Overview
- Critically examines governmental policy on international students in the UK
- Introduces a new methodology for international education policy analysis
- Provides an interdisciplinary and holistic approach to policy analysis
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education (PSGHE)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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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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About the author
Sylvie Lomer is Lecturer in Policy and Practice at the University of Manchester, UK and was previously in Learning Development at the University of Northampton, UK. She is an HEA Fellow with eight years of experience teaching international students and her research interests currently include national branding of UK higher education and blended learning.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Recruiting International Students in Higher Education
Book Subtitle: Representations and Rationales in British Policy
Authors: Sylvie Lomer
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51073-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51072-9Published: 03 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84558-6Published: 13 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51073-6Published: 24 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-4214
Series E-ISSN: 2662-4222
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 268
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Higher Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Sociology of Education, Education Policy, Sociology of Education