New directions in studying policies of international student mobility and migration. (27th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Riaño, Yvonne; Van Mol, Christof; Raghuram, Parvati
• Is Part Of: Globalisation, societies and education. Volume 16:Number 3(2018)
• Page Start: 283
• Page End: 294
• Publication Date: 2018-05-27
• Subjects: International student migration -- international student mobility -- migration policy -- policy-making -- Europe -- Australia; Globalization -- Periodicals; Globalization -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Education -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Education -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; Education and state -- Periodicals; Educational sociology -- Periodicals; International education -- Periodicals; 379
• DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2018.1478721
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1476-7724

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Many host-countries have liberalised migration policies to facilitate the transition of international students to the local labour market as they are seen as economic agents who increase global competitiveness and integrate easily. However, how migration and educational policies at the regional and national levels emerge, are negotiated and become implemented, and how they contradict other policies, remains little-known. This special issue aims to address that gap. This introductory paper offers an analytical framework for studying policies of international student mobility that addresses four critical dimensions: discourses, contexts, agents and temporalities before offering some key avenues for future research.