Constructing the 'Study in Australia [TM] experience' : full fee paying overseas students in state government schools - a small but integral player

<p>This study investigates the ways in which Australian state government schools have </p> <p>taken on a 'small but integral role' in the much larger international education industry </p> <p>over the previous fifteen years, and the dominant meanings that have emerged</p> <p>through related processes of neoliberal styled commodification. International student</p> <p>programs involving full fee paying overseas students in these schools have been</p> <p>represented and promoted to both local and overseas audiences for different</p> <p>purposes but with the unifying theme of 'success'. This publically available overriding</p> <p>discourse of 'success' however, did not always correspond with critical scholarly</p> <p>research. The aim of this study therefore, was to collect and consider sources of</p> <p>available knowledge about International student programs as a distinct part of a much</p> <p>larger industry, and to analyse and discuss the construction and representations of</p> <p>these programs. The study will contribute to a small, neglected, but distinct part of a</p> <p>much larger field of research; international education.</p> <p><br></p> <p>This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Author requested conversion to open access 4 May 2023</p>