DOCSLIB.ORG

Housing Trajectories of Chinese International Students in Sydney, Australia

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Housing Trajectories of Chinese International Students in Sydney, Australia Housing trajectories of Chinese international students in Sydney, Australia Sarah Elisabeth Judd Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters by Research Faculty of the Built Environment University of New South Wales November 2013 Table of Contents Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................. i List of Papers ........................................................................................................................................... ii List of Figures ......................................................................................................................................... iii List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................... vi List of Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................. viii Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Thesis statement ..................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Research questions ................................................................................................................. 4 1.4 Research significance .............................................................................................................. 4 1.5 Thesis structure ....................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 2: Conceptual Framework .......................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 6 2.2 Theoretical background .......................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Housing trajectories .............................................................................................................. 10 2.3.1 Housing careers, pathways and trajectories ........................................................... 10 2.3.2 Applications to relevant groups ............................................................................... 15 2.4 Structure and agency ............................................................................................................ 18 2.4.1 Structure .................................................................................................................. 19 2.4.2 Agency ..................................................................................................................... 20 2.4.3 Integrating structure and agency ............................................................................ 23 2.5 Housing outcomes and wellbeing ......................................................................................... 25 2.5.1 Housing outcomes ................................................................................................... 26 2.5.2 Wellbeing ................................................................................................................. 28 2.5.3 Housing outcomes and wellbeing ............................................................................ 30 2.6 Summary ............................................................................................................................... 33 Chapter 3: Methods ............................................................................................................................... 36 3.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 36 3.2 Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 36 3.3 Research focus ...................................................................................................................... 40 3.3.1 International students ............................................................................................. 41 3.3.2 Why Sydney? ........................................................................................................... 42 3.3.3 Why universities, and why UNSW? ......................................................................... 43 3.3.4 Why Chinese students? ........................................................................................... 44 3.4 Research methods ................................................................................................................ 50 3.4.1 Interviews ................................................................................................................ 51 3.4.2 Survey ...................................................................................................................... 54 3.4.3 Focus groups ............................................................................................................ 62 3.5 Summary ............................................................................................................................... 67 Chapter 4: Structural Factors ................................................................................................................ 69 4.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 69 4.2 The internationalisation of higher education and housing context ..................................... 70 4.2.1 The internationalisation of higher education .......................................................... 71 4.2.2 The internationalisation of higher education in Australia ....................................... 73 4.3 Immigration policy and housing context .............................................................................. 75 4.3.1 Australian immigration policy and the Chinese international student population . 78 4.3.2 Chinese immigration policy and the Chinese international student population .... 80 4.4 Status, rights and entitlements and housing context ........................................................... 81 4.4.1 The status of international students in Australia .................................................... 82 4.4.2 The rights and entitlements of international students in NSW ............................... 83 4.5 Housing market conditions and housing context ................................................................. 87 4.5.1 Student housing options in Sydney ......................................................................... 88 4.5.2 Private rental market conditions in Sydney ............................................................. 92 4.6 Summary ............................................................................................................................... 95 Chapter 5: Resources and Constraints .................................................................................................. 98 5.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 98 5.2 Types of resources and constraints ...................................................................................... 99 5.3 Internal resources and constraints ..................................................................................... 102 5.3.1 Knowledge ............................................................................................................. 102 5.3.2 Experience ............................................................................................................. 107 5.3.3 Time ....................................................................................................................... 108 5.3.4 Financial resources ................................................................................................ 109 5.3.5 Ethnicity ................................................................................................................. 112 5.4 External resources and constraints ..................................................................................... 115 5.4.1 The internet ........................................................................................................... 115 5.4.2 Family and friends ................................................................................................. 120 5.4.3 Other students ....................................................................................................... 124 5.4.4 Agents .................................................................................................................... 126 5.4.5 University services ................................................................................................. 127 5.4.6 The Chinese community ........................................................................................ 129 5.5 Summary ............................................................................................................................
