New research suggests part-time students are not receiving the impartial support and advice they need to progress their careers.
The research from Birkbeck academic Professor Claire Callender and the National Institute for Economic and Social Research studied 3,704 part-time students from across the UK, as part of The Higher Education Careers Services Unit's (HECSU) 'Futuretrack: Part-time Students' study. Early findings reveal the growing number of part-time students, who are central to re-skilling and up-skilling the UK's workforce, want careers guidance, but this demand is being met through the workplace or friends and family rather than professional and impartial careers advisors or university careers services.
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