Many students take up work during studies, either on a full time basis or part time. There are many reasons for this, including economic pressure, responsibility for the family, the desire to live a particular lifestyle and an attempt to gain work experience. Students from low-income families are especially affected by economic challenges and are under pressure to fulfil the needs of their families or meet personal needs. There are several disadvantages of working and studying at the same as seen by different authors.
Emma, Pollard, Matthew, Williams, Sue, Arthur and Mehul, Kotecha. “Working while Studying: a Follow-up to the Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2011/12”. Institute For Employment Studies. N.P., 2013. Web. 23 May 2016.
Perna, Laura. "Understanding The Working College Student | AAUP". Aaup.org. N.p., 2016. Web. 23 May 2016.
Pern looks at the working college students and tries to establish how work affects the student, and what can be done to support these students. Borrowing from other published research, Perna affirms that working full or part time creates anxiety in students and leads lower grades (Perna n.p). She goes beyond identifying the problem to recommending that the society should support students to reduce the hours of work and take up some other responsibilities to help them get more time for studies (Perna n.p).
Robinson, P. "Studying While Working". Veterinary Record 169.4 (2011): i-i. Web.
The paper by Steven Robinson offers the positive sides of studying while working. It offers a great counter-argument to the topic by giving the possible advantages og working while studying. He states that he found the experience beneficial and fulfilling even though it calls for hard work and strict discipline (Robison para. 4). Robinson’s input can be incorporated in providing a way forward and in finding a compromise of students to achieve a healthy work-life-studies balance.
Robinson, Lyn. "The effects of part-time work on school students ". Australian Council for Educational Research 21.3 (1999): 307. Web.
In a research done in Australia with comparison with the US, Lyn Robinson examines the impact of part-time work on students, giving both the positive and negative aspects. She concludes that American studies indicate that students who engage in work are less likely to complete their studies(Robinson 22). The study also points out that working long hours has a negative impact on grades while moderate working hours do not have much of an impact on achievement (23). The work is helpful in its age categories approach to help differentiate the impact of work at particular levels of study.
Rokicka, Magdalena. "The Impact Of Students' Part-Time Work On Educational Outcomes". Institute Social & Economic Research 2014.42 (2014): n. pag. Print.
In a study done on 16 year old students from 2006, Rokicka particularly examines the impact of part-time work on the educational outcomes for the students. The researcher states hat each additional hour of work taken up by a student reduces the performance of a student by one grade (Rokicka 11). The research also notes that working students reduce their class attendendance and participation in education is adversely affected (13). Part-time work also affects the chances of a student pursuing tertiary education (18). This research is significant in providing an insight into the effects of work on education performance and progress.
Works Cited
Emma, Pollard, Matthew, Williams, Sue, Arthur and Mehul, Kotecha. “Working while Studying: a Follow-up to the Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2011/12”. Institute For Employment Studies. N.P., 2013. Web. 23 May 2016.
Perna, Laura. "Understanding The Working College Student | AAUP". Aaup.org. N.p., 2016. Web. 23 May 2016.
Robinson, P. "Studying While Working". Veterinary Record 169.4 (2011): i-i. Web.
Robinson, Lyn. "The effects of part-time work on school students ". Australian Council for Educational Research 21.3 (1999): 307. Web.
Rokicka, Magdalena. "The Impact Of Students' Part-Time Work On Educational Outcomes". Institute Social & Economic Research 2014.42 (2014): n. pag. Print.
