UK Students’ Subjective Experiences and Responses to Higher Education Austerity : Implications and Lessons for the Future

Chalari, Athanasia; Sealey, Clive

doi:10.4000/osb.1949

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“…The combination of the above characteristics is described by Karakioulafi (2017) as 'lived precarity' and can hardly be captured by statistics. The ways in which precarity is dealt with by groups and individuals vary, depending on factors such as age and socioeconomic capacity (Chalari, 2015(Chalari, , 2021Chalari and Sealey, 2017;Chalari and Serifi, 2018), as well as gender and family situation (Karakioulafi, 2017). It often has serious well-being and psychological repercussions (Mouzakis, 2017).…”

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Narratives of Leaving and Returning to Homeland: The Example of Greek Brain Drainers Living in the UK

Chalari

Koutantou

2020

Sociological Research Online

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Narratives of why people migrate can be primarily associated with the study of migration in terms of people’s drivers of leaving and returning to homeland. Greek people have been very familiar with the idea of leaving as well as returning home, throughout modern Greek history; yet, due to the ongoing Greek crisis and prolonged austerity, a new migration wave has been formed associated with young professionals and scientists (brain drainers). This study utilises the qualitative collection and analysis of 31 narrative interviews contacted with Greek brain drainers currently living in the UK, in an attempt to examine, understand, and explain the drivers of leaving and returning to homeland. We argue that factors leading to the decision of leaving as well as the consideration (or hesitation) of returning are associated with (a) macro-factors relating to the socio-economic situation of the origin country (associated with the eliminating economic and personal development) as well as (b) powerful drivers of enduring cultural and social mentalities, associated with a mosaic of distinctive norms formed and established beyond the Greek crisis.

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Section: Why Are They Leaving Today?mentioning

confidence: 99%