Disabled International Students in British Higher Education

Abstract

Therefore, this book investigates and critically discusses disabled international students’ experiences in English universities. The intensified internationalisation of the HE environment and the absence of national policy relating to disabled international students’ needs provide the backdrop for understanding how timely and academically necessary the current study is. Having said this, it has to be noted that the main policies and literature discussed in this book are from a specific moment in time, covering the majority of the last two decades, and therefore the historical nature of this research should be taken into account when considering the data and its subsequent analysis. As evident from the new immigration policies (UKBA, 2013b), since the start of this research the British political and HE landscape has changed, arguably providing additional barriers to be faced by a new generation of disabled international students.