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Unitemps is an employment agency specialising in temporary work. It is based in the Students Union at the University of Warwick. The company was founded in 1996 as a part of the Warwick Business Services Group, which includes two other recruitment services: AdsFab and jobs.ac.uk.

Although Unitemps is principally aimed at student recruitment, it is not limited to this.

History
Unitemps was founded in 1996, principally as an employment agency to service the University of Warwick. It has since grown, and provides workers to a number of organisations in the surrounding Warwickshire area.

Since its success at the University of Warwick, Unitemps has migrated to a franchise model. There are now branches at Birmingham City University, Nottingham University and Surrey University. The University of Warwick has expressed an interest in expanding the model even further.

Sociological Implications
There has been a growing trend in the United Kingdom of Universities hiring their own students, particularly since the abolition of grants.

The University of Warwick has claimed that sourcing temporary work from their own agency has saved them 20% in agency fees.

In the News
In 2005, the security of the Unitemps database was compromised, and the details of over 8,000 candidates were deleted in a malicious attack.