Student employment detracts from studies?

It's been almost 10 years since I graduated from University, at the time I had big ambitions and ideas for my future and swore to myself I would never take a desk job. I was too good for that and besides I was creative, a desk job would surely be too rigid a regime for me, wouldn't it? I read art & design and design studies in London (the London Guildhall University now known as the London Metropolitan in Whitechapel), with photography being my particular interest. It was a full time course though I had lectures and lessons to attend only 2.5 days each week, the rest of the time was left free for us to study in private, at least it was meant to be. ...  Read the complete review

I am remembering when my eldest son went to university. Fortunately for him, and us, it was just before New Labour came into power and decided to ensure that all university students graduated with debts. It was equally fortunate that my son's civil engineering course was offered locally which meant that he could keep his part-time job. He did not have to get into debt because we took care of most of his day-to-day living needs and his halls were in easy walking distance of his place of work. He came home for as many meals as he could so his expenses were kept to a minimum. He still wanted to live in halls, which was recommended to help him become a part of the ...  Read the complete review

If you get the choice of job and the employer right what's the problem. We need to get with the times, unfortunately gone are the days of sitting around and waiting for your college grant to come through each term. Yes student employment can detract from studies, but the key thing to remember is that the more you learn the experience you would gain to take to the next job. Books aren't everything if we just learn how to sometimes manage our time, make appropriate plans so that we can accommodate learning and earning the right results will come. Better still some old fashioned graft is a staple diet for the future, surely you'd respect the things that you have, find out ...  Read the complete review

Does student employment detract from studies? I think the obvious answer here is - yes of course! It may not significantly affect results, and it may not be entirely noticeable in all cases, but if you are working there is less time for you to study. Obviously students aren’t studying all the time, and I’m sure they do have 20 odd hours spare a week, so why not spend it in a job. But, whilst that time might be spent in the pub with friends, or watching trashy TV, or going to parties students are still going to want to do those things and are unlikely to give all that up to go work. I have a part time job in a bar, it’s only 20/30 hours a week, but then add ...  Read the complete review

According to MORI’s Student Experience Report 2006, 41% of British university students have a paid job during term time. I find this a surprisingly low figure, given that (according to the same survey) over half of students are “experiencing some degree of difficulty” in keeping up with their financial commitments, two thirds are in debt and 6% are “seriously falling behind” with their bills. Going to university is an expensive business; the current average level of debt for graduating students is in excess of £12,000 and has been predicted to pass the £30,000 mark by the year 2010. What I find even more shocking is that nearly 1,000 students had to declare themselves ...  Read the complete review