Cost of living crisis forcing students to take on more hours of paid work

People in higher eduction are doing an average of 13.5 hours of paid work a week. Photograph: DC Newsfeed/Alamy

The cost of living crisis is forcing more university students to take on more hours in their part-time jobs, with most saying that supporting themselves is affecting their studies, according to a new study.

More than half of the 10,000 students surveyed by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) said they did paid work during term time, with most saying they were using their wages to support their studies.