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Hastings, Catherine; Ramia, Gaby; Wilson, Shaun; Mitchell, Emma; Morris, Alan – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2023
There is mounting evidence of increased international student financial and work precarity over the last decade in Australia. Yet, there has been a little scholarly analysis of which students are most affected by precarity and its sources. Drawing on two surveys of international students in Australia's two largest cities, conducted before and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Students
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Jevons, Colin; Lindsay, Sophie – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
First-year university student attrition has been widely explored. However, there is a gap in our understanding when it comes to later years. Why do students who successfully navigate the hurdles of transition into university become at risk of exclusion in the middle years of study because of poor academic progress? This qualitative project…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attrition, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
Bexley, Emmaline; Daroesman, Suzanne; Arkoudis, Sophie; James, Richard – Centre for the Study of Higher Education, 2013
The aim of the Australian University Student Finances Survey 2012 is to provide an evidence-based understanding of the financial circumstances of the student population in Australia (both international and domestic) through the collection of quantitative data on: access to income support and scholarships, income from paid employment and the impact…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, Statistical Analysis, Income
Polidano, Cain; Zakirova, Rezida – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Working in some capacity is almost considered de rigueur for tertiary students. The reasons for working and the impact this has on both an individual's ability to complete their studies and on their post-study labour market outcomes are only recently receiving attention. Using the 1995 and 1998 cohorts of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Working Hours, Higher Education, Income
Dobson, Ian R. – Online Submission, 2005
The recent Government inquiry into student income support noted that there was "conclusive evidence that the income support system is in a serious state of disrepair and that nothing short of a major policy review and overhaul of the system is required". The report of the inquiry produced 15 common sense recommendations, but Government…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Income, Eligibility, Student Employment
Robinson, Lyn – 1999
A study examined character and consequences of student part-time work using data from the 1975 birth cohort of the Youth in Transition project of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth program. Findings indicated that most students worked because they liked the independence their job gave, enjoyed the work, and believed the experience would…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries