone on grounds of race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), or ethnic or national origin. Amongst other things this act applies to work and applying for work. The site also details exceptions to the Act.
http://www.cre.gov.uk/

DTI Factsheets & guidelines
Department of Trade and Industry Information. For Minimum Wage Information, Working Time Regulations and general Employment Rights Factsheets - very useful and fairly straight forward site for all your main employment legislation / rights.
http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/index.htm

Lesbian & Gay Employment Rights site
http://www.lager.dircon.co.uk/

Somewhere to go on the web for up-to-date info and advice on work problems.
http://www.troubleatwork.com/

Trade Union Congress - TUC
http://www.tuc.org.uk/tuc/students_main.cfm

Tailored Interactive Guide to Employment Rights
http://www.tiger.gov.uk/

Careers
UWE Career development unit is an excellent place to start.
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/careers/index_ie.shtml

Work Experience & Skills Development
The National Centre for Work Experience
- Promotes, supports and develops quality work experience for the benefit of students, organisations and the economy. Covers topics such as What you can get out of work experience? Why you should do work experience?
http://www.ncwe.com/

Other Useful Sites

National Association of Student Employment Staff (NASES)

This site contains useful information about the Student Employment sector and a comprehensive list of UK Student Employment Services or Jobshops. Many of these can be used by University of Edinburgh students during the summer months - check under the "mutual aid" listing shown for each service. Services offering mutual aid allow you to use them in the vacation to find work.

http://www.nases.org.uk/