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Sydney, 25 May 1999 ( 432.8
    SPARK AND CANNON Telephone: Adelaide (08) 8212-3699 TRANSCRIPT Melbourne (03) 9670-6989 Perth (08) 9325-4577 OF PROCEEDINGS Sydney (02) 9211-4077 _______________________________________________________________ PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION INQUIRY INTO THE BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 PROF R. SNAPE, Presiding Commissioner MR S. SIMSON, Assistant Commissioner TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS AT SYDNEY ON TUESDAY, 25 MAY 1999, AT 9.06 AM Continued from 24/5/99 Broadcast 201 br250599 PROF SNAPE: Welcome back to the resumption of the Sydney hearings. I shan't go through the introductory spiel that I give at the beginning of each city; simply to say that the terms of reference for the inquiry are available on the table outside. There is also the issues paper, if anyone isn't familiar with the issues that we're covering. It is transcribed and the transcripts will be normally available about three days after. They appear on the Web site, as well as being available on hard copy. At the end of today's hearings I shall be inviting any people to make oral presentations, should they wish to do so. With that introduction I now turn to Network Ten, who have two representatives today, and I would ask each of you to identify yourselves for the transcription service, please. MS ODDIE: Susan Oddie, general manager, business affairs, Network Ten. MR McALPINE: John McAlpine, CEO, Network Ten. PROF SNAPE: Thanks very much. We have your very thoughtful and helpful submission in which you have attempted to address some of the important issues that are here and we're grateful for you doing that.
    [Show full text]
  • Media, Place, Sociality, and National Publics: Chinese
    MARTIN, Fran. “Media, Place, Sociality, and National Publics: Chinese International Students in Translocal Networks,” in Koichi Iwabuchi, Olivia Khoo and Daniel Black eds., Contemporary Culture and Media in Asia, London and New York: Rowman & Littlefield (2016), pp. 207-224. Accepted draft One Saturday afternoon in the bedroom of the purpose-built international student apartment in Carlton, Melbourne that she shares with three Chinese classmates, 20-year old Ying, an Arts student from Hebei Province, connects via her laptop to a popular media download site based in China. While downloading several recent movies and TV series episodes (from China, Thailand and Hollywood), Ying opens up her QQ account and makes a video call to her parents back home. Speaking with her mother, she catches up on the latest news and gossip from her family and hometown. Ying then posts a comment on an ex-schoolmate’s status update on WeChat (the Chinese WhatsApp-style platform): ‘Nice pic! You and your BF are such a cute couple, haha. Miss you. Message me!’ She then scans a favourite gossip account to catch up on celebrity news from China. Once Ying’s downloads are complete, she spends the rest of the afternoon immersed in the latest episodes of the Chinese TV comedy series that screened back home the previous week. Yaqi, a 20-year-old from Liaoning Province, sits by the window on a suburban train travelling from the leafy eastern suburb of Camberwell, where she lives in a homestay, to Melbourne’s Central Business District, where she studies actuarial studies. Yaqi is engrossed in the screen of her smartphone, where she scrolls through recent posts on her Weibo feed (the Chinese Twitter-like platform), catching up on the details of a recent political scandal involving a prominent member of the Chinese Communist Party.
    [Show full text]
  • Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories?
