Flows of international students between the African continent and China

In this season, we’ve already touched on emerging regional hubs attracting international students from the perspective of India, where policy is pushing for internationalization on campuses. Today, we look at students headed to China from the continent of Africa. With us to discuss these flows is Dr. Benjamin Mulvey, Lecturer in Equitable Education Systems and Policy at the University of Glasgow. Ben's recent book: Mapping International Student Mobility Between Africa and China (2023) Other resources: Mulvey, B. & Li, B. (2023). Social inequality in a ‘hyper-mobile’ society: intra-national mobilities and formal education in China. Mulvey, B. (2021). Conceptualizing the discourse of student mobility between “periphery” and “semi-periphery”: the case of Africa and China. Mulvey, B. (2021). “Decentring” international student mobility: The case of African student migrants in China. Mulvey, B. (2020). International Higher Education and Public Diplomacy: A Case Study of Ugandan Graduates from Chinese Universities.

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The THESIS podcast aims to explore higher education across the globe through a range of perspectives, discuss relevant topics in a critical and digestible manner, and contribute to discourse among students, scholars and experts in the higher education field. It is organized and produced by several students in University of Oslo’s Master of Philosophy in Higher Education’s 2021 cohort who come from across the world who have an array of experiences and interests in the Higher Education field.