Godson - Student Ambassador experience

Working as a student ambassador is a terrific way to improve personal and professional skills, be a part of a vibrant community of students and staff of the university who and earn money while you study.

The role is one of the most important jobs at the university because you are usually the first face prospective students and parents see when they visit the university when you visit their school or meet them at a recruitment event. This means that the first impression they have of the university will usually depend on how you communicate with them. Student ambassadors work at university Open days, where they help staff members by giving tours of the campus, accommodation, and subject facilities. There are also opportunities to give presentations about your experience as a student to visitors, talking about your subject at a subject stand, welcoming visitors and signing them into the event and many more.

Apart from the big open days, student ambassadors can work at mini open days, UCAS and higher education fairs, visit schools to give talks about life at university, and guide school students around campus on school visits. You can also help during different activities at your respective schools of study depending on demand from your lecturers.

As an ambassador, I have worked with the team in many events around the university, met many students and staff at the university, and have made many good memories. One of my favourite moments as an ambassador was giving a tour of the engineering facilities to alumni who were some of the first Aerospace engineering students of the university (back when it used to be Hatfield Polytechnic).

One of the best things about the ambassador job is that it is a zero-hour contract job. Which means that you only work when you want to work, apart from the compulsory Open days whose dates are announced well in advance (and they are usually on the weekends). I would 100% advice every student to be an ambassador while at university because I have enjoyed every moment of it and have no doubt you will too.