title: Migrating to learn and learning to migrate: a study of the experiences and intentions of international student migrants.
abstract: "The research reported here evaluates whether students come to the UK mainly for educational reasons, and therefore perceive their stay as temporary, or whether emigration for study is being used as part of a conscious strategy by people intending to become future labour migrants.... The simplest interpretation of the results appears to be that migration, experienced as a result of international moves for study purposes, does not influence planning of further migration moves.  But the research also indicates that migration for education is closely tied to other types of population redistribution and should be treated by population geographers as an integral part of international migration systems." Data were collected by questionnaire survey from 349 engineering students at Hong Kong universities and 82 Hong Kong students studying engineering in the UK.
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004493:Education; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D006040:Goals; D006285:Health Planning; D006723:Hong Kong; D009934:Organization and Administration; D010465:Perception; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D013334:Students; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Asia; Behavior; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Education; Europe; Goals; Hong Kong; International Migration--determinants; Labor Migration--determinants; Migration; Northern Europe; Organization And Administration; Perception; Planning; Population; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Students; Temporary Migration; United Kingdom