Journal
AUSTRALIAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 203-220Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13384-015-0198-8
Keywords
International students; International education; Employability; Stereotyping; Education-migration nexus; Work experiences
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- Australian Research Council
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A significant body of literature on international education examines the experiences of international students in the host country. There is however a critical lack of empirical work that investigates the dynamic and complex positioning of international students within the current education-migration nexus that prevails international education in countries such as Australia, Canada and the UK. This paper addresses an important but under-researched area of the education-migration landscape by examining how the stereotyping of students as mere 'migration hunters' may impact their study and work experiences. It draws on a four-year research project funded by the Australian Research Council that includes more than 150 interviews and fieldwork in the Australian vocational education context. Positioning theory is used as a conceptual framework to analyse how generalising international students as 'mere migration hunters' has led to the disconnectedness, vulnerability and marginalization of the group of international students participating in this research.
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