University as a Business in the Perspectives of Chinese Hard Science Postgraduates

As the development trend of increasing marketization of universities, and more and more Chinese students choose UK for further study, this dissertation explores study life of Chinese postgraduates studying hard science courses in the University of Nottingham. The researcher consider that role of stu...

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Main Author: Ma, Yao
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36429/
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description As the development trend of increasing marketization of universities, and more and more Chinese students choose UK for further study, this dissertation explores study life of Chinese postgraduates studying hard science courses in the University of Nottingham. The researcher consider that role of students have been converted to the consumers. The research was conducted by in-depth interviews following an interview guide that sought to the stories and experiences during their graduate studies in the University of Nottingham. Snowball sampling technique was employed for the data collection, and there were 6 Chinese participants involved in the interviews. It shows the process of university choosing, the complaints about the university and their perception of value for money.
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spelling nottingham-364292017-10-19T16:58:20Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36429/ University as a Business in the Perspectives of Chinese Hard Science Postgraduates Ma, Yao As the development trend of increasing marketization of universities, and more and more Chinese students choose UK for further study, this dissertation explores study life of Chinese postgraduates studying hard science courses in the University of Nottingham. The researcher consider that role of students have been converted to the consumers. The research was conducted by in-depth interviews following an interview guide that sought to the stories and experiences during their graduate studies in the University of Nottingham. Snowball sampling technique was employed for the data collection, and there were 6 Chinese participants involved in the interviews. It shows the process of university choosing, the complaints about the university and their perception of value for money. 2016-09-10 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36429/1/Dissertation%20-%20Yao%20Ma%20.pdf Ma, Yao (2016) University as a Business in the Perspectives of Chinese Hard Science Postgraduates. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] marketization of universities; higher education; marketised; Chinese postgraduates; hard science
spellingShingle marketization of universities; higher education; marketised; Chinese postgraduates; hard science
Ma, Yao
University as a Business in the Perspectives of Chinese Hard Science Postgraduates
title University as a Business in the Perspectives of Chinese Hard Science Postgraduates
title_full University as a Business in the Perspectives of Chinese Hard Science Postgraduates
title_fullStr University as a Business in the Perspectives of Chinese Hard Science Postgraduates
title_full_unstemmed University as a Business in the Perspectives of Chinese Hard Science Postgraduates
title_short University as a Business in the Perspectives of Chinese Hard Science Postgraduates
title_sort university as a business in the perspectives of chinese hard science postgraduates
topic marketization of universities; higher education; marketised; Chinese postgraduates; hard science
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36429/