The benefits of part-time undergraduate study and UK higher education policy. A literature review.

Autor/inn/en	Bennion, Alice; Scesa, Anna; Williams, Ruth
Titel	The benefits of part-time undergraduate study and UK higher education policy. A literature review.
Quelle	In: Higher education quarterly, 65 (2011) 2, S. 145-163Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0263-9769; 0951-5224; 1468-2273
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-2273.2010.00482.x
Schlagwörter	Lehre; Studium; Studienverhalten; Studentenschaft; Student; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Part-time study in the UK is significant: nearly 40 per cent of higher education students study part-time. This article reports on a literature review that sought to understand the economic and social benefits of part-time study in the UK. It concludes that there are substantial and wide-ranging benefits from studying part-time. The article also aims to place the discussion in the current policy context by drawing attention to the fact that while part-time study is seen as important for increasing the global competitiveness of the UK economy, expansion of higher education has tended to focus on the young, full-time student; furthermore, part-time study is less generously resourced compared to full-time study. New policy pronouncements made in 2009 appear to recognise these policy contradictions, which state that most future growth will be in provision other than the full-time, 3-year undergraduate degree. Indeed, the Government's independent review of fees has recognized that parity of funding is an issue and its recommendations on part-time study have been endorsed by the government.^(HRK / Abstract übernommen).
Erfasst von	Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Bonn
Update	2011/3