35% of Australian uni students are part-time. But higher ed is still geared towards full-timers

AJ_Watt/ Getty Images When we think of a traditional uni student, you might picture someone young who is studying full-time. Maybe they have some casual work, but their main occupation is being a student. Universities systems are certainly set up based on this assumption. This means processes, support and funding are skewed towards supporting full-time students. But uni students increasingly study part-time. Typically, these students take one or two classes per semester or less than 75% of a…