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1. Working Long Hours While Studying: A Higher Risk for First-in-Family Students and Students of Particular Fields of Study?

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Lessky, Franziska and Unger, Martin

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Student employment has become widespread across many European countries, eliciting the question of how working while studying affects student retention. Previous research mostly agrees that it does by arguing that firstly, students who work long hours (i.e. more than 10 h per week) are more likely to leave university early, and also shows that students without academic family backgrounds (i.e. First-in-Family students) are more likely to enter term-time employment. However, little attention has been paid to investigating the factors predicting students' decision to enter time-consuming employment while studying, and little differentiating between fields of study. Our study, which is based on a sample of 47,228 university students in Austria, reveals that the risk of working long hours differs considerably among various groups of students. Besides financial necessity, the results show that seeking work experience and not coming from an academic family background are also strong predictors for entering time-consuming employment, especially for business students. We suggest that higher education educators should effectively address this issue by working more closely with employers, industry representatives, professionals and students. We stress that universities should support their students in building networks, gaining insights into entry-level work and bridging the gap to graduate employment.

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2023
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2. EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey: Country Report Austria

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European Commission, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, Unger, Martin, and Jühlke, Robert

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Much is expected from higher education in regard to addressing the challenges that policy makers in the countries of the European Higher Education Area face. Higher education institutions should equip their graduates with the skills and competencies necessary for the successful entry into a volatile labour market, and more importantly, maintain their employability throughout their working lives. Higher education graduates are looked on to give a positive impulse to the European economic and social development in terms of the creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship that are critical to economic growth, to boosting the innovative capacities in the society, and to keeping pace with the evolving knowledge and technological landscape. Higher education should also promote engaged citizenship and democratic values, such as tolerance, openness and critical thinking, and thus contribute to higher levels of social cohesion and trust. There is an increased demand for more transparency in higher education institutions, in order to enhance young people's ability to make effective educational choices, and to promote international mobility. Such mobility is regarded as a powerful means to acquire intercultural understanding, as well as to improve competencies and expand career options for graduates, and to achieve a better allocation of highly skilled labour across the EU. In order to reach these policy goals, it is crucial to have access to high quality data that is comparable across European countries. The goal of the EUROGRADUATE pilot survey is, on the one hand, to test the feasibility of a Europe-wide graduate survey and identify possible obstacles and their solutions. On the other hand, the survey collects comparable data on higher education graduates in Europe. This report presents the main results for Austria. The structure of the report follows societal functions of higher education and presents core indicators with respect to: (1) labour market outcome of higher education; (2) social outcomes of higher education; (3) graduation as a basis for further studies; and (4) international mobility. The situation in Austria will be described with respect to the international context of EUROGRADUATE. Furthermore, sub-groups of particular relevance to the Austrian situation will also be discussed in detail. [This report was co-produced by the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS).]

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2020
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3. Rigour and relevance. Hochschulforschung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Methodenstrenge und Praxisrelevanz

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Netzwerk Hochschulforschung Österreich. Konferenz (2. : 2019 : Wien), Pausits, Attila [Hrsg.] <GND:133424693> <ORCID:0000-0003-2901-5575>, Aichinger, Regina [Hrsg.] <GND:1135215405>, Unger, Martin [Hrsg.] <GND:1189705818>, Fellner, Magdalena [Hrsg.], and Thaler, Bianca [Hrsg.] <ORCID:0000-0001-7749-0464>

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Höhere Berufsbildung, Hochschulpolitik, ��sterreich, Successful studies, H��here Berufsbildung, Lernform, Zivilgesellschaft, Method, Großbritannien, Higher education teacher, 370 Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen, Tertiärbereich, Terti��rbereich, Germany, Theoriebildung, Theory, University admission, Österreich, University-teachers, Hochschulbildung, Diversity Management, Civil society, Finland, Applied research, Higher education lecturing, Inclusion, Nachhaltigkeit, Hochschuldidaktik, Academic research, Theory Practice Relationship, Sammelband, Soziales Engagement, Angewandte Forschung, University policy, Berufsbildung, Heterogenit��t, Sustainability, University teacher, Austria, Higher education policy, New Public Management, Form of learning, Hochschulzugang, 370 Education, Theorie, Praxisbezug, Gro��britannien, Educational background, Equal opportunities, Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen, Higher education lecturer, Szenariotechnik, University development, Hochschullehrer, Hochschulentwicklung, Qualit��tsmanagement, Lernen, Education, Transformation, University didactics, University teaching, ddc:370, Heterogenität, Professional Education and Training, Hochschulforschung, Learning, Higher education, Interview, Hochschulforschung und Hochschuldidaktik, Quality management, Niederlande, Deutschland, Theory formation, Qualitätsmanagement, Studienerfolg, Chancengleichheit, Vocational Education, Methode, Success of studies, United Kingdom, Finnland, Vorbildung, University level of education, Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung, Tertiary level, Konvention, Practice relevance, Hochschullehre, Heterogeneity, Equal opportunity, Inklusion, University lecturing
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Der zweite Tagungsband des Netzwerks bildet nicht nur vielf��ltige Ergebnisse der Hochschulforschung ab, sondern besch��ftigt sich auch mit der Verortung dieser Forschung selbst. Er beinhaltet Beitr��ge aus verschiedenen Disziplinen und setzt unterschiedliche Forschungszug��nge und -intentionen voraus. So werden Erkenntnisgewinn, Forschungsrelevanz und der angewandte Forschungsbezug sowie die Praxis in den Beitr��gen diskutiert und dargestellt. Der Tagungsband liefert damit einen Beitrag zur aktuellen und zuk��nftigen (Weiter-)Entwicklung auf der System- oder Institutionenebene unter Ber��cksichtigung der handelnden Akteur*innen. (DIPF/Orig.)

Published
2021
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