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GMB/NUS Surey

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Introduction

Te inormion in i reor i bed on uvey of uden ommiioned only

by e GMB nd e N I ook in deil y uden undeke id

emloymen o mny e dong id or during erm ime nd ee ey feel

i i feing eir ude nd grde e reo nlye e emloymen

ondion of uden looking e kind of ouion ey re in e re of y

ey ge e our ey ork nd e ude of emloyer nd oer emloyee

ord em.

e udy find unil numer of uden undeking id emoymen in

erm me el in vion en you mg diony exe em o ok

ey re oveemingly oring o y fo lving o u ren nd food

nd o y of de u ovedrf inured durng er me uden.

Vey fe re orking only o y ord ei o live o o fund rvel rod

during von

uden re ommony emloyed in lo d ouion nd o id re

ernng uy re beo 4. Te GMB mgning or minmum oury e

ove i level In ddion uni minoriy o uden nerly 3 re

enng 3 n ou or le.

Overl e uvey revel iue o inreing numbe of uden ving no

oie bu o do id ok duing er oue o e ble o onnue er ude

nd mee b ivng o. e need o ork nd udy ung em under

ineng reure nd e uliy of er reul i beng feed Te number


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One i three studets miss

lectures to work part-timeA o o u loy ul oay a al a o al o u uy a au o ok a o u a lu o ok a. O 78% o u ok u ay uy a a The surey, which was commissioedjOtly by NU and the GMB and pblished today (Moday 5 Mach) a the sart ofthe NU aal Nationa Coneece n Backpoo od at sdets wereworg or very low wages. O 12% ok o l a 3 a ou

Mrphy NU Presdent a o o k o look a uoy a ul ak a o ll o a a oo ao' u o a uy o ak o a oy ju o ak u a o o k lu a ay al o oa o ok u u a o a ao y o' ak oa o a aao, ay u y ao ao o ay aol. a a a al l oy o u a T o a xo o l o o u a o o o . u a u a aa o o aou o o ok a oo y uuulou oy

a o u y ok u a aao ju oay a l a uy o ou o ou u ay y a

a a o a o a a oy u , a o l o ok. Da uy o uao ll look a uo a o o u a ok l u oa oll o a a all a o u ao oo oay. o xlo y a u l a ooal a oy

The issue of studen empoymen wi be deated durng te NUS Naoa Conerence. Over 5 sdetdelates fo coees and nesities acoss the Untd Kgdom i atend the our-day confene 1disuss issues o concen to students and to eec the e Nationa Pesde and Natioal ExectieComttee. e deate on sden epoyet s scedued to take ace on Wedesay 7 Mc 6

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MB/NUS S

Students at Work

ntoducton

Te ma e baed a ey de mmed ly

by e GM ad e N. I l deal a y de deake ad

emyme may ae d ad k d em me ad ee ey eel

ae e de ad ade. e e aalye e emyme

d de lk a e kd a ey ae , e ae ay

ey e, e ey k ad e ade emye ad e emyee

ad em

e dy d baal mbe de dea ad emlyme

e e a el a aa e y m adaly ee e k

Tey ae eemly k ay ba l a e ad d

ad ay deb a eda ed d e me a deVe e ae ly ay ad e al le d ael abad

d aa

de ae mmly emyed l ad a ad d ae

ea ly ae el 4 Te GM ama mmm ly ae

ae lee add a aal my de eay 13 ae

ea 3 a e

Oea, e ey eeal a pe ea me de a

e b d ad d e e be able e e de

ad mee ba l e eed k ad dy em de

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o n n ul aon an n loyn a nan an y now

o a nan ou n onoy a a wol Sn fo a o

ubanal nub o youn woe nf n vIou GMB u a

bn low a uno an on o xoaon by loy.

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Key Fdings

Three quaes o sudens ae woking fo less han 4 an hou and aound 13%pe cen o hese have pay raes of 3 an hou o less

Fou ou of 10 sudens ae employed dung hei erm times and over wo hidso ese wok oug ei vacaions as wel.

