International students pathways between open and closed borders: towards a multi-scalar approach to educational mobility and labour market outcomes

Moskal, M.

doi:10.1111/imig.12301

International students pathways between open and closed borders: towards a multi-scalar approach to educational mobility and labour market outcomes

Moskal, M.

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M. Moskal

Abstract

This paper explores the complex and changing relationship between academic capitalism that encourages global mobility of highly-skilled international students on the one hand and recent changes to immigration policy in the UK that prevent such mobility on the other. The paper is based on a longitudinal study that traces the experiences and aspirations of postgraduates from three Asian countries and their pathways from the UK universities to post study work and realities. Taking a multi-scalar approach, the analysis of international students’ narratives unpacks the unevenness of career opportunities, barriers to settlement and various “assemblages of power” that shape students’ life trajectories. The paper illustrates how the individual-scale projects intersect with states’ policies of both receiving and sending countries and other institutions and structures of power that operate within and beyond the nation-states.

Citation

Moskal, M. (2017). International students pathways between open and closed borders: towards a multi-scalar approach to educational mobility and labour market outcomes. International Migration, 55(3), 126-138. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12301

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Oct 4, 2016
Online Publication Date	Nov 3, 2016
Publication Date	Jun 1, 2017
Deposit Date	May 9, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Nov 3, 2017
Journal	International Migration
Print ISSN	0020-7985
Electronic ISSN	1468-2435
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	55
Issue	3
Pages	126-138
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12301
Related Public URLs	http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/130121/

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Moskal, M. (2017), International Students Pathways Between Open and Closed Borders: Towards a Multi-scalar Approach to Educational Mobility and Labour Market Outcomes. International Migration, 55(3): 126-138, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12301. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.