Exploring the experiences of international students in UK higher education: possibilities and limits of interculturality in university life
This article is based on a two-year multi-method research project, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, investigating the experiences of international undergraduate students in UK higher education. In investigating the influences on their experiences and the strategies
that students employ, the study has also revealed something of the possibilities and limits of interculturality in the context of these universities. The paper uses contact theory as a framework to analyse that nature of their experiences, questioning how far the university environment nurtures
interculturality for international students.
Keywords: adaptation processes; intercultural experience; international students; internationalization; personal growth; societal and educational
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Centre for International Education and Research, University of Birmingham, UK 2: School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK
Publication date: 01 October 2009
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