The Geographies of International Student Mobility Spaces, Places and
This book offers critical insights into the geographies of the international student higher education experience from initial recruitment, through to the plethora of personal factors which influence their decisions to become mobile and experiences when ab
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The Geographies of International Student Mobility
Suzanne E. Beech
The Geographies of International Student Mobility Spaces, Places and Decision-Making
Suzanne E. Beech School of Geography and Environmental Sciences Ulster University Coleraine, UK
ISBN 978-981-13-7441-8 ISBN 978-981-13-7442-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7442-5 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
For Carl and Silas
Acknowledgements
In September 2007 I set up home in a new city—Madrid—and became, for a brief ten months, an international student. My experience was no doubt very different from the students who took part in this research. There was little jeopardy in terms of my likely final degree qualification, and I saw Erasmus primarily as a chance to experience somewhere different and, like many of the students I spoke to, as an opportunity for personal development. What I did not realise, however, was that this experience would pave the way for the following ten years as I have sought to analyse and make greater sense of the international student experience. I would therefore like to thank all of the wonderful people that I met over the academic year that I spent in Spain, and who were foundational in terms of the work that I have carried out subsequently, in particular Julie Bedochaud and Liz Shapiro, as well as Ana Olivera who taught me a real appreciation of Spanish geography. As with any piece of work on a similar scale there are many people whose role in bringing it to fruition needs to be acknowledged. First, I would like to thank everyone who participated in th
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