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The Geographies of International Student Mobility

Spaces, Places and Decision-Making

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Authors:
  1. Suzanne E. Beech

    1. School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, UK

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  • A critical addition to international student mobilities literature offering fresh and distinctive insights
  • Coincides with important current debates and wider public concerns regarding immigration
  • Offers a key point of reference with regards to the benefits that both an internationalised higher education system and the international students that come with it can bring
  • Sets agendas for future research to focus on combining narratives of the student experience together with other actors central to their mobility
  • Timely and relevant; international student numbers worldwide are greater than ever before

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Conceptualising the International Student

    • Suzanne E. Beech
    Pages 1-24

  3. Recruiting Students: Negotiating Policy

    • Suzanne E. Beech
    Pages 25-49

  4. Recruiting Students: Developing Migration Industries

    • Suzanne E. Beech
    Pages 51-77

  5. Why Study Overseas? Identifying the Instrumental Factors in Student Mobility

    • Suzanne E. Beech
    Pages 79-114

  6. Reputation, Rankings and the Russell Group: What Makes an Excellent University?

    • Suzanne E. Beech
    Pages 115-143

  7. Friendship and Kinship: Driving Mobility

    • Suzanne E. Beech
    Pages 145-169

  8. Understanding Place: Imaginative Geographies and International Student Mobility

    • Suzanne E. Beech
    Pages 171-198

  9. Writing Biographies, Travel and a Multicultural Experience?

    • Suzanne E. Beech
    Pages 199-226

  10. Conclusion: Developing a Theoretical Framework of International Student Mobility

    • Suzanne E. Beech
    Pages 227-245

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 247-271
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About this book

This book offers critical insights into the geographies of the international student higher education experience from initial recruitment, through to the plethora of personal factors which influence their decisions to become mobile and experiences when abroad. From the student perspective these include, but are not limited to, the importance of social networks, desire for a multicultural experience and the attraction to certain locations as discussed in this volume. However, unlike other work, it also reflects on the motivations of the HEIs themselves and their need to continue recruiting students in the face of greater competition from overseas. Recognising this omission, this book also analyses the resulting migration industries and how these are sustained (and even necessitated) by the sector. It is, therefore, the first to bring together these wider institutional narratives with those of the students resulting in a holistic and comprehensive insight into the student mobility process.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, UK

    Suzanne E. Beech

About the author

Dr Suzanne E. Beech is Lecturer in Human Geography at Ulster University, UK. Her research focuses on international student mobilities in higher education, in particular their decision-making, experiences overseas and recruitment. Her work has been published in Area, Social and Cultural Geography, Geoforum, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Geographies of International Student Mobility

  • Book Subtitle: Spaces, Places and Decision-Making

  • Authors: Suzanne E. Beech

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7442-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7441-8Published: 31 May 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7444-9Published: 14 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-7442-5Published: 21 May 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 271

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Human Geography, Migration, Sociology of Education

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