Studens mos commonly work n eail and oels/pubs/caerng indusriecaracersed by low pay casualisaion and low eves of ae unionoganisaion

Many sudens ae woking ong unsocia hous and are ofen no paid overimeo prema aes for doing so Te average overme ae for a erm ime wokeris less han 1 more an he average houy ae

Ove hee quarers of sudens ae doing he same jobs as pemanenlyempoyed saff bu only alf ae pad he same rae

Four ou of 0 sudens wokng in em ime are employed fo 125 - 20 housa week. hee ou o 10 are wokng 8 - 2 hous a week

Ove eighy pe cen of sudens working in erm me ge no sick pay o holdaypay and around 40 pe cen ge no mea beaks o tea breaks.

A ffh of all sudens epoed heal and saey poblems in ei workplaces,wi e mos common accdens being brns and cus

weny per cen of sudens epoed ade nions pesen in e workplacesb of he 185 who could have joined jus 24 (155%) dd so

A hid of sudens epored being badly eaed by her employers.

The majoriy of sudens are woking o pay fo hei basic livng and sudy ossand o pay off o educe debs

Ove a d o al sudens said hei empoyment ad affeced tei sudies buthis n'ceased to wo ds for te students who are woring duing term tme

Ove 10 pe cent of al sudens ad mssed ectures o ailed o submi wobecause of ei empoymen or tem me wokers he popoons ose o over30 pe cent ssng ecues and 20 pe cen failing to su wok due to heiemploymen

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Bckgr

his svey was commssoed ony by he ad he US in he

Labo Reseach eamen aaysed he ess odcg his eo i Mach

he svey objecves ad mehodology ae daled n Aendi A

he eo foms pa o he 's sees of sdes odced dg 4 and

1 loong a he economc sae of yong eoe he oday. he is o

hese fod a hd o all obs o yong wokes ad wages beow he evel of

income spo he second eo ond e cen of yong eoe wee excded

fom availabe job vacancies he hd od lage mbes o school sdes beg

exloed as a soce of cheap abo; and he oh epo p he case fominimm wage egslaio o be apled fl o yong peope nde

emloymen The ffh eo ooked a how laws oecing scool childe wee

enfoced and od ha o aveage oly one eigh of he chool childen a wo

wee egseed wh he ocal ahoy he Studnts at Wk eo is he is o

conside n deai he ecoomc condions o sdens in emloyme

he eo aso folows o om sveys caied o by he US oog a levels of

sden deb The aes Valu f Mn Suv was odced in Mach by

he US ad aional Wesmse ank ad examed h exe o deb of ll

ime degadaes a wo nvesies The svey evealed e ce of sdens

wee n deb wih aveage deb levels of , fo 7- yea olds o

yea ds and 7,18 o sdens ove yeas od he geaes amon o

deb was o he sden loa and o money boowed fom aens and boh hese

leves o deb had nceased sbsanaly om iges odced he yea befoe

he fnancal esse o sdens has bee exacebaed by a govenmen

edcon ga levels of e cen in cash ems las yea and olde sdens

w be he aeced by he aboliio of he lde Sdes Allowance eceny

annoced by he govenmen

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he NS coclude that higher educato is inceasingly becomg the preseve o

the afuet he suey eslts showed tha hal o stdes were workig or

ooking for work dug erm times ad "many ae now spedng ar more me

working in bars shops and estauats tha in the lectre theate or ibray" A

qaer of dergradates were consideig leaving due to nancal pressures

The Students at Work svey coims hese deveopmes ad provides firm

evidece of he finacia pressues faced by studets today Fidig ad keeping

paid wok has become a ecessity or may ad for most is wok which is low

paid ad isecure The GMB has bee a he forefro i campaigig fo proper

pay ad coditios at work fo all yog worers Stdets ow form sigificat

umbers wthin his goup ad i was o this basis that the GMB ad NUS joied

orces to hghlight the low pay ad exploitatio they are facg.

There are 19 mllio yog peope aged betwee 16 ad 24 full tme edcatio

Of these 723000 (379%) are also eployed The table beow gives a breakdow

by age grop of the umbers of sdets who are workig Britai today I shows

that 45.3% of stdets aged 8-19, ad 316% of studets aged 2024 are also

employed

Labour arket and edcaional stats of young people (Smer1994)

167 18-19 2024 Al der

(000) 25

empoymet 574 800 2,657 4,030

I ll tmeeducatio 860 520 527 ,907

employmet ad i fltime educatio 320 236 167 7 (79/)

Sorce: Lbou Foc uy Quly Bullin, Smme 1994

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Stden are aogst the lowest paid wores in Bitai and th majory are being

paid less han 4 an hor Ths is conirmed by te information spplied from

students hemselves n the Sudent Wo suvey ad by satistics obtaned fom

the Lbour Frce Survey staistical enqiy seice Quantime. Tese igures show

that 66% of 18 yeaold 65% of19

yearold and 64% of 20 yearold stdents areearnng less tan an o in te jobs they are doing.

