A research report by Ciara O’Farrell, Lisa O’Regan and Gerry Gallagher examining how higher education institutions respond to students’ financial pressures, commuting and paid employment, with practical case studies and recommendations for institutional action.
This collaborative report from Maynooth University and Dundalk Institute of Technology examines the changing circumstances of students and how higher education institutions can respond through their structures, policies, supports and teaching practices.
It synthesises recent research on financial hardship, paid employment, commuting, belonging, extracurricular engagement, timetabling flexibility and block teaching. Institutional case studies focus on student financial wellbeing and support for commuting students.
Authors: Ciara O’Farrell, Lisa O’Regan and Gerry Gallagher.
Funded through the HEA National Forum’s SATLE Pathfinder fund. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
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