Far away from home: the housing question and international students in Australia

Obeng‐Odoom, Franklin

doi:10.1080/1360080x.2012.662744

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“…; Ramia ), and concerns have been highlighted in relation to the full range of life domains. These include housing (Obeng‐Odoom ); social networks, loneliness, civic engagement and domestic–international student interaction (Sawir et al. ); racism (Fincher & Shaw ); personal finances (Forbes‐Mewett et al.…”

Section: The International Education Crisismentioning

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The development of policy on international student welfare and the question of crisis response

Ramia

2018

Aust J Social Issues

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The global market in international education has grown almost without interruption over several decades. Increases in international student enrolments in Australia have been among the most impressive in the world, though they declined between 2010 and 2013. The decline was attributable to exchange rate movements and changes to student visa regulations, though an additional factor lay in reputational fallout from a series of violent physical attacks on Indian students, mostly in 2009. In response, Australian federal and State governments undertook diplomatic trips to India, established a raft of public inquiries to investigate the broader question of international student welfare, and made policy changes. Utilising the literature on public policy "crises", this paper presents government responses to the

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Section: The International Education Crisismentioning

confidence: 99%

The development of policy on international student welfare and the question of crisis response

Ramia

2018

Aust J Social Issues

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“…It may be a place to experience an international life within a safe context in a different geographical location from their home countries. It is therefore important for international student accommodation to provide students with as much comfort as possible for the duration of their studies [16]. Yet, life abroad has the potential to cause isolation, homesickness and 'cultural loneliness' because of the absence of students' familiar cultures and lifestyles [17].…”

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“…Finding an ideal home to live in can be the most challenging task for an international student studying in Australia [16]. There are several factors that need to be considered when looking for a suitable home such as cost of rentals, distance from home to university, and access to other amenities such as shopping malls, gymnasiums and places of worship [16,18].…”

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University Life and Australian Homes: Three Case Studies of International Muslim Students in Brisbane

Othman

2014

JIA

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<div style="left: 100.81px; top: 546.808px; font-size: 10.6639px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.992902);">Despite a significant increase in enrolments of postgraduate international Muslim students within Australian universities, little is known about their perceptions of life within Australian homes while undertaking their studies. The aim of this study is to investigate the ways in which students’ cultural and religious traditions affect their use of domestic spaces within the homes in which they reside. The research found that participants faced some minor difficulties in achieving privacy, maintaining modesty and extending hospitality while able to perform their daily activities in Australian designed homes. The findings suggest that greater research attention needs to be given to the development of Australian home designs that are adaptable to the needs of a multicultural society. Australian society encompasses diverse cultural customs and requirements with respect to home design, and these are yet to be explored.</div>

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“…Over the past years, anecdotal accounts of international students in various countries (e.g. Australia, the US and the Netherlands) have shown that many of them experience difficulties finding and maintaining adequate housing (Kuzmane et al, 2017;Obeng-Odoom, 2012), mirroring the perils of countless young adults on tense housing markets (Hoolachan & McKee, 2019).…”

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“…International students can, generally, be argued to have less social and cultural capital than domestic students: most do not have a social network in the host country and often do not speak the local language (Boterman, 2012;Hochstenbach & Boterman, 2015). This might lead to complications for international students trying to find housing, which, ideally they need to secure before arriving in the host country, given that most have no friends or relatives there with whom they could stay temporarily (O'Connor, 2017;Obeng-Odoom, 2012). Secondly, they are largely unaware of the housing market they seek to enter.…”

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‘We preferourDutch’: International students’ housing experiences in the Netherlands

Fang

Liempt

2020

Housing Studies

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This article investigates how international students find and maintain housing and what constraints they have to deal with in the process. It reveals how the interplay between personal characteristics and housing-market features shapes housing biographies and unequally disadvantages certain international students over others. Eighteen in-depth interviews with international students were conducted about the housing situation for them in Utrecht, a Dutch student city. Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA) of the interview data found that international students' housing biographies differ substantially, both in progression and outcomes. Despite some students successfully finding adequate housing, many described living involuntarily in conditions of stress, instability and insecurity and a number experienced progressively worsening housing conditions. The students ascribed their difficulties to discrimination and structural disadvantages on the housing market. In light of these findings, this article calls for a re-evaluation of the Dutch student housing system. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Far away from home: the housing question and international students in Australia

Cited by 48 publications

References 27 publications

The development of policy on international student welfare and the question of crisis response

The development of policy on international student welfare and the question of crisis response

University Life and Australian Homes: Three Case Studies of International Muslim Students in Brisbane

‘We preferourDutch’: International students’ housing experiences in the Netherlands

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