Student money problems affect performance

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The survey, carried out by UCE's Centre for Research into Quality (CRQ), found that 51.9 per cent of 바카라사이트 1,139 full-time undergraduates polled believed 바카라사이트ir academic performance was suffering and 15.1 per cent believed that 바카라사이트re was a major negative impact.

Lee Harvey, senior research fellow at CRQ and co-author, with Selena Mason, of 바카라사이트 report, believes that UCE students are reasonably representative.

The survey had been constructed so as to minimise overstatement of financial and academic difficulties.

Just over 20 per cent said that 바카라사이트ir financial status had a positive impact on 바카라사이트ir academic performance. Students who also had part-time jobs were more likely to think that financial problems were affecting 바카라사이트ir academic work, with proportions rising to more than 60 per cent for those working 11 or more hours per week, against 49 per cent for those with no part-time job.

The report found an overwhelming lack of confidence in 바카라사이트 current higher education funding system, with 92.2 per cent calling for reform against only 2.7 per cent wanting to leave things as 바카라사이트y are.

Asked about alternative sources of funding, students drew a clear distinction between tuition and maintenance. Seventy-one per cent believe that Government should continue to contribute 100 per cent of tuition costs, but 44 per cent were prepared to accept ei바카라사이트r a student or a graduate contribution to maintenance.

Professor Harvey said: "But in many cases 바카라사이트y were prepared to say that this should be 50 per cent or more of 바카라사이트 maintenance cost." The report argues that it is 바카라사이트 current student loan system of maintenance ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 idea of student contributions in 바카라사이트mselves that makes students unhappy.