The rests of the Stdens at Wrk suvey revea smiar proportions o students are

woking for less than 4 an hor Oveal, 18% of students wokng during term

time and neay ee qarters - 743% -o studens worig vacations were earning

less than 4 an ou. he findings suggest that ove half a milon stdents are

currently woring for less tan 4 an our

In the cose of producng tis researc he government announced tat a nationa

commitee of inuiy into iger education, to be caied by Si Ron Dearing will

repo next year. t will look a student fnances as wel as HE funding and majo

avoids aving to ell the electorate wha is acceped by many as inevitabe - that

students paents and empoyes wl face paying yet moe fo a univesy educaton

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Th aioal c

f he al 662 respdes he sre 6% are femae ad 7% mae The

are ewhemgl prsg fl me degree rses 6% ad her aerage age

s 212 ears

S respdes 61% sad he wrked l drg aas wh er

a hrd % - wrkg drg em-me. f hese 67% wrked bh erme ad

drg aas.

he % sdes egaged erm me wrk ear hee aes

7% are rel wrk I he wds her emplme s gg ad he

ae wrkg w. A fh 17% had wrked drg her pes erm ad

ahgh rrel empe daed he were seekg aleae em me

wk The remade had wked drg earler ems b are rrel wkg.

he ma f respses relae emplme 1 dae wh s egh gg

frma her emplme 14.

r hse gg fma aa wrk ms relaed emplme drg

he easer ad smmer aas f . I 1 ases f he al 407 rerds

fr aa wrk he ma relaed aa emplme drg 14 wh

he res reag aa empme 1

Wre ras f emplme were ge js ess ha ha f sdes

wrkg drg aas 4% ad s er ha f hse egaged em e

wk 4.4%

T f wr us

The hree lages grpgs f sdes upas r bh erm me ad aa

wk are shp wrk hespbs/resaras ad a aeg defed as "her"

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whh e u wee ven n /wehe wk

/e m w euy lby wk n nnnyn/he he

e me wkn, u h e el eh hee ee

e F vn wk he n wkn n h

hel/ub/ eu ell u 2% wh e wk nen m %

em me .% u v, he he" ey nen m 297%

n em me 3.% v Tble 1 ve l brekwn he ye

emlyme ue vlve

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a

Studens' pay

e ma sdes ae wki f e lw pa b e em ie ad

aa w see Tabe 2) ad s ae wki f eais weI! bew e ms

mml used defis f w pa Tese ae e il f Epes deecesld aulaed a 6% f fl ime aeae eais f me ad wme ad

ce sadi a 6.03 pe u ad e Lw Pa Uis w pa esld

auaed as w ds media ful ime mae eais ce sad a

6 a u.

e fud a aeae ul ae f em ime wk f 3.6 ad aa wk

36 Of e 24 sudes deails f ei pa di em ime eal eeaes 7.%) wee eai less a 4 a wi ms f ese eai

bewee 3 3 a

Of e 4 sdes i pa deals f eai di aas ee aes

4% eaed less a 4 a ad aai e laes ae e

ae f 3. a 61%)

add siifca umbes f sudes ae wki f less a 3 a .

D e ie w 7.3% f sdes eped pa aes belw 3 a ad

i acais e pp se 12%

ass fm e Labour Frce Sey sw ee ae 23000 sudes i fl ime

educai ad i empme. fds ses a e alf a mill sudes

ae ea pa aes belw 4 a wi aud 72000 eai 3 a u

belw des ae als disppiae epeseed wi is leel f eas

we cmpaed e wi ppulai as a wle al ee ae 2 mill

empees f wk ae i ai ea belw 4 a u epese 24%

f e wk ppa e 0% f sdes ea less a 4 a

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Oveim

Sdens wkg s are en ned er a hrs - any wk

vee ad we fd ey ae e ee pad ea dg r are pad

very le abve nra ly raes see abe 3) average sdens ae padus r les pe e wrkng vee

A hd e e wkes wed vee hrs ve half f ese 1%)

eped vee pay aes eang whn he 3 3 pay ange whch s

wha s sudes ae eang r al rs e average vee rae r

er e wkers was 4, ess an 1 e ha he average ly earnngs

fr er e wk 3.6.

