International students struggling in the private rental sector in Australia prior to and during the pandemic

Morris, Alan; Wilson, Shaun; Mitchell, Emma; Ramia, Gaby; Hastings, Catherine

doi:10.1080/02673037.2021.1961695

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“…The (mostly categorical scale) survey items were developed from validated scales in existing literatures (e.g., on financial stress and well-being) or developed as new items to measure for housing insecurity and the quality of amenity. A full report is available ( Morris et al, 2020 )…”

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“…The suspension of business in hospitality, retail, and other industries due to the lockdown left many international students without employment, with significantly reduced hours or less support from family ( Berg & Farbenblum, 2020 ). Media reports of international students relying on foodbanks, unable to pay the rent, and at risk of homelessness quickly emerged from the nation-wide lockdown in March, and a second lockdown in Melbourne following a resurgence of Covid-19 cases at the end of June 2020 ( Morris et al, 2020 ). The Australian government granted international students modest employment concessions during the pandemic, but excluded them from direct financial support.…”

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

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Ramia

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Journal of Studies in International Education

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

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Ramia

Wilson

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Journal of Studies in International Education

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“…Tran & Dempsey, 2017 on VET; Gomes, 2022 on higher education international students) and issues (e.g. Morris et al, 2020 on accommodation; Farbenblum & Berg, 2020 on labour exploitation; Gomes, 2017 on digital engagements), this paper provides a portrait of s HDR international students facing uncertain futures in what I explain as ‘shock temporality’.…”

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“…These themes are drawn from the work of scholars on international student wellbeing in Australia (Farbenblum & Berg, 2020 ; Morris et al, 2020 ; Forbes-Mewett, 2019 , Gomes, 2022 ) which are connected to international students’ off-campus experiences. Participants were then asked to provide a reflection of the pandemic’s impact on them based on the following questions in reference to the themes: 1.…”

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Shock temporality: international students coping with disrupted lives and suspended futures

Gomes

2022

Asia Pacific Educ. Rev.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, people around the word experienced periods of local, state and international immobility due to lockdowns, border closers and travel restrictions. For transient migrants such as international students, these kinds of immobility have resulted in disrupted lives with professional and personal futures suspended as careers and relationships become stuck in limbo. Moreover, such sudden and extended periods of immobility have not been sufficiently covered in temporality literature due to the novelty of the pandemic crisis in the international education, migration and mobility studies spaces. By conducting a pilot project investigating current and recently graduated higher degree by research (HDR) international students (PhD, Masters and Honours) from public institutions in the Australian city of Melbourne, this paper, thus, introduces the concept of ‘shock temporality’ caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Shock temporality takes place when the expected and finite temporary/transitory experience becomes forcefully broken and appears to be ongoing outside of the individual’s control. While shock temporality has left HDR international students’ professional and personal agendas and aspirations in suspension, students interviewed use the time to plan and prepare for truncated futures. The findings of this paper, thus, become relevant in assisting higher education student support services in creating potential approaches and strategies for a post-pandemic future.

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“…Transparency ought to compel the government and education institutions to be more open in the marketing of Australia as a study destination to prospective students (Ramia 2017 ; Marginson et al 2010 ). This was identified as a problem by participants, and in what is known in practice about differences between housing information in marketing, and housing experience (Morris et al 2020 ). Greater recognition of this problem would aid stakeholders in the provision of assistance and advice to international students.…”

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Explaining Government Policy Inaction on International Student Housing in Australia: The Perspectives of Stakeholders

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Housing is a major concern for many international students. This is especially so in those countries where students are mostly dependent on the private market for their accommodation. Australia is one such country, and is one of the world’s major destinations for international students. This article analyses governmental failure to address problems relating to international student housing affordability and conditions. Using theory on ‘policy inaction’ to frame the analysis, we draw on 20 interviews with policy stakeholders to explain the Australian government’s reliance on: (1) market-based housing provision for international students, and (2) a longstanding policy preference not to provide support. Interviewees were widely critical of the lack of action to address international student housing problems and understood inaction in relation, rather than in opposition, to the dominance of market-based action in housing and higher education. However, analysis of stakeholder perspectives also illuminates how policy-making action benefiting some emerges as inaction for others left behind or overlooked by the status quo. The interview data points to the need for government to overhaul its policy framework, and in doing so, to collaborate with higher education providers in revising the market-based regulatory approach. The main implications for theory and policy are discussed.

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International students struggling in the private rental sector in Australia prior to and during the pandemic

Cited by 20 publications

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

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

Shock temporality: international students coping with disrupted lives and suspended futures

Explaining Government Policy Inaction on International Student Housing in Australia: The Perspectives of Stakeholders

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