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 abroad. From the student
perspective these include but are not limited to the importance of social networks desire
for a multicultural experience and the attraction to certain locations as discussed in this
volume. However unlike other work it also reflects on the motivations of the HEIs themselves
and their need to continue recruiting students in the face of greater competition from
overseas. Recognising this omission this book also analyses the resulting migration industries
and how these are sustained (and even necessitated) by the sector. It is therefore the first
to bring together these wider institutional narratives with those of the students resulting in
a holistic and comprehensive insight into the student mobility process.
