Hordosy, R., Clark, T.W. orcid.org/0000-0001-6871-629X and Vickers, D. (2018) Lower income students and the ‘double deficit’ of part-time work: Undergraduate experiences of finance, studying, and employability. Journal of Education and Work, 31 (4). pp. 353-365. ISSN 1363-9080
Abstract
This paper explores how the various pressures of finance, employability and part-time work are experienced by undergraduates studying in an English Red Brick University. Drawing on the results of a 3-year qualitative study that followed 40 students throughout their 3 years of studies (n₁ = 40, n₂ = 40, n₃ = 38, ntotal = 118), the paper details three dimensions by which students understood their part-time employment experiences: the characteristics of employment types; motivations for employment and the challenges of shaping their employment experiences around their studies. It is argued that the current shortfalls in the student budget and the pressures of the employability agenda may actually serve to further disadvantage the lower income groups in the form of a ‘double deficit’. Not only are discrepancies between income and expenditure likely to mean that additional monies are necessary to study for a degree, the resulting need for part-time employment is also likely to constrain both degree outcome and capacity to enhance skills necessary for ‘employability’.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Journal of Education and Work. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
Keywords: | Employability; part-time work; student finance; student debt |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2018 12:03 |
Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2020 13:41 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13639080.2018.1498068 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:133257 |