1st Edition

International(-ised) Students in East and Southeast Asia Towards a New Conceptualisation

Edited By Aneta Hayes, Sihui Wang Copyright 2025
134 Pages
by Routledge

134 Pages
by Routledge

This book presents new narratives about international students undertaking transnational education (TNE) in East and Southeast Asia. With contributions from leading experts in international higher education, each chapter provides important critical arguments about the outdatedness of traditional labels that we tend to use when describing international students and their experiences. The book... Read more

International by design or international(-ised) by experience? 1. Examining students’ perspectives of their experiences in virtual student exchange programmes in Japan  2. ‘I am not a traditional Chinese student’: Understanding transformative learning and identity changes of students in transnational higher education 3. Choosing Vietnam: The lived experiences of Lao and Cambodian students pursuing higher education in Vietnam  4. Transnational higher education and employability in Laos: Perspectives of students and academics on benefits and challenges  5. Exploring dual identities at binational universities in Vietnam: A gateway to cosmopolitanism 

Biography

Aneta Hayes is Dean of Internationalisation (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) at Keele University, where she is also Associate Professor of Education.

Sihui Wang is Lecturer in Education Studies in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow, UK.