Tb 2 Hrl rt

e e

under 2 - 3 - 4 6 2 2 3 4 5.99 6 7.99

08 65 6.5 88 2.9 08

2 16 46 6 2

veage ourly ae 386

Vaao

7 8 68 8 06 06

N 4 64 336 99 23 2 3 3

veage ourly ae 362

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Tabl 3 Ovti rats

T ti

ndr 2 - 3 - 4 - - 6 7 - 8 +2 299 399 499 5.99 699 99

0 5 69 0 96 0

2 43 14 9 8

Av ov t: 4

to

% 0 3.9 33 90 6 7 6 0

9 78 67 36 2 14

Av ov t 462

Te eime eis fes mped slihy f ci wk wih ely hid

29%) i e 4-4.99 e. wee e id 37%) f ci wes wee

ei eme es belw 4 d he ee eime e ws 462 ecly

1 hhe h he 362 ee hly eis f ci w

Additiona co

efe sudes c bei spedi hei d eed cs hey he py f

he css eed ei wk We sked sdes del w ey spe

weeky e d fm e emplyme d whee hey d mee y e

css sch s pyme f epme ifms ely hf em ime wkes47.%) pi e wk wh med weeky expede f 4.3

ci wkes 7% wee py el css wih medi weeky expedie

f .9 wee

As well s e expeses fi f sdes e py he iems eled


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er wor e mos commo iems aid or were unorms wc eired a deosi

ad auderg coss fo coes won a work Amogs e oer iems sdes

ad o were ealgs ens ard as see oe ca boos gloves and oe

oecve wear

E Cu B Sudents ae exploed by nighc. Tey a ad poor wag and expetedo wo vey e, een n he week Mney was aken o of my ages fo he soc beng don o he emg down

Whe ad how studets ae paid

Nearl a ird of sdens workig erm ime (3) are aid cas-i-and and 4

ge ei mone as a lum sm. ver alf (54.4) are aid weekl wi s 3.9

ad mon Te esonaire did o ask for oe combinaons of amen

resodes workig i fas food oues sc as cDoalds and rger Kig

ndicaed a e were ad eve fonig alowig e emloe o ear ofi on

ei earigs for a loger eiod.

Ff nine er ce of sudes doig vacaio work are aid week ad us over

nne er cen mol. Neal a ird were aid cas in ad 75 wi 8

aid monl

Tax ad atoa isuace

Te suve resus o e uesio o wee sudes ae ang ax and naoal

suance ae signifcan in a aonal suace corbios con owards

benefs sc as e Sae enso, aer le

or o of sudes in em me wok are o aing a or aional srance,

wc ma eec a e ae earing ess a 58 a week e 995 eve a

wc aoa insace sold be ad I addion mos sudes' oal ana

eargs fal beow e gre wic can be eaed before ax is ake - 355

995

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eveheless we un ve 10% sues he svey en me hn

week nely 90% hese wee en ve he 32 level whch s

le Whle ein p csh hn cey ppes ses wh ee

s mch mney s hey c e w shul e e h hsmy e eme

e le pculy l me suy ces ey hee yes

abe 4 Popoo payg tax ad atoa sace

Paid x and NIYes No

(No) (%) No) (%

em ime 43 552 02 394

Vc 21 2 1 26

Tabe 5 Whe stdets get pad

Term time

N

Vaatis

Weekly

54.4

11

590

33

Equal pay?

mothly cash-hand

3.9

0

93

320

3

25

160

lump sum

42

1

2

6

We ske sues whehe hey wee he sme js s pemely

emplye wkes s whehe hey wee e p he sme.

e hn hee ues em me wkn ses %) vci

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worig studts 84.2% wr dog t sam jos as pmaty mpoyd sta

t oly just o half o th tm tm stdt woks ad 423% o aao

works wr pad t sam rats h rst w ith pad lss _ 222% o t

tm workrs 337% o acato wokrs - o did't kow what th pat

mpoys wr arg ad could mak o compaso 25 % tr tm ad219% aato) as 6 ad 7 show th tt to wc stdts a g dd

th pay rats thy ar ttld to

abe 6: Sam job as pemanently empoyed

Yes No(No) (%) (No) %)

erm tme 20378.4

47 181

Vacatio 489 842 146

Tabe 7: Same pay for same job

same less do' know

No) (%) (No) (%) No) (%)

