Managing Term-Time Employment and study in Ireland

Merike Darmody and Emer Smyth
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No WP185, Papers from Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

Abstract: An increasing amount of research now relates to full-time higher education students who work part-time during their study. However, little is known about this issue in the Irish context, despite the fact that the latter provides an interesting case-study due to its unprecedented economic growth in recent years and subsequent changes in the labour market. This paper attempts to address this gap in research and reports on a postal survey carried out among 3,900 higher education students. It aims to establish the profile of full-time higher education students engaged in part-time work during term-time. It also explores the motivation for engaging in paid work and possible implications of work-load on levels of life satisfaction. It is argued in this paper that inadequate policy attention to the changing profile of higher education students, their work-load and needs risks reinforcing inequalities among students.

Keywords: higher education; part-time employment; survey; Ireland; logistic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2007-03
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