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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT EMPLOYMENT STAFF
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
TUESDAY 27TH-THURSDAY 29TH JUNE 2000

The annual conference is organised by the National 
Association of Student Employment Staff, and aims to 
provide practitioners, business and researchers the 
opportunity to share common ground, explore themes and 
disseminate information.

The last five years has seen rapid growth in students 
seeking to take paid work to provide financial support 
during their studies; early research by NUS and individual 
jobshops suggests that around 90% of students work during 
vacations, with 40 - 70% working at some stage during 
term-time.  As a widespread response, HEIs have invested in 
specialist student employment services (or 'jobshops') to 
support students in their search for part-time and 
temporary work.  

The first jobshop was opened in 1992;  there are now at 
least 70 with another 10 currently in planning.  Of these, 
one third are based in careers services, one third in 
students' unions and the remainder in personnel, student 
services or education support offices.  All aim to provide 
a one-stop service for students seeking work, but there are 
diverse methods of delivery including 'job centre' and 
'recruitment agency' models; a quarter of jobshops charge 
employers for their services.  Jobshops work efficiently 
with large volumes of students, mainly due to the student 
focus which most have adopted; it is estimated that 
jobshops nationally find employment for around 100,000 
students each year - interestingly, a significant 
proportion of this employment is within SMEs.

The National Association of Student Employment Staff was 
established in July 1999.  It aims to facilitate the 
continuing development of the sector, encourage interaction 
between practitioners and represent its membership on a 
national level.  NASES has arisen from the desire of 
practitioners to share expertise, provide mutual support 
and participate in national agendas.  It incorporates an 
existing infrastructure of regional and e-networks, 
enabling swift and efficient communication with its 
membership.

This years conference will focus on training and 
development within the student employment sector.  Over the 
course of the next 3/4 weeks a detailed program of events 
will be confirmed, together with costings for the event.  
The usual mixture of presentations, workshops, conference 
dinner and social activities, will form the basis of the 
conference.

If you have a particular project or area of expertise and 
would like the opportunity to run a workshop or training 
session, then please contact me for further details.

Alternatively, please do not hesitate to contact any of the 
NASES Conference Sub-Committee (Suzzanne Charlton, Janet 
Dickerson, Dominic Drane, Gill Gregory or Tracey Innes) if 
you have any suggestions which you would like included into 
the program

We look forward to seeing you in June.

Regard,

Dominic Drane



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Dominic Drane
Student Employment Office Manager
Anglia Polytechnic University
Cambridge
(01223) 363271 x 2505
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