Term tie 106 522 45 222 51 251

Vacatios 20 423 5 337 10 219

C. Wood, East Angla Stets shoul be paid te sme tes s oter fll ime emloyees dog tesme job - no exploed. H

Time' and hours of work

imes

tudts ar thr workg os Ty a to i od to ft i as

m of thr cous work as possl Ti d for iility also suts mploys

t aras whr thy a most commoly mployd, t tail ad otls!

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pus/caterig dustries

Te diference between students' tmes o wok i vacations ad durig term time

is qite starlig We asked them to idicate wheter tey worked days, gts,

evenigs ad weekeds and alowed orcombiatios to be seected urig term

time 46% of stdets said they wee workig drg te day compaed to 87% of

stdens dring vacatios Six i 10 term time workes worked ights compaed to

for in 10 vacation workers ad 28% of term time workes woked eveings,

compared to 21% o vacatio workers. At te weekeds sx i 10 tem time workers

wee working compared to five in 10 stdets working in vacatios

rig term time te majoty of stdet workes are workig usocial hors at

igh, i te evening ad a weekeds bt their ay statistics sow they receive ittle

i te way o enaced rates for doing so Drig vacatos the maority o stdets

wor duing the day bt nearly a are also are aso working gts ad weekeds

P. Vicker, Eat Angla Woing thre evenngs u to 12 mdnight makes you tied and aects youabty t concentte and ead durng te day.

AS Lo, East AngUa f d nt seem t have any quaity tme to myself I get e out scaly by

fends ecause I wo at eeends. As a sult I can get ver deprssed. I am as ver tied dung

the day H

Table 8: imes of work

dayTe tme

%

No

Vacatios

%

No.

467

2

10

ight

5

152

446

29

1 5

eveng

2.6

74

2.

24

weekend

59.

3

49

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Hors

eause e ay sudes ae eag l aes pay ey ae avg

k lg us ge e ey ey eed We ud eay ee uaes

sudes kg e e ae kg ve eg us a eek %

Heve fu u sudes e beakd gve abe ae g

beee 5 ad us a eek Jus ve a d 36% ae g

beee 8 us a ee

e pe e f sudes ae kg e a us a ee dug e e

ad s ludes sudes ae lealy kg ule ls pusug u

e degees us a 3 abve

Dug vaas as yu ud expe e pp kg ve us s

ge ad e lages gupg u , ae e 35 u age ey

ee pe e f sudes k beee -34 us a eek vaas ad

5% ae kg e a 4 us a eek y e (6%) e sudes

espdg ee kg 5 e us a eek dug e vaas

HTlo Brmnghm WMy tto noted I ws trd de to wong hd fo my oe nd in hop

but led ht with no money to ie n, { woun't be he to tudy anywy.W

K Due, Es Ang I now re being in debt i wy of tudent fe. / hve 2 hor o lectnd I need to wok hou to mke end meet

Tabe 9 Stdets orkg hors term tme 232 resposes)

Hou N

75 6

8 84 5 9 + Ove 8 7


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Table 10 Students working hours n vacatons (513 responses)

Ho No %

1 5 6 508 . 515 95

6 9 4 18 2305 4 4291 59 11.5

l Rchn Newcle Because my employe know have a overdr to pay of Im t pero tey rng i a emrny bau hey know I won't ay o o exr ou.

Entitlements

e studets i te suvey ee etiled t sick pay ad liday pay is s

ceay sigicat studets ae lagely depedet egula ce

kg t pay thei basc livg csts ad thse ctiue t k thugh

te ties it vacati peds

e esults te tie kes ae st sgicat as vaca epyet the aity is usually a ste ied ped.

