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Title
Portuguese policies fostering international student mobility: a colonial legacy or a new strategy? |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/10451/38943 |
Date
2018 |
Author(s)
França, Thais; Alves, Elisa; Padilla, Beatriz |
Abstract
This paper explores policies on international student mobility to Portugal
from within the Lusophone space, analyzing the cases of Angola, Cape
Verde and Brazil. We argue that Portuguese strategies to attract
international students respond to different demands and interests
embedded in its geopolitical memberships. One the one hand, they
respond to pressure from the European Commission to increase the
internationalisation level within the European Higher Education Area. On
the other hand, they are embedded within Portugal's desire to continue
its influence over the former colonies. We analyze available statistical
data and policy documents on Angolan, Cape Verdean and Brazilian
students in Portugal, using insights from postcolonial theoretical
frameworks. Our results suggest that Portuguese policies on
international student mobility, even if discontinuous over time, still aim
at maintaining a leading role among the Portuguese-speaking countries,
through practices rooted in neocolonial logics. However, Portugal's
membership of the European Union propels the need to adapt to wider
political forces through contextual and opportunistic strategies as well. - info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
Subject(s)
ISM; Postcolonialism; Lusophone space; Portugal; Angola; Cape Verde; Brazil |
Language
eng |
Publisher
Taylor & Francis |
Type of publication
article |
Rights
closedAccess |
Identifier
França, T., Alves, E., Padilla, B. (2018). Portuguese policies fostering international student mobility: a colonial legacy or a new strategy?. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 16(3), 325-338. Doi: 10.1080/14767724.2018.1457431.; 1476-7724; 1476-7732; 10.1080/14767724.2018.1457431 |
Repository
Lissabon - University of Lissabon
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