    Who Gets To Tell Australian Stories? Putting the spotlight on cultural and linguistic diversity in television news and current affairs The Who Gets To Tell Australian Stories? report was prepared on the basis of research and support from the following people: Professor James Arvanitakis (Western Sydney University) Carolyn Cage (Deakin University) Associate Professor Dimitria Groutsis (University of Sydney) Dr Annika Kaabel (University of Sydney) Christine Han (University of Sydney) Dr Ann Hine (Macquarie University) Nic Hopkins (Google News Lab) Antoinette Lattouf (Media Diversity Australia) Irene Jay Liu (Google News Lab) Isabel Lo (Media Diversity Australia) Professor Catharine Lumby (Macquarie University) Dr Usha Rodrigues (Deakin University) Professor Tim Soutphommasane (University of Sydney) Subodhanie Umesha Weerakkody (Deakin University) This report was researched, written and designed on Aboriginal land. Sovereignty over this land was never ceded. We wish to pay our respect to elders past, present and future, and acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities’ ongoing struggles for justice and self-determination. Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories? Executive summary The Who Gets To Tell Australian Stories? report is the first comprehensive picture of who tells, frames and produces stories in Australian television news and current affairs. It details the experience and the extent of inclusion and representation of culturally diverse news and current affairs presenters, commentators and reporters. It is also the first
    [Show full text]
  • 65 Watching Television in Australia: a Story of Innocence and Experience
    Watching Television in Australia: A Story of Innocence and Experience Susan Bye School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry La Trobe University Abstract The excitement and naiveté of early viewers have become central to narratives of the Australian viewing past. These stories are of simpler times when the pleasure of watching television was unmediated by modern self-consciousness and cynicism. This popular way of ‘remembering’ television seems both natural and inevitable, but its role as a discursive strategy is highlighted by the alacrity with which TV columnists sought to bestow a sense of experience on fledgling Sydney viewers. In this paper, I focus on the way that the regular TV column worked to stitch readers into the daily business of television. Moreover, from the beginning of regular broadcasting, TV columnists challenged the idea that watching television was an identity- subsuming process and invited their readers to assume an active connection with television and its culture. Keywords: Audiences, Australian Television, Everyday Life, TV Columns Introduction The construction of television viewing history as progressive or developmental is not peculiar to the Australian context but, in the Australian situation, the popular association of early television with the fifties has allowed it and its audience to be collapsed into the ‘fifties story’. Imagined simultaneously as a time of innocence and a period of narrow-mindedness, the dominant narrative of Australia in the fifties involves a perception of a simple and insular people readily committing to family life in the suburbs (White 1983). This monochromatic understanding of suburban life in fifties Australia has effortlessly intersected with a similarly tidy conception of the relationship of early TV viewers to the new technology of television.
    [Show full text]
  • Administrative Appeals Tribunal
    *gaAg-k Administrative Appeals Tribunal ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL No: 2010/4470 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION Re: Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association Applicant And: Australian Human Rights Commission Respondent And: Media Access Australia Other Party TRIBUNAL: Ms G Ettinger, Senior Member DATE: 30 April 2012 PLACE: Sydney In accordance with section 34D(1) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975: in the course of an alternative dispute resolution process, the parties have reached an agreement as to the terms of a decision of the Tribunal that is acceptable to the parties; and the terms of the agreement have been reduced to writing, signed by or on behalf of the parties and lodged with the Tribunal; and the Tribunal is satisfied that a decision in those terms is within the powers of the Tribunal and is appropriate to make. Accordingly the Tribunal sets aside the decision of the Respondent and substitutes a decision that reflects the conditions jointly agreed by the parties and annexed to this decision. [ IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL File Number 2010/4470 AUSTRALIAN SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION AND RADIO ASSOCIATION Applicant AND AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION Respondent AND MEDIA ACCESS AUSTRALIA Joined Party BY CONSENT THE TRIBUNAL MAKES THE FOLLOWING ORDERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 55 OF THE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 (CTI1): 1. Exemption 1.1 Each of the Entities is exempt from the operation of ss 5, 6, 7, 8,24, 122 and 123 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) in respect of the provision of Captioning from the date of this Order until 30 June 2015 on the condition that it complies with the conditions outlined below that are applicable to it by reason of its operation as either a Channel Provider or a Platform.