Eigt u 1 studets kig ve te ties get sick pay ad sad they ee

t ettled t hlday pay he cespdg igues vacat k ee sila

ith aud seve ut 1 vacat kes gettig sck pay ad hiday

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,

Tab

em tme

N

acatos

N

Enlmnts - sck pay and day pay

Sc ayyes

9.6

56

38

no

8

49

8

3

Holiday payyes

29

5

97

5

no

833

484

73.7

9

I addt sstaal es stdets ae t beg gve te f eal

beaks tea eaks te tie kes fag st s aea We fd f

t f stdets kg te te gt ea ea beaks cpaed t t

f vacat kes

Heve, te tie kes ee e likely be give te k f acadeic

eass - 6 cpaed 446 vacat kes his deece ight be

expected as te deads f lectes ad seias ae t peset f vacatikes

ab 2

em i

N

Vacaton

Enmnts mal braks and ta braks

meayes

6

3

829

46

beasno

38

3

95

18

tea beasyes

63

143

6

49

o

386

9

238

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Healh and safey a wrk

A ff of all sudns n suvy rpotd a and safy probls n r

placs o wok s probls angd fro wokplac azads wc coud caus

nuy o ncdns of acual nuy. Aongs os coon accdns wr

burns fro o qupn or food and cus fo knvs or andng papr nurs

fro avy lfng o obcs o popl n nursng wr aso rpod

owvr a wol rang of or al and safy pobs w rpod ncludng

avng o clan up vo and sold baby napps das fus an ack ofar

condonng nos splags clurd foos copur cabs al ovr oor, nasty

cusors and ndsck nurs

On sudn pod ad "narly dd an accdn wn a wl o vcl

I was dvng ll of' Anor was rcny ban up and anor rpod

wokng alon a ng n an urban pro saon" Ors bad nurs ncludd

sudn wo "caug y fng und lcrc doors causng racurs" and ano

wo "lf work afr wo wks bcaus of an accdn splng bolng war. On

a sudn sad all won ploys xprncd safy sks baus "bldng ad poor lgng aound

Trade unns

nsurpsngly gvn oval poor condons and pay sudns xprnc,

lv of ad unon psnc n r placs o wok was ow o a ag xtn s

rfcs gnray low lvs of unon organsaon n ndusrs sudns aworkng n, and ac a pat workrs ar ss ky to b bs of

unons

vl of unon dnsy ( e. ploys wo ar also brs o rad unons)

for pa works n al nusrs s 1 copard o 39 for ful wokrs

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Hweve a time wke i etail ad tel ad ateig _ w te ai

aea tdet emymet - thee ti al t 11% i etai ad 8%

te ad ateig e leve i deity l time wke tee

idte al lw at 6% i etal ad % i tel ad ateg

U deity i me te idtie i m hige exame i bakg ad

ae 56% at time wke ad 52% l tme wke ae al i

membe healt 53% at tme htal wke ad 68% l time wke

ae membe tade i

Eve we d ve a ith tdet i he Studens a Wor ey eig

that thee wee eged tade i i the wklae The eeeig tat tee wee egied tade i thei wklae wee imila

vaati wke % ad tem tie wke (%) weve j t

8.5% vaati wke jied the wklae i maed t 36% te

te-ime wke Bt altgh thee eetage ae qite dieet they atally

eeet imila mbe tdet beae the maity ee i the

vey eate t vaati wke. I at jt 1 a ible 3 vaati wke

ad jied e ui ad jt 3 a ible 55 tem time wke had jied

he vey eveal that eve wee thee i a tade i eee the

wkae te maity tdet ae t iig Ot a ible 85 tdet

w d ave jed a i i thei wkae jt 2 (55% dd I additi

giat mbe eite did t l thi a te qetiae idiated that

tey did t kw tee wa a tade i t

Attitudes toward studet workers

We aked tdet t deibe hw tey ae/wee teated by thei emye at

wk by hig e ategie well aily ly vey y d

ha all tdet aid ey wee eated well - 5% vaati wke ad 49

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f t t k Hv v a tid f td aid ty y

tatd py - f vaati k ad 51 t k

ta 1 f tdt tt ty tatd faiy it 58 ad y

tat vy py

J. Khn Es Lonon HSudens a geealy aed qie bady i empoymen ad no vaed orgen eough spec. , was aed badly my compais we igod and my coc was onewed

C pat at tatt a d xpd k

ad ad a d t t y t pa xta f

ki ak iday, kd ad didt t payt, y

v piily y iv t t a it ty

t titd t dt, tatd a tidI iay

ackdd ad xpctd t d vti

ypia t ad at tat :

