Students’ Paid Employment and Academic Performance at Carrick Institute of Education, Sydney Campus
Students’ Paid Employment and Academic Performance at Carrick Institute of Education, Sydney Campus

Summary/Abstract: This paper identifies aspects of students’ academic performance, in the Hospitality Department at Carrick Institute of Education, Sydney campus, Australia. The academic performance of these students is thought to be negatively affected by participation in paid employment and the language mostly spoken in their work place. The research findings show that students are deliberately engaged in paid employment for exactly the same reasons identified by the previous researchers, even though the students know that their academic performance may suffer. The paper also looks at how the languages spoken at their work place influence their academic performance. Most of the students at Carrick Institute of Education are international students and the language spoken at their workplaces often coincides with the students’ country of origin. In spite of these negative effects, students continue to work even if they are financially independent, in order to build their work experience. The jobs are mainly in the Hospitality Industries. The research findings open the way for future pedagogical and managerial research in the education sector.

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