Allan Findlay

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the motivations and meanings of international student mobility and argue that the search for world class education has taken on new significance, arguing that analysis of student mobility should not be confined to a framework that separates study abroad from the wider life-course aspirations of students.

TL;DR: The authors examined the changing characteristics of international student mobility, differentiating between social demand theories that seek explanation in terms of the power of social and cultural capital in driving middle class families to seek to get their children into the best western universities, and supply-side theories that argue that the global flow of students is powered to a large extent by the financial interests of those who can supply elite higher education opportunities to a world market.

TL;DR: It is contended that residential mobility and immobility should be re-conceptualized as relational practices that link lives through time and space while connecting people to structural conditions.

TL;DR: The authors in this article argue that the feedback or indirect effects of skilled migration can often outweigh any initial negative impacts on developing countries, and the challenge is to maximize these benefits through appropriate policies relating to encouraging return migration, retention of manpower, tapping diaspora networks, and productive utilization of remittances.