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AUB Futures – Careers and Enterprise
Student Ambassadors
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Represent AUB as a Student Ambassador
Student Ambassadors play a key role in the university; not only do they help us create a great first impression of AUB by sharing their experiences as a student, but by doing so, you bring the AUB campus to life and help to mentor and encourage others into Higher Education. It’s also the perfect way to share your creative passions with others!
By becoming an AUB Student Ambassador, you'll be part of an enthusiastic team, learn skills that add real value to your CV, and be able to take on paid work around your academic studies.
The role of an AUB student ambassador
Students on Foundation, BA (Hons) and MA programmes can apply* to become student ambassadors (*subject to availability on your course).
Becoming a student ambassador for AUB means you're an ambassador for the university, representing our values and course offerings and sharing your life experiences as an AUB student. You’ll also have the opportunity to represent your course and share with others an insight into your studies.
During your time as an ambassador, you'll get to meet and work alongside various different groups, including prospective students, parents, teachers and careers advisors, as well as other ambassadors.
Your role as an ambassador is an important one. You provide something which a member of staff can’t: experience of life at AUB as a student.
As a student ambassador, you have the ability to share your passion for the creative arts and inspire others to pursue their dreams in the creative sector. You'll get chance to participate in a variety of work, from helping host events on campus and in schools, through to supporting with different admin tasks - there's something for everyone, and best of all, you can fit it all around your current studies.
The role of an AUB course ambassador
Students on Foundation and BA (Hons) programmes can apply* to become course ambassadors (*subject to availability on your course). Course ambassadors play a vital role in supporting their course, working closely with various teams across the University as well as your Course Leader.
Key to this role is being able to share your experience and passion for your course with others – this means you'll be needed to help support key University events, such as our open days and offer holder days. In addition, you'll get to work alongside our Communications team, helping with our Student Journey projects and Unibuddy platform.
The role of an AUB outreach ambassador
Becoming an outreach ambassador for AUB means working with the Access and Participation team on events and projects which seek to make Creative Higher Education more accessible. We celebrate the richness stemming from diverse experiences and want AUB to be a university that reflects the society it serves within its student body.
You'll support students who are from groups which are currently underrepresented in higher education, such as young people who have experience of being in care, are young carers, and/or are the first in their family to attend university. As an outreach ambassador, you'll be a relatable role model for young people who may be facing a range of challenges stemming from their background or economic circumstances. If you feel you can be that role model, apply to be an outreach student ambassador with the Access and Participation team.
To find out more about the kind of work the Access and Participation team do, and what you could be involved with as an Outreach Ambassador, visit this page.
Student ambassador job opportunities
As a student ambassador at AUB, there's plenty for you to get involved with. The work is varied, and this allows you to develop different skills throughout your time on the programme.
Here are just a few examples of work you could participate in:
Open Days
Open Days are important events in our calendar and take place throughout the year. You'll have the opportunity to work in various roles, including meet and greet, tour guides, registration assistant and zone ambassadors. You're there to enhance the visitor experience, providing valuable insight from the eyes of a student.
Campus Tours
Throughout the year, we’ll conduct campus tour training sessions. These will be delivered by experienced ambassadors and will help you to understand a few key points:
- The purpose and main objectives of a campus tour
- The best route around campus
- Campus familiarisation
- What to do in the event of a fire alarm / injury on campus
- How to prepare to ensure the route is accessible for all visitors
Additional training opportunities may also be advertised throughout the year.
Higher Education and UCAS Fairs
Taking place across the South of England but also further afield, you may have the opportunity to attend education fairs both in schools and at external event venues. These events are designed to provide prospective students with the opportunity to speak to various institutions about their course of interest and what the university has to offer.
School Activities
Throughout the year, schools may bring small groups of students to the AUB campus to participate in workshops. These often take place in TheGallery but also CRAB Studio and Passiv Haus Life Drawing Studio. There may also be times when we're invited into schools to host workshops in their classrooms. In both instances, your role as an ambassador will be to support the workshop tutor with running the session, setting up, supervising the students taking part, and helping with the feedback session. You'll always be supervised by a member of staff.
Gallery Events
TheGallery holds various events and workshops throughout the year. There are a number of different roles you may be required to assist with, including greeting guests, serving drinks to VIPs and running tours of campus.
