Social Class, Job Searching, and UK Student Employment

This assignment delves into the landscape of UK student employment, examining the interplay of social class, job searching motivations, and the consequences of joblessness. Based on the research by Roberts and Li (2017), the paper highlights the financial pressures faced by students, including the rising costs of education and the decline of government financial aid. These factors compel many students to seek employment, often leading to challenges in finding jobs due to limited opportunities and high competition. The study further explores the impact of these pressures on students' academic performance, underscoring how financial constraints and the need to work can be detrimental. The research utilizes a Bourdieusian framework to analyze interviews, revealing how social and cultural capital influence employment outcomes and how access to material and economic resources significantly shapes both the experience of unemployment and the overall university experience, reinforcing social class divisions.

Running head: EDUCATION
Education
Name of the student
Name of the university
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EDUCATION
Summary:
The article titled, ‘Capital limits: Social class, motivations for term-time job
searching and the consequences of joblessness among UK university students’ authored by
Roberts and Li (2017) revolves around student employment in the United Kingdom. The
Government of the United Kingdom has adopted several strategies which have led to the increase
in numbers of employed students in the country. The first strategy is that the students studying in
the United Kingdom have to pay ‘top-up’ fees to avail the basic facilities like accommodation.
The second strategy which the government has adopted is that the students have to pay GBP
9000 annually as the full education expenses while the third strategy is the withdrawal of the
financial assistance the government used to provide to the students to pursue their education.
These strategies taken by the government has forced several students to obtain to meet their
educational expenses. The rate of employment among the youth however shows a declining
trend. Lack of employment among the youth leads to poverty, lower living standards, increases
tendencies to work in unorganized sectors, reduced savings and poor standards of health. The
surging numbers of students seeking employees are facing several challenges in finding jobs
owing to factors like scarcity of jobs and extremely stiff competition for those jobs. As far as
factors motivating students to seek employment opportunities concerned, the main factors are
financial crises and the urge to attain financial independence. This pressure on students to pursue
employment parallel to education in order to meet the education expenses put immense pressure
on the students which proves to be detrimental to the academic development of the students.

2References:
EDUCATION
References:
Roberts, S., & Li, Z. (2017). Capital limits: Social class, motivations for term-time job searching
and the consequences of joblessness among UK university students. Journal of Youth
Studies, 20(6), 732-749.