Section: Research Student Profiles

I Lin Sin

Name
I Lin Sin
Organisation
School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
Address
Edinburgh UK
E-Mail
Research Interests
Higher Education, Study-to-Work Transitions and Social Mobility
URL
http://www.sociology.ed.ac.uk/research_students/sin_i_lin
I Lin Sin

PhD Title

Social Distinction in a Rising Credential Society: Malaysian Students and Recent Graduates of UK Programmes

Thesis Overview

My thesis concerns the role of a UK international education in the occupational and status advancement of middle-class Malaysian young adults. Through qualitative semi-structured interviews with various relevant Malaysian students and recent graduates in Malaysia and the UK, I seek to understand how they make meaning of and manage the aspiration for income, jobs and status. 

Educational Background

MSc Sociological Research, The University of Manchester (2007) 

BA (Hons) in Sociology, The Australian National University (2005)

BA in Sociology & Political Science, The Australian National University (2004) 

Publications

Sin, I Lin, 2010. "Some Thoughts on Private Higher Education in Penang". In Ooi, Kee Beng and Goh, Ban Lee (eds), Pilot Studies for a New Penang, Penang and Singapore: Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (SERI) and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS). 

Sin, I Lin, 2009. “The Aspiration for Social Distinction: Malaysian Students in a British University”, Studies in Higher Education, 34(3), 285-299.

Sin, I Lin, 2006. “Malaysian Students in Australia: The Pursuit of Upward Mobility”, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 15(2), 239-266.  


 

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