Chinese International Students In Australia: A Study Of The Transformative Potential Of Education Abroad

Grant number: FT140100222 | Funding period: 2015 - 2020

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Abstract

This longitudinal study of female Chinese students in Australian universities is the first to trace in detail these students’ subjective experience of their journeys from China to Australia and their post-graduation destinations. Through in-depth ethnographic research, it will reveal how these young women’s time in Australia impacts on their gendered and national-cultural sense of identity. This project aims to deepen knowledge in areas directly linked to Australian education export, and enhance Australia’s engagement with its region.

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Intimate attitudes, knowledges and practices: Chinese-speaking international students in Australia

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Missed opportunities in the internationalised university

F Martin

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Navigating Online Down Under: International Students’ Digital Journeys in Australia

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Research focusing on the experiences of international students tends to centre directly on their educational experiences rather th..

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Trading in the grey zone: Chinese students find innovative ways to make a living in Australia

F MARTIN

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Mobile self-fashioning and gendered risk: Rethinking Chinese students’ motivations for overseas education

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This article complicates dominant instrumentalist understandings of international student motivation by focusing on Chinese female..

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Drawing on an ethnographic study of Chinese female tertiary students’ work practices in Melbourne, Australia, this article engages..

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Media, Place, Sociality and National Publics: Chinese International Students in Translocal Networks

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