Students orientation

1. ALPHA HIGHER INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL
AND TECHNOLGICAL SCIENCES
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING
TOPIC:
Managing job and studying
PRESENTED BY:
N. Victor Ndaahndem, HND, BSC(C)

2. OUTLINE
• Introduction
• Factors to be consider
• Challenges
• Advantages
• Vital tips
• Conclusion
• References

3. INTRODUCTION(1/2)
• Working while studying is a good way to relieve
financial pressure and gain knowledge, as well as
limit your reliance on a student loan.
• However, it is important that your part-time job
doesn’t take up more of your time and energy than
you can afford to devote.

4. INTRODUCTION(2/2)
• other processes or dynamics that are external to the
institution could be playing a fundamental role in
shaping students’ social conditions.
• The economic crisis in particular has had a major
impact on the unemployment rate, which has gone
from 7.95% at the beginning of the crisis (2007) to
the current 23.79%, having peaked at almost 27% in
2013 (Spanish National Statistics Institute)

5. FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED(1/2)
• (Hovdhaugen, 2013) concluded that the characteristics of
the workplace and the hours spent working need to be
explored as they are fundamental to understanding the effect
of working on academic outcomes.
• whether or not the job is related to the degree
studied(Graham, 2006) and, neither must institutional
factors and the characteristics of the degrees themselves be
disregarded.

6. FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED(2/2)
• The organization of educational programs the
timetables of the subjects,
• The teaching methodologies, the number of classroom
hours and workload demands are some of the factors
that make some degrees easier to combine with other
external responsibilities (Elias et al., 2012).

7. CHALLENGES
• Consequences of working while studying are express in
different aspects, like the difficulties in meeting university
requirements, absenteeism (Soler , 2013),
• Trouble in the engagement process at university (Sanchez-
Gelabert, 2012), a greater likelihood of dropping out,
tiredness, shortage of time and few hours for recreation).
• More specifically, a shortage of time and the use of this time
have been the most frequent complaints made by students who
work while studying. Resulting to lowwer marks (Barke et al.,
2000).

8. ADVANTAGES
• Manage Your Financial Well Being/Manage Your Money. It is never
to early to start learning how to manage your finances. ...
• Find a Mentor. ...
• Gain Real-Life Experience. ...
• Improve Your Time-Management Skills
• Get Working Experience. ...
• You Get Extra Money. ...
• You Learn How to Manage Your Time. ...
• You Get to Know the World. .

9. VITAL TIPS
• Keep everyone (and yourself) informed: Seek advice from your student centre
and try to negotiate a solution. let your boss and co-workers know all of your
unavailability well in advance
• Create a schedule and follow it: Make sure to fill in everything including class
times, work times, study time, due dates, appointments and other obligations.
• Plan for the unexpected: avoid getting stressed if things don’t go exactly
according to plan.
• Don’t leave things to the last minute: his way, your assessment or work will be of
a better quality, you’ll reduce your stress levels
• Learn how to manage stress
• Stay healthy
• Reward yourself: Have a nice dinner, go on a fun day trip on the weekend
• Focus on your goal :Always keep in mind why you chose to work while studying
• Set boundaries

10. CONCLUSION
• Students can gain from working while studying.
However, most students feel that having these jobs
can distract them from their studies.
• It will take extra effort to hold down the job and have
excellent grades, but it is possible, and many students
are doing it.

11. REFERENCES
• Evans, C., Gbadamosi, G., & Richardson, M. (2014). Flexibility, compromise
and opportunity: Students’ perceptions of balancing part-time work with a
full-time business degree. The International Journal of Management
Education, 12(2), 80-90. doi:10.1016/j.ijme.2014.02.001
• Applegate, C., & Daly, A. (2006). The impact of paid work on the academic
performance of students: A case study from the University of Canberra.
Australian Journal of Education, 50(2), 155-166.

12. THANKS