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On the effects and implications of UK B order A gency involvement in higher education
Author(s) -
Jenkins Matt
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the geographical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.071
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1475-4959
pISSN - 0016-7398
DOI - 10.1111/geoj.12066
Subject(s) - devolution (biology) , ethos , resistance (ecology) , institution , order (exchange) , political science , control (management) , public administration , sociology , business , management , law , economics , finance , ecology , anthropology , biology , human evolution
This C ommentary outlines the requirements that the UK B order A gency ( UKBA ) makes of universities if they wish to be permitted to teach non‐ EU students. It argues that these requirements amount to a devolution of responsibility for border control from the UKBA to the university. The classroom is made a border site, and the border‐crossing student is subjected to continual monitoring. This has far‐reaching consequences for the character, ethos and life of the institution. These consequences are considered in light of research around the everyday spaces of neoliberal border control. It is argued that changes in the university mirror those found outside it and that resistance to such changes at the level of our institutions connect with resistance to border policies more generally.