Callender, Claire and Feldman, R. (2009) Part-time undergraduates in higher education: a literature review. Technical Report. HECSU, Manchester, UK.
Abstract
A review of the literature on part-time students focusing on: part-time students' reasons for studying and their experiences of study; links between part-time students and employment (e.g. employer support, negotiating work and study); careers services' and employers' approaches to workers engaged in part-time study. Part-time students have been recognised for some time as a very significant section of the HE student population. The Dearing Report noted that the overall proportion of part-time students in HE was approximately 37%, and that this had remained constant for some time (NCIHE, 1997). Davies suggests that since the mid 1990s part-time enrolments have been increasing faster than full-time (Davies, 1999). This section of the student population is extremely heterogenous, varying from each other in numerous respects, notably the qualification aimed for, the proportion of full-time equivalent credits studied at a particular time, the level of study, the length of the full course, and how study is funded. Details of the characteristics of current and recent part-time students can be found in work by Mason (2007) and Ramsden (2006).
Metadata
| Item Type: | Monograph (Technical Report) |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Gender and Sexuality, Birkbeck (BiGS), Social Research, Birkbeck Institute for (BISR) |
| Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jan 2015 10:57 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:14 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/11396 |
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