Rewards - Important Information

The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union in 2022 has impacted on the way EU students can undertake EP rewards. If you are an EU student who arrived in the UK from the 1st January 2022, you are required to adhere to Student Visa restrictions (see below).

 If you are studying at the University of Kent on a Tier 4/Student Visa, you must not work over 10/20 hours (paid or unpaid) during your term time. If you need clarification on your availability to work, please speak to Kent Union’s Advice Centre.

 For paid internships, it is your responsibility to ensure you have a National Insurance number. For more information, see here.

 If you are studying a postgraduate degree whilst on a Student/Tier 4 Visa, please note some EP rewards can be completed from September onwards.

 The EP Scheme looks to ensure that all EP rewards are available to all students, but unfortunately some are restricted based on nationality. In these instances, the restrictions mirror the employer’s recruitment policy.

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If you are a postgraduate student and unable to commit to undertaking an internship or work experience placement in the June-September period due to academic and/or visa restrictions, please note, a number of these rewards can be completed September-November. This will be identified throughout the Rewards Pack.

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For unpaid work experience placements, and some work shadowing placements, the employing company may provide the reward winner with assistance with travel costs (to a certain extent). If the company is providing assistance with the cost of travel, this will be identified for each reward in the relevant section of the Rewards Pack.

If travel costs are not available directly from the employing company, you may be able to claim a bursary payment from the Careers and Employability Service. To be eligible to apply, you must be a student at the University of Kent studying in the UK and funds are only available for unpaid work experience/shadowing and 1-day insight days (including company experiences).  Please note, the allocation of funds is not guaranteed: funding is limited and is allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, following the completion of the bursary application and claims process. It is essential that all expenses are supported by receipts. Therefore, the payment, if applicable, will only be provided following the conclusion of your work experience placement.

The full Terms and Conditions and application form can be viewed here. For more information regarding funding support, please contact the EP team.

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As you go through the Rewards Pack, look out for the recommendations for your academic division. You are not limited to apply for these, but they provide a general indication if the reward relates to your academic studies.

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If you wish to apply for EP rewards, the EP team may need to send some of your data to respective EP employers. This may include:

• Your name
• Your University of Kent email address
• Your stage of study
• Your telephone number
• Your home and/or term address
• Your course of study and/or academic school
• Information relating to whether you are studying on a Tier 4 visa
• Information on whether you have applied for the EU Settlement Scheme.
• Your nationality

This information will only be used to arrange interviews (if being arranged directly between you and the employer), coordinate the commencement of rewards, arrange employment contracts, undertake right to work checks, references (if required), security checks (for specific rewards, which are identified in the Rewards Pack) and to coordinate off-site experience days. 

This information will not be used for any further purpose.

This information will be held by the Employability Points team, part of the Careers and Employability Service, until the completion of all EP rewards (June 2025 or sooner). Once the data is shared with an EP employer, this information will be held in accordance with their respective privacy notice.

If you have any questions, please contact the Employability Points team.

You can view our Privacy Notice here.

For further information about how student data is used at Kent, please see the Student Enrolment Privacy Notice.