    [Show full text]
  • ASIC 08A/07, Tuesday, 27 February 2007 Published by ASIC ASIC Gazette
    Commonwealth of Australia Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. ASIC 08A/07, Tuesday, 27 February 2007 Published by ASIC ASIC Gazette Contents Unclaimed Consideration for Compulsory Acquisition – S668A Corporations Act RIGHTS OF REVIEW Persons affected by certain decisions made by ASIC under the Corporations Act and the other legislation administered by ASIC may have rights of review. ASIC has published Practice Note 57 [PN57] Notification of rights of review and Information Sheet [INFO 1100] ASIC decisions – your rights to assist you to determine whether you have a right of review. You can obtain a copy of these documents from the ASIC Digest, the ASIC website at www.asic.gov.au or from the Administrative Law Co-ordinator in the ASIC office with which you have been dealing. ISSN 1445-6060 (Online version)Available from www.asic.gov.au ISSN 1445-6079 (CD-ROM version) Email [email protected] © Commonwealth of Australia, 2007 This work is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, all rights are reserved. Requests for authorisation to reproduce, publish or communicate this work should be made to: Gazette Publisher, Australian Securities and Investment Commission, GPO Box 9827, Melbourne Vic 3001 ASIC GAZETTE Commonwealth of Australia Gazette ASIC 08A/07, Tuesday, 27 February 2007 Unclaimed Consideration for Compulsory Acquisition Page 2 of 725 Unclaimed Consideration for Compulsory Acquisition - S668A Corporations Act Copies of records of unclaimed consideration in respect of securities, of the following
    [Show full text]
  • Jobs for the Future Adding 1 Million Rewarding Jobs in NSW by 2036
    Jobs for the Future Adding 1 million rewarding jobs in NSW by 2036 Jobs for the Future Adding 1 million rewarding jobs in NSW by 2036 August 2016 Contents Preface 2 Reference group 2 Glossary of terms 3 Executive summary 5 Securing NSW’s jobs for the future 11 A. NSW’s strong 20-year track record 17 B. Our aspiration for 2036 21 C. A 20-year plan to add 1 million jobs 25 1. Nurture our globally competitive growth segments 28 2. Open doors for entrepreneurs 40 3. Skill up for the knowledge economy 48 4. Draw on all of our people 58 D. Whole-of-government agenda for action 67 References 71 Jobs for the Future Jobs for NSW 1 Preface Jobs for NSW was launched in August 2015 as a private sector-led and NSW Government-backed initiative. Its goals are twofold: to help make the NSW economy as competitive as possible, and to fulfil the Premier’s primary objective for NSW of creating more jobs across the State. Over the last nine months, we have been working on answering the question: What should the State of NSW do in the next three years to secure more opportunity, inclusion, engagement and productivity for our workforce in the 2030s? This has not been a desk exercise. Building on the analytical underpinnings from our partner McKinsey & Company, we have drawn on the experience and insights of influential leaders from across the NSW economy and community. We especially thank our reference group members, who have given their time and expertise with generosity and commitment to inform and test our perspectives, and all of the government agencies that have engaged fully and constructively.
    [Show full text]
  • A Comparative Study on Korean Media in Vancouver and Los Angeles
    Diasporic Media in Multicultural Cities: A Comparative Study on Korean Media in Vancouver and Los Angeles by Sherry S. Yu M.I.S., Yonsei University, 2001 B.A., Simon Fraser University, 1997 THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in the School of Communication Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology © Sherry S. Yu 2012 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Spring 2012 All rights reserved. However, in accordance with the Copyright Act of Canada, this work may be reproduced, without authorization, under the conditions for “Fair Dealing.” Therefore, limited reproduction of this work for the purposes of private study, research, criticism, review and news reporting is likely to be in accordance with the law, particularly if cited appropriately. Approval Name: Sherry S. Yu Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Communication) Title of Thesis: Diasporic Media in Multicultural Cities: A Comparative Study on Korean Media in Vancouver and Los Angeles Examining Committee: Chair: Dr. Jan Marontate Associate Professor Dr. Catherine Murray Senior Supervisor Professor Dr. Alison Beale Supervisor Professor Dr. Mary Lynn Young Supervisor Associate Professor, UBC Graduate School of Journalism Dr. Kirsten McAllister Internal Examiner Associate Professor by teleconference (London, UK) Dr. Myria Georgiou External Examiner Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications London School of Economics and Political Science Date Defended/Approved: April 18, 2012 ii Declaration of Partial Copyright Licence The author, whose copyright is declared on the title page of this work, has granted to Simon Fraser University the right to lend this thesis, project or extended essay to users of the Simon Fraser University Library, and to make partial or single copies only for such users or in response to a request from the library of any other university, or other educational institution, on its own behalf or for one of its users.
