ABSTRACT
The structure of this chapter parallels that of Chapter 4. The chapter begins with a description of the background characteristics of the students. This is followed by an analysis of the influences on their departures which shows how different from those on full-time and sandwich students are the pressures on part-time students. Further analysis reveals six factors that, despite the differences between the two groups of students regarding the intensity of the influences on departure, exhibit considerable similarity with those from the analysis of data from the fulltime and sandwich students; these factors are also elaborated in qualitative terms. A series of sub-group analyses then follows, but this is less extensive than that in Chapter 4 because of the much smaller number of students involved. Sources of advice for the potential leaver are indicated and comparison made with the situation for full-time and sandwich students. The flow of withdrawn students back into higher education is shown.
