Happy to share a new article, just published open access in @socresonline.bsky.social: 'Getting Back on Track: Student Migration From India to Germany as a Route to Desirable Employment'. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Getting Back on Track: Student Migration From India to Germany as a Route to Desirable Employment - Sazana Jayadeva, 2025

This article examines the rising postgraduate-level student migration of Indian engineers to Germany, drawing on interviews with 42 Indians who were applying to...

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Just published an article in The Conversation on international student activism & the politics of higher ed that follows up on the book we published last year in light of the current targeting of international students in the US theconversation.com/internationa... @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social

International student activism histories show how education can foster democracy

The very presence of international students on university campuses is a political matter that depends on a measure of good will between the host and home countries.

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Morning run magic. Happy Sunday! 💛

Last week on Wonkhe: Developing drawing and creative skills has impacts beyond visual literacies. Zoë Allman and Chris Wright explore how this can be embedded into university life

Getting students drawing can help belonging and mental health

Developing drawing and creative skills has impacts beyond visual literacies. Zoë Allman and Chris Wright explore how this can be embedded into university life

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We're currently advertising for a 3+ year post-doc position @education.ox.ac.uk working on the ESRC-funded @studentspolitics.bsky.social project with @rilleraaper.bsky.social, Tom Fryer & me - to start ASAP Deadline: 9 June Please repost- thanks! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

📖📚 Have you registered for our upcoming ECR RIS reading group? 20 May 2025 3.00-4.30pm BST ✒️ register here: lnkd.in/edviAa_E @risnetwork.bsky.social @sazanajayadeva.bsky.social

Vera Spangler@ve-spa.bsky.social · last yr.

📆RIS ECR Reading Group @risnetwork.bsky.social 20 May 2025 3.00-4.30pm BTS | 10.00-11.30 CLT ✒️Register: forms.gle/2nWPwLksPp4S... 📖Sazana Jayadeva (2020), Keep calm and apply to Germany: How online communities mediate transnational student mobility from India to Germany: doi.org/10.1080/1369...

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Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies@radboudgender.bsky.social · last yr.

Interested in how how migration reshapes fatherhood, emotional life, and gender performances? @klararaiber.bsky.social and Francesco Cerchiaro are hiring a PhD candidate for an exiting project at Radboud University. Find all information here: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Deadline: June 1st

'Island of strangers' is scary, dangerous language. Also what rules is he talking about? The 'rules' regulating immigration mean it's already difficult and expensive to come to the UK. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

UK risks becoming ‘island of strangers’ without more immigration curbs, Starmer says

PM unveils policies to ‘significantly’ drive down net migration including English tests and degree requirements

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Breaking: Government plans levy on universities’ overseas fee income. Immigration white paper also proposes cut in duration of graduate visas to 18 months. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Government plans levy on universities’ overseas fee income - Research Professional News

Immigration white paper also proposes cut in duration of graduate visas to 18 months

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Eine Umweltaktivistin verschwindet im Süden Chiles. Die Suche führt zu einem Konflikt um indigenes Land – und einem Unternehmer mit deutschen Wurzeln.

Verschwundene Aktivistin in Chile: Wo ist Julia Chuñil?

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The ERC welcomes the offer of substantial additional budget from @ec.europa.eu for the development of a new ERC funding instrument offering larger, longer-term grants, as announced by President Ursula Von der Leyen at the Sorbonne this morning. 👉 europa.eu/!NTYTTV

Choose Europe for Science: ERC welcomes new budget for 'super grants'

The Scientific Council of the European Research Council welcomes the offer of substantial additional budget from the European Commission for the development of a new ERC funding instrument offering la...

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In the run-up to the Uk-EU summit on 19 May, @johannawaters.bsky.social has written a great piece about the value of even a time-limited youth mobility scheme. There’s also brief mention of our forthcoming book! #ISM #Turing #HE #Europe theconversation.com/even-a-cappe...

Even a capped, time-limited youth visa scheme would be of value to young people in the UK and EU

More than 60 Labour MPs have signed a letter calling on the government to support a youth mobility agreement with the EU.

theconversation.com

Please consider submitting a paper for the upcoming BSA Postgraduate Forum event! It’s a great opportunity to share your work, engage in discussions, and connect with fellow researchers. Find more PG and ECR events here: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/ @britsoci.bsky.social @lunayihanfu.bsky.social

British Sociological Association@britsoci.bsky.social · last yr.

Imagine how social transformation can take place – call for papers for ‘Reclaiming the Sociological Imagination to drive Social Transformation’ a BSA Postgraduate event, 17 July, Northumbria University tinyurl.com/y4u9ptre #cfp

📆RIS ECR Reading Group @risnetwork.bsky.social 20 May 2025 3.00-4.30pm BTS | 10.00-11.30 CLT ✒️Register: forms.gle/2nWPwLksPp4S... 📖Sazana Jayadeva (2020), Keep calm and apply to Germany: How online communities mediate transnational student mobility from India to Germany: doi.org/10.1080/1369...