    [Show full text]
  • An Analysis of a Week's Opinion Writing in Sydney Daily Newspapers: Who Speaks, How They Are Chosen & What Is Said
    An Analysis of a Week's Opinion Writing in Sydney Daily Newspapers: Who Speaks, How They Are Chosen & What Is Said Maral yn Parker A thesis subtnitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts (Journalism) Faculty of Humanitities University of Technology Sydney July, 1998 Contents CONTENTS 2 INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW 5 Culture & Hegemony LITERATURE REVIEW 9 METHOD 1 6 Who Gets To Speak-Categories of Age Gender & Race Hi Content Analysis Interview of Op-Ed Editors 20 Textual Analysis 21 SOCIO~HISTORICAL CONTEXT. 23 CONTENT ANALYSIS 29 PART 1 29 GENDER AND AGE REPRESENTATION OF OPINION WRITERS IN THE SPORT, BUSINESS AND NEWS & OP-ED SECTIONS OF EACH .\laralyn Parker 1998 thesis --------------------------------------------------~----· 2 NEWSPAPER 29 THE Daily Telegraph 30 Representation in sections according to age and gender in The Daily Telegraph 30 THE AUSTRALIAN 33 Represent..'1tion in sections according to age and gender for THE AUSTRALIAN 33 The Sydney Morning Herald 35 Representation in sections according lo age and gender in The Sydney Morning Herald. 35 Total for the three papers 36 Numbers of pieces published 36 Total representation in sections according to age and gender 36 CONTENT ANALYSIS 38 PART 2 38 ANALYSIS OF THE NEWS&OP·ED SECTIONS ONL V, USING HENNINGHAM'S NINE MEGA-CATEGORIES 38 The Daily Telegraph 39 THE A USTRAU AN 41 The Sydney Morning Herald 42 Total for the three papers in hierarchical order 43 Total for each category with age and gender 44 Maralyn Parker !998 thesis -----------------------·---·--··--------·-------·-·-··---------------·
    [Show full text]
  • AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HISTORY GROUP NEWSLETTER ISSN 1443-4962 No
    AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HISTORY GROUP NEWSLETTER ISSN 1443-4962 No. 59 October 2010 Publication details Compiled for the Australian Newspaper History Group by Rod Kirkpatrick, 38 Gingham Street, Glenella, Qld, 4740. Ph. 61-7-4942 7005. Email: [email protected]/ Contributing editors: Victor Isaacs, of Canberra, and Barry Blair, of Uralla, NSW. Deadline for the next Newsletter: 3 December 2010. Subscription details appear at end of Newsletter. [Number 1 appeared October 1999.] The Newsletter is online through the ePrint Archives at the University of Queensland at http://espace.uq.edu.au/ EDITOR’S NOTE: Victor Isaacs laid the foundation for this issue by editing the Newsletter for a month until mid-August. Thank you, Victor. This month’s historic picture appears in 59.3. 1 – CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS: NATIONAL & METROPOLITAN 59.1.1 FEDERAL ELECTION AND THE NEWS MEDIA Election date set: Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced on 17 July that a Federal election would be held on 21 August. Gillard had deposed Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister on 24 June. Internet and Twitter: Dennis Atkins, the Courier-Mail’s national affairs editor, discussed the impact of the internet and Twitter, in particular, on the Federal election campaign even before Julia Gillard had announced the election date (Mediaweek, 19 July 2010, p.10). Atkins is now based in Brisbane, but reports from Canberra during weeks where Federal Parliament sits. Atkins started his professional life in politics during the 1980 campaign as an adviser to Nick Bolkus, a Labor senator from South Australia. He then worked for Labor legend Mick Young before being hired by the Herald and Weekly Times to run its Canberra bureau.
