Social Networks and Educational Mobility: The Experiences of UK Students

Autor/inn/en	Brooks, Rachel; Waters, Johanna
Titel	Social Networks and Educational Mobility: The Experiences of UK Students
Quelle	In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 8 (2010) 1, S.143-157 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7724
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Young Adults; Social Networks; Educational Mobility; Foreign Countries; Study Abroad; Student Mobility; Educational Experience; International Education; Friendship; Intimacy; Interpersonal Relationship; Interviews; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Bildungsmobilität; Ausland; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Bildungserfahrung; Internationale Erziehung; Freundschaft; Intimität; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Großbritannien
Abstract	A recurrent theme in the literature on transnational mobility--and particularly that pertaining to the young and/or highly skilled--is the "individualised" nature of such movement, as people move to take advantage of opportunities in an increasingly interdependent world. Drawing on research with 85 young adults who had moved overseas for their higher education, or were seriously contemplating doing so, this paper subjects this claim to critical scrutiny. Indeed, it suggests that while internationally mobile students are clearly only a subset of the broader category of transnational migrants, they nevertheless demonstrate important ways in which mobility is often socially-embedded, grounded within networks of both family and friends. It then points to the socially reproductive nature of such ties, and discusses their implications for the development of "mobility capital". (Contains 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10