Part-time Students And part-time Study In Higher ... - Universities UK

Figure 5.3: Percentage of students reporting their courses involves the following elementsDay release22%Workplace learning12%Fieldwork/field courses7%Residential component6%Day schools5%Weekend schools5%Block release3%None of the above54%0% 20% 40% 60%Base: All students.Source: London South Bank University – UK Part-time Student Survey 20065.4.2 Average hours spent studyingStudents were asked how many hours on average they spent studying, including any face-to-facecontact they had with teaching staff, and independent study.• Mean hours of study were 15 hours per week and the median was 13 hours per week.• Figure 5.4 shows the distribution of students’ hours of study. Nearly a quarter (23%) studiedless than 10 hours a week but over a quarter (27%) studied 20 hours or over each week.• However, these average hours of study varied by students’ employment situation. Studentswithout jobs worked longer hours than those with jobs – some 18 hours per week (median 16hours) compared with a mean of 14 hours (median 12 hours) for working students.• And the more hours students worked, the less time they spent studying. Hence studentsemployed full-time worked a mean of 14 hours a week and median of 12, while students withpart-time jobs studied a mean of 15 hours per week and median of 15.• Average hours of study also varied by the intensity of study. Students on a course of less than50 per cent full-time equivalence studied on average 12 hours per week (median 10 hours perweek) whilst students on a course of 50 per cent or more full-time equivalence studied onaverage 16 hours per week (median 15 hours per week).Part-time students and part-time study: Strand 3 Universities UK 64