The intra-European transferability of graduates’ skills gained in the U.K.
Mobility has been seen as the hallmark of the European Higher Education Area with student and graduate mobility being promoted and facilitated through the Bologna process. This paper follows the experiences of 12 U.K.-educated mobile graduates of British and other European Union (EU) nationality and...
| Published in: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 43; no. 8; pp. 1379 - 1398 |
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