Graduation
Taking place once per year, usually in June, Graduation is the formal celebration event for that year’s graduating students. Your role will be to help support the event, which will often include visitor management. Working in small teams over the graduation site, overseen by an AUB member of staff, your role will be to help visitors find various points of interest, such as gowning, photography and the reception venue.
Course ambassador job opportunities
As a course ambassador you'll have many chances to share your passion for your course with others. This may be in the form of on-campus or virtual events, off campus events, workshops, digital projects for the website and more.
- Open Days - Chance to work our open days alongside your course team, sharing your enthusiasm and experience of your course and why you selected to study it at AUB. This is a great opportunity to inspire fellow creatives.
- Offer Holder Days - Work closely alongside prospective students at AUB for your course of study. Help your course team to host a workshop or presentation, take students on tours of your studios or simply for a coffee and have a chat, sharing your insight into your course. These days really allow potential students to experience what it's like to be an AUB student and you'll play a key part in that.
- Student Journey - Help our Communication's team with posts for the website on our Student Journey project.
- Unibuddy - This is a chat platform on our website that allows potential students interested in your course to message you and get first-hand insight into your course, being an AUB student, studying in Bournemouth and more. Chatting first-hand to a current student can be a really valuable experience to those interested in learning more about AUB.
Take a look at our student ambassadors in action
FAQs
If you have a question that we haven't answered below, drop us an email at studentambassadors@aub.ac.uk.
Becoming a student ambassador offers you the opportunity to gain practical and useful experience in a number of ways, learning a variety of new skills such as:
- Public speaking
- Teamwork
- Customer service
- How to behave in a working environment
- Networking with industry professionals at certain events
- Travelling to different venues and adapting to different work environments
You will also get to share your passion – you can inspire the next generation by sharing your own experiences, helping them to make informed choices about their future and becoming a positive role model for others.
These are all skills that are designed to help enhance your job prospects alongside your degree. We know employers are increasingly looking to employ graduates who can demonstrate a ‘whole student experience’ and adding becoming an ambassador to your CV will help you stand out from the crowd.
We are looking for students that can show, and want to develop, these key skills:
- Reliability
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to work independently
- Effective communication
- Excellent organisation
- Passion
- Friendliness
- Enthusiasm
- Positivity
- Problem-solving
In addition to the above, we need your individuality! We need you to share your experiences that are unique to you and provide that insight into life at AUB.
We only recruit once per year, in September. All first-year, second-year and Foundation students will receive an email when applications open inviting them to apply online for the positions. We only have a limited number of places available, so we recommend applying early. All applications are then shortlisted. If successful, you will be invited to a group interview that you must attend.
As a student ambassador, you cannot work more than 20 hours per week at AUB. If you hold a visa this may restrict the hours you can work further and you must not accept work that takes you over this limit. Therefore, it is important you keep track of your hours worked.
There is no minimum requirement of hours you need to work per week, you can apply for jobs around your timetable and study commitments. The SA scheme is designed to be flexible, to allow you to work more when you’re perhaps quieter or have finished a hand-in and less at those times when you may have lots of projects to complete.
Yes, many of our ambassadors also choose to have a weekend or evening job to support themselves financially. However, these jobs should support your studies and not interfere with your attendance at university or your ability to complete your course to the best of your ability.
All jobs are emailed to the student ambassador database. You can then choose to apply if the job suits your timetable and you wish to work. Please note this doesn't guarantee you the job. All applicants are then reviewed and if successfully selected for the role, you'll receive a confirmation email with further details.
Please note, if you're confirmed for a job and can no longer commit to it, we require as much notice as possible in order to replace you. Please ensure you put any work you accept into your calendar to avoid double-booking yourself.
You get paid by the hour – for the latest hourly rate please look up the Student Ambassador Claim Form on the intranet. At the end of each job you need to complete the Student Ambassador Claim Form and hand into the person responsible for the job to sign off. This form then gets submitted to Finance. Pay forms must be submitted by the 2nd of each month for payment at the end of the month.
Once you have been appointed as a student ambassador, you will remain on the scheme until you complete your studies, subject to meeting required performance and conduct standards. If you wish to be removed from the scheme you can contact Human Resources at hr@aub.ac.uk.
If you would like to gain a personal reference following your SA work at AUB, you should ask Marketing if they are willing to act as a personal referee for you. Alternatively, if you require a business reference please contact Human Resources on hr@aub.ac.uk.
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