Distinctive and comparative places: Alternative narratives of distinction within international student mobility |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, Irvine Building, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL, United Kingdom;2. Department of Demography, University of Groningen, Landleven 1, 9747 AD Groningen, The Netherlands;3. Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Universitätsstrasse 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria;4. Department of Geography, University of Latvia, Raina blvd. 19, Riga LV1586, Latvia;1. Graduate School of Education, Peking University, No.5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, China;2. School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guanghzou, 510006, China;1. La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia;2. School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia |
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Abstract: | Moving beyond the ‘world-class’ institutional model of international student mobility, this paper examines alternative narratives of distinction relating to place of study. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with international students at universities in the UK, Austria and Latvia, we illustrate how students inside and outside mainstream reputable higher education institutions narrate and reconfigure markers of distinction to validate their international mobility and location of study, in part to compete with peers at other (more prestigious) institutions. We demonstrate the importance of lifestyle and experiential places within a global differentiated higher education landscape and argue that many students engage in comparative narratives of place of study to authorise the symbolic capital associated with international education. The findings also consider how experiential places and mobility capital are used for distinction not only during educational mobility but within post-study aspirations. |
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Keywords: | Comparative places International education International student mobility Distinction Mobility capital Mobility aspiration |
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