ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the link between international tertiary education, its perceived impact on future employability, and the role higher education institutions play in providing students with an extended set of skills. Focusing on Chinese students’ motivations to study abroad, their expectations, and their study-to-work transition, it investigates the role of higher education, the importance of future employability, student mobility, and graduate outcomes. A study undertaken by Suzette Dyer and Fen Lu with Chinese student migrants in New Zealand revealed that most participants gathered a significant amount of information when deciding on a profession. Since the 1970s, there has been a significant and more diverse migration flow from China that has been characterised by the emergence of student migration. Structural barriers, such as immigration policy, international tuition fees, and a lack of scholarships are factors that hinder student choice.
