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dc.contributor.advisorMoore, Neil
dc.contributor.advisorUllah, Farid
dc.contributor.authorBrogden-Ward, Anthony J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-17T10:07:18Z
dc.date.available2021-08-17T10:07:18Z
dc.date.issued2021-05
dc.identifierhttps://chesterrep.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10034/625612/DBA%20-%20BROGDEN-WARD.pdf?sequence=1
dc.identifier.citationBrogden-Ward, A. J. (2021). Experiences of international students studying in a UK university: How do international students studying in the UK’s Higher Education sector build academic resilience? [Unpublished doctoral thesis]. University of Chester.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/625612
dc.description.abstractWith the ever-increasing number of international students entering the global market, many of which enrol on post-graduate Higher Education (HE) programmes in the UK, current research offers limited insight into the key role academic resilience plays in enabling international cohorts’ progression and achievement. This study aims to fill the gap by investigating how international students studying in the UK build academic resilience, contributing to the literature and informing governmental policies and university practices. Guided by Bourdieu’s seminal concepts of social capital generation and conversion, this work develops the theories of other researchers in building capital to enhance the academic resilience of students. It achieves this by adopting a qualitative interpretivist paradigm aligned to similar studies, using a longitudinal representative case study in the UK. Over a period of 42-months, 36 respondents formed four non-probability samples. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews, a focus group and questionnaire, the findings of which were analysed using grounded theory methods and supported by computer-aided qualitative analysis software. The results identify six prevalent capitals that students either generate prior to their arrival in the UK or are socially constructed with newly formed peer-groups. Notably, the emergence of neo-familial capital akin to concepts of fictive kinship offers a fresh perspective on the need to formally address the importance academic resilience has on the international student’s learning experience and progression. The findings provide insight into the sources of international students’ academic resilience and how these can change over space and time. This insight offers universities with theoretical and practical guidance on the need to embed proactive student support systems that stimulate academic resilience amongst its international students. It also informs governmental policies on attracting students from overseas as it seeks to enhance the UK’s HE offer to global markets.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Chesteren_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectinternational studentsen_US
dc.subjecthigher educationen_US
dc.subjectuniversityen_US
dc.subjectresilienceen_US
dc.titleExperiences of international students studying in a UK university: how do international students studying in the UK’s Higher Education sector build academic resilience?en_US
dc.typeThesis or dissertationen_US
dc.type.qualificationnameDBAen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
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