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What's in their baggage? The cultural and social capital of Australian students preparing to study abroad
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-18, 17:36 authored by Wendy GreenWendy Green, Gannaway, D, Sheppard, K, Jamarani, MGovernments and educational institutions promote study abroad in the belief that it offers valuable learning experiences for all students. Yet studies suggest that equitable access to study abroad is more myth than reality. This study took a narrative approach supported by survey data to explore this issue at one Australian university. The survey indicated that the majority of students are effectively excluded from the university's Student Exchange Programme, and that those included generally have high cultural, social and economic capital. Interviews revealed how multiple dimensions of privilege typically work to make study abroad imaginable, affordable and do-able for some. These findings are complicated by one student's atypical narrative, which serves to raise further questions for research
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Publication title
Higher Education Research & DevelopmentVolume
34Pagination
513-526ISSN
0729-4360Department/School
DVC - EducationPublisher
RoutledgePlace of publication
United KingdomRights statement
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