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The Student Room ( www.thestudentroom.co.uk ) answers the question: "Why do I need a part-time job?"

Why indeed? Well, as students, it's likely that you will have to find a way to supplement the costs of your studies. Temporary or part-time work is a good way to earn cash while giving you time to study. It doesn't matter if you're at school, college or university; plenty of your peers have and continue to manage part-time jobs, so there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to manage it too. The following tips might help you find a part-time job.

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Almost half of UK graduates and students from the South West (40%) have aspirations to set up their own business after leaving University according to new research from Lloyds TSB Commercial , with many citing excitement and a sense of autonomy as key motivating factors . Furthermore, half of the region’s graduates (50%) and students (50%) who want to start up, hope to do so in the next five years – compared to last year when just over a third (33% and 43% respectively) wanted to start up their own business in a similar time frame.

The research was commissioned as part of the...

It’s been a busy week for Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines and the city’s college proving once again that the city is in the forefront of driving excellence in hospitality and catering.

Last week the busy chef and restaurateur met up with the new group of eager students who have just started at Exeter College at the prestigious Michael Caines Academy and are keen to follow in his footsteps and those of the first group of Academy students already showing off their skills that have been honed in the last year. Designed to nurture the region’s future generation of talented...

CrossCountry have teamed up with NUS to offer one student a term’s free rent! Imagine what living rent free for an entire term could mean: posh nosh instead of beans-on-toast, a new laptop or perhaps funding for a gap year. The possibilities are endless.

The ‘Live Rent Free’ competition is now live and students across the UK, including Exeter, can enter through CrossCountry’s Student Rail Deals Facebook page: www.facebook.com/studentraildeals .

To be in with a chance of winning a term’s rent – up to the value of £1,500 – students need to click on ‘Live...