More Australian students are working in part-time jobs than ever before, with potential negative effects to their study, health, and wellbeing.
This is the warning from Dr Michelle Hood from Griffith’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland, following a series of studies looking at how university students manage their study with other aspects of their lives.
With the results set to be further examined in 2018, the study researchers have already conducted surveys of over 1000 students who work from across Griffith University.
“Our results show that over 40 percent of full-time students are working 16 or more hours per week in paid jobs on top of a full time study load of 40 hours per week,” says Dr Hood.
More expensive to be a student now
“It would appear that money is a big concern for many students – sometimes bigger than their main role of being a student – and, of course, it is well
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