Student Loans: are the Policy Objectives being Achieved?

Winn, Sandra; Stevenson, Richard J.

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“…Kember comments (p. 122) that greater exibility over study requirements and assignments should be given for part-time students to increase the probability of success. Winn and Stevenson's (1997) longitudinal study of students at the University of Brighton Downloaded by [University of Western Ontario] at 23:47 08 October 2014…”

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The Effect of Taking Paid Employment During Term-time on Students' Academic Studies

Curtis¹,

Shani²

2002

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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The trend for students to combine work and study has been increasing rapidly over recent years. This has raised the question as to whether the students' studies will be adversely affected by their part-time employment. A survey of 359 students at Manchester Metropolitan University was carried out in March 2000. The results indicate that more students are working compared to survey results from one year earlier. There are adverse effects on study in the form of missed lectures, and students' perceptions are that coursework grades are lower than they would have been had they not been working. Nevertheless, students highlight the bene ts of working, which are not only monetary but include the development of skills, greater understanding of the world of business and an increase in con dence, all of which are advantageous to their studies, both at the present time and in the future.

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The Effect of Taking Paid Employment During Term-time on Students' Academic Studies

Curtis¹,

Shani²

2002

Journal of Further and Higher Education

229

164

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“…This re ects the view that students are themselves the main bene ciaries of higher education; reaping rewards in signi cantly higher lifetime earnings (Taylor-Gooby, 1994;Dearing, 1997;Winn, 1997;Bell, 1999; Independent Committee of Inquiry into Student Finance (ICISF: the Cubie Report, 1999). By 1997, when the Dearing Report was published and the new Labour administration came to power, loans were well established as a signi cant source of student funding alongside the (dwindling) grant.…”

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Making Ends Meet: Student incomes and debt

Christie¹,

Munro²,

Rettig³

2001

Studies in Higher Education

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This article seeks to explore the ways in which the current nancial regime for supporting students impacts on the choices they make while studying for their rst degree. It focuses particularly on the nancial choices students make (or feel forced to make) in relation to work, debt and economising. It argues that the degree of discretion that students have is crucially related to the nancial support they receive from their parents. However, even where parents are generous, most students seek an additional source of income to increase their autonomy in spending decisions. Parental attitudes are found to be important determinants of the ordering of drawing on other income. There is found to be a nancially vulnerable group of students whose fragile nancial position largely results from their parents being unable to offer much nancial support; this group in particular nds their time at university characterised by considerable amounts of paid work and increasing debt.

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“…Some students work the government recommended maximum of 10 hours per week. (Winn & Stevenson 1997), while others average between 11 and 20 hours (Sorensen & Winn, 1993;Silver & Silver, 1997;McKechnie, 1998;Smith & Taylor, 1999;Buie, 2001;Universities UK, 2003). The nature of the employment might dictate how many hours students typically work; for example, many retail part-time (Taylor & Smith, 1998); moreover, some students report that working hours vary from week to week (Lucas, 1997;Lucas & Ralston, 1997).…”

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Earning and learning: how term-time employment impacts on students' adjustment to university life

Broadbridge

Swanson

2005

J. of Educ. & Work

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The number of students in higher education has risen sharply in recent years, and an increasing proportion of students combine paid employment with university life. In a review of studies which have investigated the relationship between 'earning and learning', it is noted that the overall focus to date has been on the negative impact of combining these roles. This suggests that term-time employment leads to poorer adjustment to university life in terms of academic performance, social inclusion and psychological well-being. However, we suggest that methodological problems are evident which make it difficult to draw firm and generalizable conclusions regarding the interrelationship between university life and part-time employment roles. The paper suggests that a psychological transactional approach focusing on both positive and negative outcomes of role interrelationships could be adopted to more accurately inform universities, student bodies and employers of optimal ways of combining study and employment.

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Student Loans: are the Policy Objectives being Achieved?

Cited by 22 publications

References 6 publications

The Effect of Taking Paid Employment During Term-time on Students' Academic Studies

The Effect of Taking Paid Employment During Term-time on Students' Academic Studies

Making Ends Meet: Student incomes and debt

Earning and learning: how term-time employment impacts on students' adjustment to university life

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