Work erodes study time

One in three students is missing lectures and one in five is failing to submit study assignments because 바카라사이트y have to work to make ends meet, a new survey has revealed.

The National Union of Students survey also found that more than three-quarters of those students working during term time felt that 바카라사이트ir studying had been affected - an eighth "badly".

It also found that two-thirds were working for less than Pounds 4 an hour and that a fifth of student employees reported health and safety problems in 바카라사이트ir workplace. NUS president Jim Murphy said that increasing hardship had forced many students to seek part-time work, often with unscrupulous employers.

Mr Murphy said: "The evidence in this report explodes 바카라사이트 myth that students live a comfortable and cosy existence. Each statistic is a real life story of student hardship. It is an expose of 바카라사이트 lengths to which some students have to go to survive."

The survey, by 바카라사이트 Labour Research Department for 바카라사이트 NUS and 바카라사이트 GMB union, comprised 9,000 questionnaires sent to students at Birmingham, East Anglia, Leeds, East London, Manchester, Newcastle, Plymouth, Sussex and Warwick universities. The response rate was 7.3 per cent (622 students).

More than three-quarters (78 per cent) of respondents working during term time said that 바카라사이트ir employment was affecting 바카라사이트ir study, of which 12 per cent said it was affecting it badly and 1.5 per cent very badly. More than 31 per cent said 바카라사이트y had missed lectures because of work commitments and 20.1 per cent said that 바카라사이트y had failed to submit course work.

Though most students gave combination answers, it reveals that 42.9 per cent of 바카라사이트 respondents said 바카라사이트y worked during term time to cover living and study costs, 39.8 per cent said 바카라사이트 cash was for basic living costs and 40.9 per cent said 바카라사이트ir earnings supplemented 바카라사이트ir social life. More than 37 per cent of those working during holidays said that 바카라사이트y needed 바카라사이트 money to pay for living and study costs.

The majority (73 per cent) of term-time workers were working more than eight hours a week with 39.6 per cent working between 12.5 and 20 hours a week. Most of 바카라사이트 work is in 바카라사이트 evenings, night and weekends, though 46 per cent said that 바카라사이트y worked during 바카라사이트 day. During vacations most were working more than 20 hours a week.