Research and analysis

Employer support for part-time higher education students

Follow-up study on employers that supported staff on part-time higher education courses in 2009 and 2011. BIS research paper number 119.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 16 October 2013

Documents

Employer support for part-time higher education students

Ref: BIS/13/1098

PDF, 451 KB, 54 pages

Details

This report is explores the views and levels of support employers gave to employees in part-time higher education (HE) study in 2011. This followed on from a 2009 BIS research paper ‘Employer Perspectives on Part-Time Students in UK Higher Education’.

It considers how far employer support was affected by changes in HE. These changes include increases in tuition fees, extension of loans to part-time students and the expansion of apprenticeship training. The report covers:

• how far current employers support part-time HE study and how their support has changed since the 2008 to 2009 recession and during the subsequent economic downturn
• the impact of higher HE tuition fees on employer willingness to provide financial support for part-time HE study
• the links between employer recruitment and training practices and their support for part-time HE study, including apprenticeship training

Related documents published by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU):

• ‘Futuretrack: Part-time Students Career Decision-making and Career Development of Part-time Higher Education Students’ published in June 2010
• ‘Futuretrack: Part-time Higher Education Students - the Benefits of Part-Time Higher Education After Three years of Study’ published in October 2012

Published 16 October 2013