Recruiting International Students in Higher Education
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Recruiting International Students in Higher Education

Representations and Rationales in British Policy

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Recruiting International Students in Higher Education

Representations and Rationales in British Policy

About this book

This book offers a comprehensive overview and critical analysis of the UK's policy on recruiting international students. In a global context of international education policy, it examines changes from New Labour policies under Tony Blair's Prime Minister's Initiative, to the more recent Coalition and Conservative Government policies in the International Education Strategy. The research uses a text-based approach to primary research, adopting a critical framework developed by Carol Bacchi ('what is the problem represented to be'?). The book argues that international student policy can be reduced to reasons for and against recruiting international students; in doing so, students are represented as ambassadors for the UK or tools in its public diplomacy, consumers and generators of reputation, means to get money, and as migrants of questionable legitimacy. These homogenizing representations have the potential to shape international education, implicating academics as agents of policy, and infringing on students' self-formation. The book will be compelling reading for students and researchers in the fields of education and sociology, as well as those interested in education policy-making.

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Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9783319510729
eBook ISBN
9783319510736
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Comparative Education

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Contents
  3. Acronyms
  4. List of Figures
  5. Chapter 1 Introduction
  6. Chapter 2 International Higher Education Discourses
  7. Chapter 3 International Student Policy in the UK
  8. Chapter 4 Putting Discourse Theory into Practice
  9. Chapter 5 Influence: A Political Rationale and International Alumni as Ambassadors
  10. Chapter 6 Reputation: A Hybrid Educational-Commercial Rationale and Students as Consumers
  11. Chapter 7 Income: An Economic Rationale and International Students as Economic Contributors
  12. Chapter 8 Immigration: A Rationale Against International Student Recruitment
  13. Chapter 9 Conclusion
  14. Appendix A Policy Actors
  15. Appendix B Coding Structure
  16. Appendix C Extracts of Coding Reports
  17. Further Reading
  18. Index