scholarly journals International Student Migration: A Partial Identification Analysis

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romuald Meango
Keyword(s):  
International Student ◽  
Partial Identification ◽  
Student Migration ◽  
Identification Analysis

scholarly journals International student migration and the postcolonial heritage of European higher education: perspectives from Portugal and the UK

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josef Ploner ◽  
Cosmin Nada
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
International Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
Postcolonial Theory ◽  
Student Migration ◽  
European Higher Education ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Industrialised Countries ◽  
Identity Formations

AbstractWhilst the presence of international students from so-called ‘developing’ or ‘newly industrialised’ countries has become a ubiquitous phenomenon in European higher education, few scholars have explored the underlying postcolonial trajectories that facilitate student migration to many European countries today. In this article, we seek to narrow this gap by critically engaging with the postcolonial heritage of European higher education and the ways in which it informs much student migration in today’s era of neoliberal globalisation. We propose a three-fold approach to reading this postcolonial heritage of higher education which comprises its historical, epistemic, and experiential (or ‘lived’) dimensions. Whilst such an approach requires a close examination of existing postcolonial theory in higher education studies, we also draw on qualitative research with student migrants in Portugal and the UK to show how the postcolonial heritage of European higher education is negotiated in everyday contexts and may become constitutive of students’ identity formations.

scholarly journals Transnational Education: Looking at Out- and Inflow of International Student Migration

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
Ika Sandra
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Student Migration ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Ethnographic Analysis ◽  
Study Overseas

The interest of students from various countries to study overseas have been increasing lately, resulting in a global trend. Their reasons could be different from one another. This study analysed student migration using different models and theories. Through qualitative research, using literary and ethnographic analysis along with transnational perspectives, this project analyzed the reasons behind student’s migration. The finding indicates that different theories and approaches show different reasons why the students migrate. Push-pull factor theory shows that factors from the home country and the host country can count as reasons for why students study abroad. World system theory shows how economically, politically, and socially powerful countries play an important role in attracting international students. The demand and supply models are related to the middle class who are eager to gain cultural and social capital through studying abroad. Finally, the global space approach has three poles to look at international student flows; one of which is the Pacific pole where English-speaking countries become popular destinations particularly among international students from Asian countries. This article suggests that if host countries want to market their education comprehensively, the host countries should give more space and easy access for the home countries of the outflows of student migration.

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