Precarity Before and During the Pandemic: International Student Employment and Personal Finances in Australia

Hastings, C; Ramia, G; Wilson, S; Mitchell, E; Morris, A

Precarity Before and During the Pandemic: International Student Employment and Personal Finances in Australia

Hastings, C

Ramia, G Wilson, S Mitchell, E Morris, A

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Citation:: Journal of Studies in International Education, pp. 102831532110651-102831532110651

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dc.contributor.author	Hastings, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5486-8118
dc.contributor.author	Ramia, G
dc.contributor.author	Wilson, S
dc.contributor.author	Mitchell, E
dc.contributor.author	Morris, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7652-5370
dc.date.accessioned	2021-12-22T04:31:58Z
dc.date.available	2021-12-22T04:31:58Z
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Studies in International Education, pp. 102831532110651-102831532110651
dc.identifier.issn	1028-3153
dc.identifier.issn	1552-7808
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/152465
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p> There is mounting evidence of increased international student financial and work precarity over the last decade in Australia. Yet, there has been a little scholarly analysis of which students are most affected by precarity and its sources. Drawing on two surveys of international students in Australia's two largest cities, conducted before and during the pandemic, we investigate the financial and work vulnerabilities of international students. We demonstrate that vulnerability is related to characteristics which describe particular cohorts of students: being from low-income countries, working class families, seeking a low-level qualification, enrolled in a non-university institution, and being without a scholarship. The concepts of “noncitizenship” and “work precarity” are used to explain how the mechanisms of each characteristic heighten vulnerability, thereby contributing to a broader evidence-base about the causality of international student precarity. </jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190101073
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Studies in International Education
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/10283153211065136
dc.rights	Authors: Eugene Schofield-Georgeson Article Title: Precarity Before and During the Pandemic: International Student Employment and Personal Finances in Australia Journal Title: Journal of Studies in International Education Date: December 2021 Copyright © 2021 Sage Publications Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. Online version available on the SAGE Journals website https://doi.org/10.1177/10283153211065136
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dc.subject	13 Education
dc.subject.classification	Education
dc.title	Precarity Before and During the Pandemic: International Student Employment and Personal Finances in Australia
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - IPPG - Institute for Public Policy and Governance
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dc.date.updated	2021-12-22T04:31:57Z
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Abstract:

There is mounting evidence of increased international student financial and work precarity over the last decade in Australia. Yet, there has been a little scholarly analysis of which students are most affected by precarity and its sources. Drawing on two surveys of international students in Australia's two largest cities, conducted before and during the pandemic, we investigate the financial and work vulnerabilities of international students. We demonstrate that vulnerability is related to characteristics which describe particular cohorts of students: being from low-income countries, working class families, seeking a low-level qualification, enrolled in a non-university institution, and being without a scholarship. The concepts of “noncitizenship” and “work precarity” are used to explain how the mechanisms of each characteristic heighten vulnerability, thereby contributing to a broader evidence-base about the causality of international student precarity.

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