James Marson is a Reader in Law and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He holds a PhD from the University of Sheffield.Mohammed Dirisu is a Lecturer and Researcher at Sheffield Hallam University, and holds a PhD from the same institution. He has special interests in socio-legal research, human rights, social justice, migration, business ethics, corporate governance and social responsibility.Katy Ferris is Associate Professor in Business Law at Nottingham University Business School. She is author of textbooks and articles in law with a special interest in welfare, legal education and social justice.

“The Lived Experiences of African International Students in the UK provides insightful and topical analysis of international students’ experiences of insecure work. It contributes to the debates in law and socio-legal studies, focusing on the inconsistencies between the desire to attract highly-skilled migrants and the neoliberal policies that create low-pay and low-skilled employment in a deregulated labour market.” —Dr Sanna Elfving, University of Bradford, UK

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Legislation; Case Law; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Student Migration and Global Inequality; 4. Migration as a Socio- Legal Phenomenon; 5. The ‘Student- Migrant-Worker’ Meets ‘Precarity’; 6. The ‘Utterly Transactional Worker’; 7. Semi-Legal Working?; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

James Marson is a Reader in Law and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He holds a PhD from the University of Sheffield.Mohammed Dirisu is a Lecturer and Researcher at Sheffield Hallam University, and holds a PhD from the same institution. He has special interests in socio-legal research, human rights, social justice, migration, business ethics, corporate governance and social responsibility.Katy Ferris is Associate Professor in Business Law at Nottingham University Business School. She is author of textbooks and articles in law with a special interest in welfare, legal education and social justice.

“The Lived Experiences of African International Students in the UK provides insightful and topical analysis of international students’ experiences of insecure work. It contributes to the debates in law and socio-legal studies, focusing on the inconsistencies between the desire to attract highly-skilled migrants and the neoliberal policies that create low-pay and low-skilled employment in a deregulated labour market.” —Dr Sanna Elfving, University of Bradford, UK

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Legislation; Case Law; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Student Migration and Global Inequality; 4. Migration as a Socio- Legal Phenomenon; 5. The ‘Student- Migrant-Worker’ Meets ‘Precarity’; 6. The ‘Utterly Transactional Worker’; 7. Semi-Legal Working?; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

James Marson is a Reader in Law and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He holds a PhD from the University of Sheffield.Mohammed Dirisu is a Lecturer and Researcher at Sheffield Hallam University, and holds a PhD from the same institution. He has special interests in socio-legal research, human rights, social justice, migration, business ethics, corporate governance and social responsibility.Katy Ferris is Associate Professor in Business Law at Nottingham University Business School. She is author of textbooks and articles in law with a special interest in welfare, legal education and social justice.

“The Lived Experiences of African International Students in the UK provides insightful and topical analysis of international students’ experiences of insecure work. It contributes to the debates in law and socio-legal studies, focusing on the inconsistencies between the desire to attract highly-skilled migrants and the neoliberal policies that create low-pay and low-skilled employment in a deregulated labour market.” —Dr Sanna Elfving, University of Bradford, UK

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Legislation; Case Law; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Student Migration and Global Inequality; 4. Migration as a Socio- Legal Phenomenon; 5. The ‘Student- Migrant-Worker’ Meets ‘Precarity’; 6. The ‘Utterly Transactional Worker’; 7. Semi-Legal Working?; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.