scholarly journals International opportunities : searching for the meaning of student migration

2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Findlay ◽  
A. Stam ◽  
R. King ◽  
E. Ruiz-Gelices
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
University Staff ◽  
Student Migration ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One

Abstract. This paper explores aspects of the geography of international Student migration. By listening to the voices of British students we make a methodological contribution in terms of extending understanding of the intentions and values of Student migrants as developed over their life course. On the one hand, students stressed the social and cultural embeddedness of their actions, while on the other hand interviews with university staff and mobility managers pointed to the existence of other social structures that shape the networks of mobility that are available to students. Policy makers seeking to re-shape the geography of international Student mobility need to address the deeper socio-cultural forces that selectively inhibit movement although European integration processes have long paved the way for international living and work experience.

scholarly journals The Entangled Infrastructures of International Student Migration: Lessons from Covid-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 167-184
Author(s):  
Parvati Raghuram ◽  
Gunjan Sondhi
Keyword(s):  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Student Migration ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
The Media ◽  
Travel Industry ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe impact of Covid-19 on international student mobility has been noted by policy makers and the media ever since the global lockdowns started in early 2020. However, most of the concerns focus on what the drop in student mobility means for the finances of the countries and educational institutions to which students would have moved; there has been little exploration of the students’ own experiences of Covid-19. This chapter explores the entangled education, migration, and finance infrastructures that shape international student migration and how they failed the students during the pandemic. It draws on questionnaires and interviews conducted with international student migrants from a range of countries and who are registered to study in the UK to point to how migration policies, consular services, educational institutions, and travel industry all affected students. It points to how these components are entangled, and that their failure during the pandemic led to particular forms of immobility and mobility, leaving many students stuck in uncertain and precarious situations. The chapter ends by suggesting that reading the pandemic as an acute unprecedented event is important but inadequate. It is also a window into the everyday failures that the entangled infrastructures of international student mobility posed before Covid-19, how these came to be and who benefited from these infrastructures.

scholarly journals Analysis of Social Adjustment Factors of International Students in Turkey

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1155-1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Gündüz ◽  
Naib Alakbarov
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Social ◽  
Adjustment Factors ◽  
University Lecturers

International student mobility is an important issue in many countries. In 2016, the number of international students reached 5 million worldwide. Turkey has attracted international students since the 1990s; however, the influx of such students has increased notably since 2009. In this study, we analyze factors affecting the social adjustment of international students studying at Usak University in Turkey. Participants’ questionnaire responses were grouped via factor analysis, and pertinent factors affecting social adjustment were revealed through logistic regression analysis. Results indicate that feeling safe and communicating with counseling services and university lecturers can facilitate international students’ social adjustment at Usak University.

Toward a Framework for (Re)Thinking the Ethics and Politics of International Student Mobility

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 518-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peidong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Political Relationships ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ethics And Politics ◽  
Science Disciplines

In recent years, scholarship on international student mobility (ISM) has proliferated across various social science disciplines. Of late, an interest in the ethics and politics of ISM seems to be emerging, as more scholars begin to consider critically questions about rights, responsibility, justice, equality, and so forth that inhere in the thorny relationships between ISM stakeholders. To date, however, these discussions remain largely scattered. Bringing together these scattered conversations in literature, this article outlines elements of a framework for (re)thinking the ethics and politics of ISM. The proposed framework identifies eight key ISM actors between whom various ethical and political relationships arise, where these relationships range from the social to the institutional. Furthermore, the framework discusses four sets of concepts from the literature deemed pertinent in thinking further about ISM ethics and politics. This proposed framework is aimed at stimulating further conversations and efforts to make ISM more socially equitable and sustainable.

scholarly journals Adverse articulation: Third countries in China–Australia student migration during COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Østbø Haugen ◽  
Angela Lehmann
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Risk Of Infection ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Student Migration ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

Southeast Asian countries were articulated with the Australia–China value chain for educational services early in the COVID-19 outbreak, when travelers from China could enter Australia only via stopovers in third countries. The routes, advertised by migration brokers, allowed Australia to externalize risk of infection while profiting from international student mobility.

International Student Mobility Aspirations: The Role of Romantic Relationships and Academic Motivation

2021 ◽  
pp. 102831532199074
Author(s):  
Tom De Winter ◽  
Christof Van Mol ◽  
Helga A. G. de Valk
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Life Course ◽  
International Student ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Male Students ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Study Motivation

The academic literature on the determinants of international student mobility so far has largely ignored the influence of romantic relationships and study motivation in the development of aspirations to participate in temporary learning experiences in another country. However, young adults might take considerations about investments in individual development (via academic training and thus study motivation) and romantic relationships into account in their decision-making process. Consequently, we apply a life-course perspective analyzing the relationships between having a romantic partner, study motivation, and aspirations to participate in an international exchange program among first-year university students, based on a survey conducted among 603 freshmen in Brussels. As female students are more likely to participate in student exchanges compared with male students, we pay special attention to gender differences. Our results show that a romantic relationship is negatively correlated with aspirations to participate in an international student exchange among female students. In contrast, intrinsic academic motivation is significantly associated with such aspirations among female and male students. Overall, our findings indicate the need for the consideration of different life-course domains in academic studies on international student mobility.

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