A study implies that in excess of half of the UK's university
students undertake part-time work during term-time. This earns them over £2.3 billion a year. The study conducted by the
Royal Bank of Scotland suggests that students work an average of 16 hours per week. Over 20% of students work more than 20 hours each week, the Royal Bank of Scotland’s survey suggested.
According to the survey, students in the cities of Belfast and Glasgow were most likely to have a job. The survey suggested that over 60% of students would have a job in either of these cities.
Furthermore, the study proclaimed Cardiff as the most cost effective place to go to university in the
UK, with Cambridge University the least. Over 2,500 UK university students in over 25 towns and cities were interviewed by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
UK university students in Leeds worked the longest hours - 21 a week. Students in Durham worked the least time with just under 12 and a half hours.
Coventry, St Andrews and Manchester were other cost effective towns.
Students were most likely to have part-time
jobs in bars and clothes shops – especially at the student union or union bar.
Furthermore, more than half of undergraduates underestimated the cost of living – hence contributing to mounting student debt.
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