Keep calm and apply to Germany: how online communities mediate transnational student mobility from India to Germany

This paper draws attention to the increasingly central yet understudied role of social media in facilitating student mobility from India. More specifically, it explores the emergence of online mutu...

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New piece for @wonkhe.bsky.social on ‘paradoxical parenting practices’ drawing on research with @juliacook.bsky.social & @drdanwoodman.bsky.social @education.ox.ac.uk #parenting #HE

Wonkhe@wonkhe.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW on Wonkhe: Are parents intervening more in their children’s higher education – and if so, why? Rachel Brooks looks at paradoxical parenting practices buff.ly/5zlalBM

Do sign up for our webinar asking 'Does Higher Education Politicise Today's Students?' on 3 June, 2-4pm Talks from @ralphscott.bsky.social, @robfordmancs.bsky.social, @janmcarthur.bsky.social & Gritt Nielsen, & launch of @studentspolitics.bsky.social www.researchcghe.org/events/does-...

Join us and our line-up of fantastic speakers on 21st May for our joint MeCCSA Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial network and Women's network event Paradoxes of Visibility: Negotiating Race and Gender in the UK Political and Media Landscape on Zoom! You can register here: tinyurl.com/4mn29cc4

Hi everyone! 🌞 We warmly welcome you to sign up for our BSA-funded event: ‘Insider-Outsider’: Navigating Challenges and Complexities in Cross-national and Cross-cultural Fieldwork Registration is OPEN, please see more information and register at: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b... See you soon💗

Registration is now open for our @srhe.bsky.social webinar on international student mobility from and to India! There will be 3 panels, 9 papers, and lots of Q&A! When: 16 May, 10 am - 1.05 pm (UK time) For more details & registration: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ... Please repost!

On 28 April, @rachelbrooks.bsky.social and @professorliwei.bsky.social will examine the role of multilingualism in HE and research, and address the challenges and opportunities that multilingualism presents in contemporary universities. Register and join us: bit.ly/4i8i7z2

Does HE politicise today's students? Come along to the launch of a new ESRC-funded project on students and politics Online, 3 June, 2-4pm with @robfordmancs.bsky.social @janmcarthur.bsky.social @ralphscott.bsky.social & Gritt Nielsen www.researchcghe.org/events/does-...

Rather than seeing students as customers and education as a product, Dr Gravett & Dr Winstone argue for creating connections so students feel they matter. @EERA_N22 #EERA_NW27 #BERANews #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/making-connections-in-higher-education/

Making Connections in Higher Education - EERA Blog

Rather than seeing students as customers and education as a product, Dr Gravett & Dr Winstone argue for creating connections so students feel they matter.

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📚 RIS ECR Reading Group @risnetwork.bsky.social 🗓️ Thursday, 27th March ⏰ 3.00-4.30pm (UK time) 🔗 forms.gle/YK935MfnaSgi... We'll discuss Fran Martin’s (2023) article Enterprising Self and Bohemian Nomad: Emerging Subjectivities in Chinese Education Mobilities: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Enterprising self and bohemian nomad: Emerging subjectivities in Chinese education mobilities

This article approaches the question of how experiences of mobility mediate subjectivities through a case study of middle-class Chinese women’s education mobilities. Drawing from longitudinal ethno...

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Higher education students as consumers: a cross-country comparative analysis of students’ views New article with @achalagupta.bsky.social & Jessie Abrahams, published in latest issue of Compare www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I’ll be spending the next three months at UC Chile as a visiting PhD student with Ana Luisa Muñoz-Garcia. It still hasn’t quite sunk in that I’m really here. Grateful for the warm welcome today, and looking forward to what’s ahead.

We're hiring a fully funded PhD student in #sociology here in wonderful Copenhagen! Please share! Learn more 👇 employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

PhD scholarship at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

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Research with International Students (RIS)@risnetwork.bsky.social · last yr.

RIS Zine-Making Workshop! Next week on Feb 19 from 4:00 - 6:00 GMT, led by @ve-spa.bsky.social. Come join us in learning about how to make a zine and using zine-making as a research method. Registration: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

RIS Zine-Making Workshop! Next week on Feb 19 from 4:00 - 6:00 GMT, led by @ve-spa.bsky.social. Come join us in learning about how to make a zine and using zine-making as a research method. Registration: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

✨CfP!✨ The MeCCSA Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Network and MeCCSA Women's Network are inviting abstracts for our joint event Paradoxes of Visibility: Navigating Race, Gender and Power in the UK Political and Media Landscape. Full CfP available here: tinyurl.com/4cp4xfbb