University
students have to get full time jobs during their Final year to
reduce their mounting
debts
More than three quarters of undergraduates
work for money at some point during their final year of University
to reduce their mounting debts, and the need for practical
experience.
The study carried out by higher education
careers service Unit (Hescu), took by 50,000 final year students
indicated that the average hours worked was 14 hours per week. Male
undergraduates worked more hours in paid jobs than their female
peers, and some students worked for more than 30 hours a week. One
student told researchers that she had to work full-time and study
full-time to make ends meet.
With student debts set to rise from the
average of £15,000 to £40,000 starting from 2012, students are
going to find it harder to cope with just 12-13 hours of work per
week and will be getting full-time jobs to cope with their debt.
Their were 84 per cent of students that took low paid jobs in
restaurants or call centres for essential living costs, while 62
per cent were working to avoid debt.
The study has shocked some lectures who
believe that paid work and study doesn’t mix. Students trying to
meet the high work load of study and paid work, means they are
missing lectures, miss out on forming social skills by taking part
in societies such as sport.
Yet there are those lecturers who believe and
strongly advise undergraduates to gain important experience through
paid work. David Green of Worcester University believes that “I’m
very enthusiastic about my students earning while learning. The
secret to success is getting jobs that are relevant to the career
you want to go into, but there is also some value in more routine
work.” Worcester University has a programme that helps students get
employment, giving the university the best graduate
employment record of any in the west midlands and sixth best in
the country.
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