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Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source

We ought to discuss the social construction of cadavers: Here's why and how

open access: yes
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Fatima Ehsan, Susan Lamb
wiley   +1 more source

Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
wiley   +1 more source

Racial gaps without racism: How English universities frame inequality in access and participation plans

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Racial inequalities are pervasive in higher education despite concerted efforts to redress issues of access, progression and continuation. Little attention has been paid to how universities themselves construct race within their policy texts.
Benjamin Hart, Mirna Šumatić
wiley   +1 more source

Social capital and employability development among Chinese Mainland undergraduates in Hong Kong: An exploration of network dynamics, structural constraints and agentic practices

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Bourdieu's sociological concept of social capital highlights its significance in enabling individuals to access other forms of capital for personal advantage. In the literature on university students' employability, particularly that concerning international and non‐local students, social capital is widely recognised as a key asset, alongside ...
Fang Gao, Thanh Pham
wiley   +1 more source

Biographies, ontological security and the socio‐spatial politics shaping teachers' mobility in remote Australia

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The global teacher shortage continues to intensify, with disparate impacts across geographic and socio‐economic communities. In Queensland, Australia, where this study originates, post‐COVID teacher shortages have intensified workforce pressures, leaving several regional, rural and remote schools as some of the ‘hardest‐to‐staff’ in the ...
Matthew Readette   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source

DRINKING PATTERNS AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY EPISODIC DRINKING AMONG ADULTS IN MOLDOVA

open access: yesEconomy and Sociology
Alcohol consumption is a prominent feature of everyday social life in the Republic of Moldova, yet empirical evidence on how alcohol is consumed and which population groups are most exposed to risky drinking remains limited.
Mariana Crismaru
doaj   +1 more source

The media and financial crises: Comparative and historical perspectives

open access: yesCommuniquer, 2018
This book review focuses on the book The media and financial crises: Comparative and historical perspectives, co-edited by Steve Schifferes and Richard Roberts (2015).
Samuel Lamoureux
doaj   +1 more source

No other choice: The fracturing of reflexivity in families' pathways into (non‐)elective home education in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In England, education is compulsory, but schooling is not: it is legal for families to home educate their children. This form of education is officially termed by the Department for Education as ‘Elective Home Education’. As this designation implies, many families home educate as a positive and preferential ‘choice’.
Katherine Davey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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