    [Show full text]
  • 14.5 Million Viewers Watch Nine's Summer of Tennis 258
    14.5 MILLION VIEWERS WATCH NINE’S SUMMER OF TENNIS 258 MILLION MINUTES STREAMED AO MEN’S FINAL PEAKS WITH 2.6 MILLION Nine’s summer of tennis has reached a national audience of 14.474 million viewers (Metro: 10.263 million / Regional: 4.212 million). The broadcasts of the ATP Cup, Brisbane International, Adelaide International and Australian Open, which concluded overnight, were watched by 57% of the total population (Metro: 58% / Regional: 53%). NINE’S SUMMER OF TENNIS CUMULATIVE REACH CUMULATIVE REACH TOTAL BRISBANE ADELAIDE AUSTRALIAN SUMMER OF ATP CUP INDIVIDUALS INT INT OPEN TENNIS Sydney 1,567,044 571,249 600,470 2,697,841 2,934,281 Melbourne 1,701,424 692,353 632,551 3,252,407 3,418,822 Brisbane 1,143,672 509,678 416,116 1,709,056 1,890,182 Adelaide 554,749 213,185 266,341 843,045 934,103 Perth 600,747 208,107 222,452 961,239 1,086,129 Metro 5 City 5,567,150 2,194,423 2,137,940 9,463,032 10,262,796 Regional 2,445,762 1,161,056 1,181,382 3,733,110 4,211,621 NATIONAL 8,012,912 3,355,479 3,319,322 13,196,142 14,474,417 Source: OzTAM Metro Total TV & Regional TAM Regional FTA+WA. 03/01/2020-02/02/2020. Total Individuals. Nine Network & Nine Network Content Affiliates. Overnight. "2020 ATP CUP" "2020 BRISBANE INT" "2020 ADELAIDE INT" "2020 AUSTRALIAN OPEN". 5 City Metro/Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane/Adelaide/Perth & Combined Agg Mkts. Std 1 min cume reach.
    [Show full text]
  • Naomi Carolin Masters Exegesis Page 1 Remembering the Storm
    Remembering the Storm: Indigenous people’s remembrances of Cyclone Tracy explored through the medium of radio documentary The University of Adelaide Discipline of Media Masters by Research (comprising Radio documentary and accompanying exegesis) By Naomi Carolin, B. Media (Honours) Naomi Carolin Masters Exegesis Page 1 Contents Page Forward: Remembering the storm Chapter One: What is Indigenous media? Who needs Indigenous media and why? The need for Indigenous Media. Why radio for Indigenous media? Chapter Two: Why Cyclone Tracy? Background information on participants and how I chose my respondents? Chapter Three: Why use Creative research? Participatory research methodology Chapter Four: How did I make the documentaries? Practical issues Chapter Five: Why are ethics particularly important for Indigenous media projects? Chapter Six: Have I solved the problem? Research and technical issues, what new insights, solutions or recommendations can I offer? Bibliography Naomi Carolin Masters Exegesis Page 2 Naomi Carolin Masters Exegesis Page 3 Abstract This research consists of a radio documentary that explores the mood leading up to Cyclone Tracy that hit Darwin on Christmas Eve, 1974, with an accompanying exegesis that discusses the making of the documentary in the context of Indigenous media in Australia. It further explores the social fabric of survivors’ lives in Darwin during this time, the uniqueness of place, and the environmental impact of the storm. It does so in regard to Indigenous cultural traditions and the impact of the storm on families. I have focused on my own extended family and their Indigenous perspective on this event. I have sought to convey the sense of intimacy that a radio program can bring to the audience and a sense of authenticity that I experienced growing up with our family tradition of oral history.
    [Show full text]