Try before You Buy: A Small Business Employer (SME) Perspective of International Student Mobility in England

Autor/inn/en	Sutherland, Matthew; Thompson, David; Edirisingha, Prabash
Titel	Try before You Buy: A Small Business Employer (SME) Perspective of International Student Mobility in England
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 46 (2021) 7, S.1256-1271 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2019.1680965
Schlagwörter	Study Abroad; International Education; Foreign Students; Immigration; Public Policy; Employer Attitudes; Small Businesses; Employment Potential; Student Mobility; Foreign Countries; Student Recruitment; Career Choice; Barriers; Economic Factors; Innovation; Employment Opportunities; Universities; Strategic Planning; Higher Education; Competition; Internship Programs; Workplace Learning; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Internationale Erziehung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Kleingewerbe; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Ausland; Ökonomischer Faktor; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; University; Universität; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Wettkampf; Berufspraktische Ausbildung
Abstract	Attracting international students has become a strategic priority for UK immigration policy as well as for British universities. However, research shows that there are emergent intercultural barriers that challenge international students' carrier aspirations and inhibit their ability to find employment. Also, small business employers (SMEs) are becoming a significant force in the post-Brexit UK economy and integral to creating innovation and employment opportunities. Despite this significance, we do not know what SME owners view the value of international students and how these perceptual discourses shape international student experience and mobility. In response, this research investigates small business employer discourses relating to international student employability. We base our data collection in strategically important North East of England and draw from semi-structured in-depth interviews with small business employers from the region. Our findings discuss their perception of international students as well as universities and discuss how these prevailing discourses influence international students' employability. We specifically show how socio-cultural dispositions of international students, dominant British employer and market discourses, and universities strategic pursuits interplay and contribute to challenges international students confront within the highly competitive and dynamic higher education environment. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01