Balancing the Academic and Professional Engagements of Work Study Students Using Hybrid Learning

Abstract

The fast-growing technological world today requires periodical updates in the newlineskillsets of an individual to sustain in this competitive era. This development has been newlinereflected in the employees disengagement and the Human Resource Practitioners face a newlinereal difficulty in engaging their employees productively. The extended review of newlineliterature carried out by the researcher on the other hand shows that there is a steady rise newlinein the academic and professional needs of employees. There is also a steady increase in newlineonline learning platforms post-pandemic. Based on the literature support the researcher newlinesuggests Hybrid learning platforms to balance academic and professional engagements. newlineTo understand the nuances of online learning and the acceptance level of working newlineprofessionals. The researcher has identified Work-Study students as the population for newlinethe study. The UGC database was accessed to find out the population size and it is clear newlinethat the exact strength of the students is unknown as universities prefer not to reveal their newlineexact number of learners due to security concerns and policy norms newline