The Geographies of International Student Mobility by Suzanne E. Beech

Author:Suzanne E. Beech
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789811374425
Publisher: Springer Singapore

However, others in her focus group were less certain of the importance of the University’s ancient status. Bem considered it a privilege to study at a university with such history, but did not believe that it was anything more than that: Bem: It’s a factor, it’s quite a privilege to be in such an old school. From before the English Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, but it wasn’t a major factor for me…on its own it’s ok, it’s just a privilege really.

In other discussion groups, the link between age of the University and reputation and excellence were more overt. Aimee and Mercy reflected on the importance of the age of the University and the recognition of her course. Aimee needed her course to be accredited professionally, so this had been a central element of her decision-making. Aimee: I think like for me, it was pretty course specific because [for my profession] you have to be professionally accredited so…[you get a list of] all the schools that are accredited and you kind of go from there…I had to make sure it was professionally recognised otherwise it was just not really worth my time…

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