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Student CV template UK

Build a student CV from education, projects and real responsibilities.

Start with an education-led UK student CV for part-time jobs, placements and internships. Use coursework, volunteering, societies and paid work without pretending you have graduate-level experience.

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Sophie Clarke

Part-time Retail Assistant

sophie.clarke@email.co.uk07123 456 789Nottingham, UK

Profile

Second-year business student seeking a part-time retail role, with customer-facing volunteering, group-project and student-society experience. Confident explaining information clearly, organising competing deadlines and using Microsoft 365. Available for evening and weekend shifts during term time.

Experience

Volunteer Shop Assistant

Nottingham Community Bookshop | Nottingham

Oct 2025 - Present

  • Welcome customers, answer book and donation queries, organise displays and keep the shop floor tidy during a weekly four-hour shift.
  • Sort donated stock by category and condition, label items accurately and flag unusual donations to the supervisor.
  • Support cash and card transactions under supervision and follow the shop's opening, closing and data-protection procedures.

Events Representative

University Business Society | Nottingham

Sep 2025 - Present

  • Coordinate room bookings, attendee messages and sign-in lists for careers talks with 40 to 80 students.
  • Work with a five-person committee to divide tasks, confirm deadlines and resolve last-minute speaker or venue changes.

Education

BA Business Management

Nottingham Trent University | Nottingham

2024 - Expected 2027

  • Relevant study includes marketing, business analytics, operations and a group project evaluating service improvements for a local organisation.

A levels: Business, English Language and Sociology

Nottingham Sixth Form College | Nottingham

2022 - 2024

  • Add grades only when requested or when they strengthen the application. Include GCSE English and maths where the advert asks for them.

Skills

  • Customer communication
  • Teamwork
  • Microsoft 365
  • Cash-handling awareness
  • Event organisation
  • Written communication
  • Time management
  • Reliable evening and weekend availability

Recruiter scan

Make limited experience feel specific, not empty.

Recruiters can use evidence from study and life outside paid employment when it shows the same behaviour the vacancy needs.

Availability

State term-time, evening, weekend or holiday availability only when it helps the vacancy.

Relevant study

Name useful modules, projects, tools and outcomes instead of listing a course title alone.

Real responsibility

Use societies, volunteering, sport and caring commitments when they show reliability or teamwork.

Practical evidence

Show what you organised, produced, explained, improved or completed and who it helped.

Template structure

Put the strongest available evidence first.

Early-career CVs do not need filler. Change the order to match the vacancy, keep dates clear and make every section earn its space.

Header

Name, town or city, phone and a professional email address. Add LinkedIn only when it is useful and current.

Profile

Three or four lines connecting your course, strongest evidence, target role and relevant availability.

Education

Put current study first. Add relevant modules, projects or expected completion dates without predicting grades.

Experience

Include paid work, volunteering, societies, projects and positions of responsibility with clear labels.

Skills

Use advert language for genuine tools and behaviours, then evidence each important skill elsewhere.

Evidence examples

Turn real responsibilities into useful CV bullets.

Course project

  • Worked in a four-person team to analyse survey data in Excel and present three service recommendations to a local charity.
  • Set weekly tasks, combined research from four contributors and submitted the final report two days before the deadline.

Part-time or voluntary work

  • Welcomed customers, answered routine queries and organised donated stock during a reliable weekly shop shift.
  • Recorded event registrations accurately and sent joining instructions to more than 60 student attendees.

Research checked

Current UK early-career guidance, linked directly.

National Careers Service CV guidance

Official guidance on contact details, introduction, education, work history and tailoring.

UCAS student CV guidance

Advice on presenting education, transferable skills, extracurricular activity and part-time experience.

Barclays LifeSkills CV tips

Practical early-career guidance on skills, achievements and adapting a CV to the role.

Related guidance

Graduate CV templateCV with no experienceSchool leaver CV exampleATS CV template

FAQ

Student CV template UK questions.

What should a UK student CV include?+

Include contact details, a focused profile, current education, relevant modules or projects, paid work, volunteering, societies, achievements and genuine skills matched to the vacancy.

Should education come before work experience on a student CV?+

Usually, when your course and projects are your strongest evidence. Put relevant paid or placement experience first if it is more useful for the vacancy.

Can a student CV include volunteering and societies?+

Yes. Label them accurately and describe responsibilities, tools and outcomes that show the behaviours the employer needs.

How long should a student CV be?+

One complete page often works, but two readable pages are acceptable when you have relevant placements, projects or employment. Do not add filler to reach a target length.

Start with a student CV that gives education useful context.

Edit the student draft with your real course, projects and responsibilities, then pay £7.99 only when you download the final PDF.

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