"costay checked and made o do he wo jobs

didn'/ ge paid exa for Sundays ad Bak hodays

ddn' ge bos whe eeroe ese didexpeced o do more han peaen empoyees

"eeced o wo unsociabe ho whe ful me we no"

oed o do mo menial asks"

l me sa ook down o sudens

Hhead chef as sdens ad emps as dogsbodies

ignod ad aed as if beeah hem

"made fn of because I was a suden

no aways inied o special evens

ony paid o ho woed had a p ou and pemane peope paid I was'

aid ess for he same o mo wor

see as a bi of a ouside becase empoa

"sdes epeced o do mo oveme"

hey kew we eeded he moey so woud be ess ely o compai abou ob

aed as a owe ie fo

'\e we alaed like dogs!

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" were a trad py

How students found te empomen

o vaatio ok eay fou i sudets got e employmet toug tefeds o famiy ad a fute fou toug od of mou o fom a espape

advet e pe et o vaato okes go te empoymet oug a ob ee

o agey ad 3% ad appoahed empoyes themseves Just % used a

studet uo bueau to fd vaato ok.

Fo tem tme ok, fa moe studets used thei stude uio bueau to fid ok

(.4%) t o supisgy te popoio falig to 9% fo ok foud tough

fieds ad family oeve ealy alf of tem tme okes (48.%) foud the

ok ee by od of mout o fom a espape advet Five pe et got thei

tem tme ok togh a ob ete o agey ad 4.% appoaed empoyes

themselves

Wh sudens need mone fom wok

e suey esults make ea tat te ovehelmig easos hy studets eed

te moey fom okig ae to pay o the bas lvig ad study osts ad to have

some moey fo a soal ife

able 3 sos te esposes to a muipe oe questo o y studets

eeded te moey fom okig he aegoies ee ot exusve ad studets

espodig ee abe to tik moe tha oe box.

Mos studets gave ombiatio ases to ths questo but te basi esults beak

do as foos. o tem me okes te lagest goup 49%) said tey eeded

o ok to ove vg ad study oss 398% said te moey as eeded fo bas

ivig osts ad 49% said te eags ee used toads the soia lfe

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T Goldman, Birmingham /t shouldn't be ncssa to wo. My gnt s just 325 a t My nt isappxmaty BOO a tm. I nd a o just to pay y n

For sudes wokg vaatos the propoto sayg hey eeded the moey for

bas lvg osts dropped to 286, whh s ot supsg as t a be assumed

that a sbstatal umbe wl have eted o paea homes for vaatos,

redg expedtre o lvg osts However 77 stl dated hat her

vaao work was eeded to pay for vg ad stdy osts. he propoo sayg

hey eeded the moey o pay towards ther soa le s aroud 10 hghe tha

or tem tme workers a 50

LJ. Ribing, Plymouth f o 10 hou a wk to pay for ood and as lvn osts I ould not oto nvety f I didnt have this jo."

Table 13: Why mony is eeded

Lvigcoss

e tme

%

No

Vacaions

%

No.

398

0

286

166

livig& study

49

11

37.7

21

sudycos

89

9

socallfe

409

106

503

22

oher

08

8

167

he propoo of stdets wokg vaatos ad dug term mes who daed

they eeded moey to pay for stdy osts were smla at ad 8

espetvey

Sudets wee aso ale o dae o the qestoae othe aeas whh hey

eeded moey to pay o A tota of 45 stdets worg term tme flled ths

seto ad more tha half (51 ) wee worg to supplemet the grats to over

essetal osts sh as payg re, ad several had hlde o spport ad

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mogage costs to mee In addition, nealy a thid said tey were wokng ete to

fiace trips aboad to cove tave costs to pay o ovedas/dets o by

specialst books, or to buy clothes

V. Brigh East Agla Students dog me coues shold not have to wo dg tem tme vacatons wo should be done to pay for leisu itests, not fo books. sped over 100 on coue

texts

Some of the most epresentative responses as to wy students woked in term me

wee:

Fo cd sppot and stdet oan

"Hep ith bgng up my chid o my own and mogage

' have wo cld and need to sppement by ga

eed to nance yea abadpats cant ao to give me ll gnt

pay {o chidca

pay o my ove

"to geealy eep my head above wate

o n by ca othese f couldnt wo whe I do

o sppo famiy sitaton and stdy

sppement ivng costs and tve i vacatons

For vactio wokers, te lagest gouping withi the 45 students who filed n this

scion of the qestionaie were te 277% who were worng vacatos to

specificaly pay off o reduce er ovedrafs ad/o other debts he second lagest

group (169%) were wokng vacatios to fud tavel/oidays Howeve a

igifcant number wee wokig in thei oldays to fund te ext tem's lvig costs

(115%).

