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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809559303321

Titolo

Analysing the consequences of academic mobility and migration [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Fred Dervin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011

ISBN

1-283-19312-4

1-4438-3140-9

9786613193124

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DervinFred <1974->

Disciplina

378.12

Soggetti

Transnational education

Foreign study

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Language, identity and the 'Intercultural' -- pt. 2. The professional and educational impacts of academic mobility and migration.

Sommario/riassunto

Academic Mobility and Migration have now become a reality for most people involved in higher education. The imaginary figure of the medieval "wandering scholar" (Pietsch) has never been as true as today. We also know for sure that they are actively contributing to the postmodern transformation of the 'social as society' into the 'social as mobility' (Urry). Written by leading and emerging scholars, this volume explores the current and potential impact of this type of Academic Mobility and Mi...