More than half of UK students working long hours in paid jobs

More than half of UK students working long hours in paid jobs

Lack of maintenance support is creating two-tier higher education system, say experts

I once missed four weeks of one module’: the UK students working long hours

More than half of full-time students are working long hours in jobs to support themselves at university, spending nearly two days a week in paid employment during term time, owing to the cost of living crisis.

A survey of 10,000 full-time UK undergraduates by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) found a record 56% had paid employment while they were studying, working an average of 14.5 hours each week.

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