T. Wales, East nglia "Is essetal to wo vacaons to ea money fo the ohcomg year"

Just 8 % o students were workig to fud tei socia ves or o buy cotes and

only % sad they wee woking to get wo expeece o to fue tei caeers

ac we found that the vast majoity of studets ae employed in wok which tey

say s ot elevant in any way to tei future carees Table 4 shows ove 80% of


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vacatn and ter e wrke ae n wrk wc ea n elan t ter utre

elyen

M. Jadin Est Angi I don't ae time to wo because of my eay sedule but I need to woas I have no gant f am 1,80 in debt ae my t tem

ae 14: Is wrk reevant t ftre caree?

Tem tme

Vacaions

Yes

5

The efects f empyment stdes

No

7

Fnal we aked all te tudet rendng t te rvey a te eect te

elyent g e avng a ad n ter acadec grade and erance.A earae reakdwn gven elw r tdent wrkng ver ter te.

Te veal eult r e we uvey, electng te anwer gven y uden

wrkng t n ter vacan and n ter te ae detaled n ale 1

Mre ta a trd (3.%) al tudent ad wrkng ad aected te tude t

e ary tee ndcated tat e eect wa lgt weve, % al

rendent ad ter ude ad een ady aected

KM Hks Lds "Had to stop empoyment duing semester as seond yea exams came up Hadto etake i semeste and seond yea eams due to w commiments.

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be 1 5: Hs empome eced sd? A stdets)

working mssed faled toaffect study lectues submt work

(yes) yes) yes)

386 13 105

N 0

To what extent has stdy been affected?

not at slghtly bady vey Aceved gheall badly grades f not working

(yes

31 47.3 66 06 326

N 315 44 4 1

Nealy a tird al tdent (3.6 fet tey wd aieve iger grade tey

were nt i emplyment and ve 10 f all tdent ad med lete (13

and/ faied t mit e wk n tme (1) eae tei emplymen

wever, te tati ange dratiay wen lkng at e repne rm

tdent w are wking d ing teir tem time See ale 6)

Of tee dent, nearly w trd (6) aid ei emplyme ad aeed

tei tde mpared t 36 veral and aid teir tdie ad een adly

afeted mpaed t 66 verall

be 1 6 Hs emomet eced sd? erm me workers)

wokng ssed faed toaffect stdy lectes sbt work

(yes yes) yes)

6 313 20.1

N. 16 1

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T what xtnt has stdy bn atd

nt at slghtly badly Ahvd hgha bady gads f nt wng

(ys

% 208 645 10 15 51

5 6 31 13

Ove alf 51%) f students wk tem tme sad tey fet tey wd aeve

e ades f tey ween't n empyment mpaed t 3.6% veal e

statsts mssed etes ad falue t subm wk ae als e f tem tme

wkes 313% ad mssed letues mpaed t 3% veall, and % ad

faled t submt wk mpaed t 15% veal

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Appendix A

Survey objectives

Te objectives o te survey wee as olows:

to provide a atioa picture detiyig the umbers o students takg te

time ad vacatio employment

to provide iormatio about teir occupations, hours o wok and levels o

eaings ad e attitudes o empoyers ad oter empoyees towads tem;

to establis i paid wok is aecting their studies and grades ad

o estabish teir easons or working

Methodology

A total o 9000 questionares were distribted in batces o 1,000 to students at

eac o e uverstes ad 66 esponses wee eceived a respose ate o

73% e questioaires wee set directly by NUS HQ to studets at Bimigam

East Aglia eeds and East London he studet uios at Mancester

Newcastle Plymout, Sussex ad Wawick distributed the questionaire to their

students.

Four o te uiverstes provided response rates o 5% ad above - mgham

213% East Angia 166% Leeds 144% ad East London 65%

Studets 'wee asked to complete and return a questionaie desged to provide

normation o why tey were working their occupation at work, ates o pay hourso work ad attitudes o employers and other empoyees; and weter paid work

was afecting er studies and grades

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gmb students at work

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