The COVID‐19 pandemic directly impacted current and aspiring international students who were confronted not only with a global health crisis but one which put a stop to any kind of international and local mobilities. While the pandemic in Australia exposed the vulnerabilities of international students–the likes of which have never been seen before–these experiences which directly impact student wellbeing essentially also have consequences on international student mobility (ISM) scholarship. This is because ISM scholarship has traditionally been driven by migration and mobility studies frameworks of economic and social mobility and security through international Global South‐to‐Global South migrations. This paper argues that the pandemic has impacted on individual ISM decision‐making where international student wellbeing should be recognised as a driver in ISM scholarship. To find out how the COVID‐19 global health crisis is bringing about a new paradigm in which to conceptualise and theorise ISM, this paper relies on data gathered before and during the pandemic. These include research reports, Australia's international education national strategies, Australian international student recruitment marketing material, mainstream media articles and a range of research projects I have conducted on international students in Australia. This paper thus suggests that the COVID‐19 global health crisis and its impact on not only the international student lived experience but on student expectations and aspirations, have fundamentally changed. Here this paper observes that a ‘wellbeing turn’ has existed in Australia in the international education space and proposes that ISM scholarship needs to consider the ‘wellbeing turn’ as a necessary consideration in ISM research.

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健康转向：国际学生流动的必要考虑因素


COVID-19 大流行直接影响了在校和有抱负的国际学生，他们不仅面临着全球健康危机，而且阻止了任何形式的国际和本地流动。虽然澳大利亚的大流行暴露了国际学生的脆弱性——这是前所未有的——但这些直接影响学生福祉的经历本质上也会对国际学生流动 （ISM） 奖学金产生影响。这是因为 ISM 奖学金传统上是由移民和流动性研究驱动的，通过国际全球南向南迁移来构建经济和社会流动性和安全框架。本文认为，大流行影响了个人 ISM 决策，国际学生的福祉应被视为 ISM 奖学金的驱动力。为了找出 COVID-19 全球健康危机如何带来一种概念化和理论化 ISM 的新范式，本文依赖于在大流行之前和期间收集的数据。这些项目包括研究报告、澳大利亚的国际教育国家战略、澳大利亚国际学生招生营销材料、主流媒体文章以及我对澳大利亚国际学生进行的一系列研究项目。因此，本文表明，COVID-19 全球健康危机及其不仅对国际学生生活体验的影响，而且对学生的期望和愿望的影响，已经发生了根本性的变化。在这里，本文观察到澳大利亚在国际教育领域存在“幸福感转向”，并提出 ISM 学术需要将“幸福感转向”视为 ISM 研究的必要考虑因素。