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Students struggling to get by as summer jobs dry up

Students struggling to get by as summer jobs dry up

Update: 2025-11-21
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Flipping burgers, stacking shelves and folding clothes, the work that students used to dread, is now becoming a pipe dream for many. Students are applying for record numbers of jobs but there just isn't enough work to go around. With student allowance and loan payments wrapping up for the year some are unsure how they'll survive over the next few months, while others are being forced to move home or even drop out of university in order to stay afloat. Evie Richardson reports.
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Students struggling to get by as summer jobs dry up

Students struggling to get by as summer jobs dry up