Student employment detracts from studies? Reviews

I do think that having a job can detract from studying, however, it’s become like a necessity. You have to work in order to maintain yourself, even though some people get loans out. The loans are not enough. Some of my student friends who do so intensive courses, have to work more than they study, simply to keep afloat. ...

I was an extravagant student. I needed the money so that was the real reason I worked but looking back I cannot say that I would have done it any other way. Let's face it, an arts degree even at somewhere fairly prestigious is not the most testing occupation for the fiery mind of a young person. So I got reasonable job, which was fun ...

I am not at Uni yet but hopefully will be next year. However, through various Open Days, I have spoken to students about this subject. The impression that I get is that it is neccessary for many people because of their lack of funds for the bare essentials of living. Because many are desperate for money, they are either studying, ...

For most students, working while you are at university is the only available option. We need money to live. I studied a BEd Music course at college, where lectures, music lessons and tutorials took up pretty much most of my day - so 9-4, five days a week, often with extra groups in the evenings, was taken up with my course. If you are working at a ...

Ok, so you get a half decent grant and decide to go to university. But dooyoo really think thats going to last you for those 2, 3 or however many years you are there? Get real, it isn't! Alcohol, extra rent for better accomodation or even more food. Whatever you need it for, it doesn't grow on trees so you need some sort of ...

I am a college student, I am normally in college 3-4 days a week, when I am not in college I am always trying to work, whether it be in the morning before college, or after I come home. Literally when ever I am not in college I try and work, but I earn okay money because of it, the company which imploys me pays me £3.00 an hour, (I said I ...

I'm pretty certain that the vast majority of students would not take on additional work unless they needed the money. If they can't survive financially to stay on the course then what's the alternative? Certainly, extra work does interfere with the time you have to study and do course work but without the job and the extra money many ...

Unfortunately for a lot of students now it isn't really a case of whether they will be distracted from study by a job it's a case of whether they would be able to stay at university without a job. I managed to just about stay afloat through my first year without working in term times. This was due more to the fact that I took a ...

The first job I ever had was at a large supermarket chain while I was at college. My hours were often 6 in the morning to 5 at night and all I ever did was push trollies. The bosses seemed ignorant and patronising and were also very unapproachable. I listened when the teachers said you needed a good education in order to get a good job ...

In my student house two of us had jobs and three didn't. I would say that the three who did not have jobs got far more out of university than the two that did. University is about far more than studying and getting a degree, it is about life, independence, budgeting for yourself, trying new things, meeting new people and new types of people ...

This year the government introduced a system whereby 16 year olds returning to school to the 6th form have the opportunity to get money as compensation for the fact that they can't work, in a bid to try to encourage more people to stay on at school after they have completed their GCSE's. Currently this is only available to children from ...

I dont see that working during your degree offers you the best chance of doing your best when it comes to marks. I realise that the financial pressures are great - I should know - Im on the 4th year of my degree after all! But, I do wonder if a study has been done to show the correlation between marks and amount of time worked. Cramming a social ...

Students do have it rough, at one point we slammed them for not working hard enough at a job to help keep them in cash while studying, now there are people questioning whether these jobs detract from their courses. I think as long as the blend is right then they can easily do both. The course naturally has to be top pririty in ...

As a mature student, I was offered a part-time job, one day per week, with my previous employer while at university, for which I was grateful. I decided to quit this job because it detracted from my studies. The justification: My job content previously was technical, and could be quite intense. In a fast-moving environment, ...

Personally I think it is very much up to the person themselves, but if you are anything like me (pretty normal!) you may really enjoy having a job. There are many advantages to having a job whilst studying. You earn money (quite obvious really!) You care more about your money and look after it better You get to do or buy ...

As a student myself, I feel very strongly about this topic but it is true in some aspects... I work part-time in a small shopping centre. Mostly weekends but sometimes in the week when not studying. I always look at it like this: If I had no work on a Saturday, I would get up late, go shopping, go to the football and then be home around ...

Do you agree? If you don't have a term-time job then you will just end up spending even more money on having a great time. From time to time I think you should take a break from having fun and spending lots of money and work. I do and I know other people that do. I think it does detract you from studies if you are a waster but ...

Students have long been a target for criticism as lazy, long-haired, leeches - and to be honest, since I started paying taxes I've probably had the odd drunken rant about it myself. I mean, some of those arts-types only do about four hours of lectures/seminars a week (when they can be bothered getting out of their stinking pits) and then still ...

Term-time jobs are pretty much a fact of life for most students now, a fact acknowledged by most universities, which have now set up on-campus job agencies. There is, however, a world of difference between a job which earns some spending money and one which takes up so much time that you put your course, which is the whole reason ...

We live in a society were money is given out by the local Council, my local council will not pay for my bus fair or any costs of getting to College and back. If I move half a mile down the road to Leeds City Council I get my travel expenses paid for and £30 a week 'spend'. It is crazy. Getting paid to go to College! Well because ...