Increasing Inequality in Higher Education: The role of term-time working

By H. Metcalf. 2003

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Subfields: Demography, Education, General Health Professions

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In Demography

1. C. Callender
2. H. Rolfe
3. C. Mcinnis

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1. C. Callender
2. Nicolai Netz
3. H. Rolfe
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2. H. Rolfe
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Citations in the corpus

• Managing study and work: the impact of full-time study and paid work on the undergraduate experience in Australian universities (2002, background): “Metcalf (2001) found substantial differences between term-time and vacation only employment among the four UK universities in her study, according to the status of the university (whether they were ‘old’ or ‘new’ and had high or low entry requirements).”
• The impact of term‐time employment on higher education students’ academic attainment and achievement (2008, background): “Again, like Metcalf (2003), the intensity of term-time work varied by the university students attended with the proportion working over 15 hours per week ranging from 33% to 62%.”
• Students' Demands and Expectations in an Age of Reduced Financial Support: The perspectives of lecturers in four English universities (2002, background): “(A1) Lecturers’ beliefs about the extent of part-time working during term time were reasonably accurate: the student survey found that only 27% of students at University A worked during term time, compared with more than half of students at the other three universities (see Metcalf, 2001).”
• Social and Economic Conditions of Student Life in Europe (2015, background): “While some studies suggest that paid employment can adversely affect academic performance, having detrimental effects ranging from lower grades, missed lectures, to reduced time available for study-related activities (Curtis & Williams, 2002; Metcalf, 2003; Auers, Rostoks, & Smith, 2007), others hav”
• Exploring the work/life/study balance: the experience of higher education students in a Scottish further education college (2007, unknown): “Various empirical studies have examined the nature and impact of part time work amongst students (Ford et al., 1995; Taylor, 1998; Smith & Taylor, 1999; Metcalf, 2001; Curtis & Shani, 2002; Hunt et al., 2004; Carney et al., 2005).”