student working hours

ellieo

hi
hope ive put this in the right place...
my daughter is 16-17 in august and is in 6th form until september when she will go to collage.
can anyone tell me how many hours she can work, as im getting different advise
thanks

Lokolo

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/Workandcareers/Yourrightsandresponsibilitiesatwork/DG_066272

Gives details.

If you are under 18 but over school leaving age (you are under school leaving age until the end of summer term of the school year in which you turn 16) you are classed as a young worker. Young workers have different employment rights to child workers.

A young worker cannot usually be made to work more than eight hours per day or 40 hours per week. These hours cannot be averaged over a longer period and you're not allowed to ignore these restrictions.

ellieo

thank you lokolo
your a star !

zaracay

I interpreted this question differently. I thought you were asking how many hours she could work and still pull good grades. I worked 40 hours a week all through my undergrad (not including overtime) and still graduated with honors. It is a matter of finding the right job that works for the student and their schoolwork. I was a police dispatcher on campus, and so, had a lot of time to do homework at night - after the criminals left.

nimbo

i was always told that full time students weren't allowed to work more than 16 hours a week....

that could have been a local policy at my uni though - this didn't apply while classes were not in session....

to be fair it would be rare to manage to find an extra 40 hours to work if you expected to find any time to get college work done (unless you had a job where whipping out books would be OK) - or a full time job willing to take on a student in the current climate....

evespikey

it depends on her course. There is no point working all hours of the day and night if it is going to be detrimental on her collage grades.

Lokolo

When I was in sixth form I would do around 12 hours a week during term and then holidays I would ramp it upto around 25.

WolfSong2000

I know Oxford and Cambridge actively frown on students working during term time (not sure if it's outright banned), but most universities recommend not working more than 15-16 hours per week, otherwise your work will start to suffer. This is a guideline, so depends to some extent on the person. Some people will be able to work more hours than others without having their work suffer. Others may find that they can't do more than 5-6 hours a week without work suffering. It's just a case of finding a balance.

ellieo

thanks, im only talking about 2 hours a evening during term time
extra in the holidays

Simon11

My uni says max of 16hours a week, but for the past 3 years I've been doing around 25+ hrs per week.

It hasn't affected me, just requires good organisation and hard work

Most students only have a few lectures a day, so if I had a lecture 2-4pm, I'd have a shift from 6am to 1.30pm

Now I'm nearly towards the end of my degree with no loans, lots of savings and hopefully a first!

GothicStirling

My University says 12 hpw, where I've been working at least 20 to make ends meet. When I was at sixth form I worked 6 hpw collecting glasses in a local pub.