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Lessky, Franziska; Unger, Martin – European Journal of Higher Education, 2023
Student employment has become widespread across many European countries, eliciting the question of how working while studying affects student retention. Previous research mostly agrees that it does by arguing that firstly, students who work long hours (i.e. more than 10 h per week) are more likely to leave university early, and also shows that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Employment, School Holding Power, Work Environment
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Ferrández-Berrueco, Reina; Sánchez-Tarazaga, Lucía – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to report the motivations and perceived benefits of companies that collaborate with universities by offering student work-placement positions. Design/methodology/approach: The study follows a mixed methodology based on (1) a literature review on the topic, (2) a case study survey including companies that…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education, College Students, Job Placement
Quintini, Glenda – OECD Publishing, 2015
The combination of work and study has been hailed as crucial to ensure that youth develop the skills required on the labour market so that transitions from school to work are shorter and smoother. This paper fills an important gap in availability of internationally-comparable data. Using the 2012 Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), it draws a…
Descriptors: Student Employment, Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship