'Time' and international students

While much has been written about international students, the temporal dimensions underpinning and intersecting these students’ experiences remain under-theorized within existing scholarship. In this conceptual article, we aim to chart some of the temporal intricacies underlying the complex emotional and spatial elements of international students’ lives, decisions, and trajectories, implicating research and practice. We explore temporal dimensions such as: the dominant temporal structure (clock time), temporal discontinuities, and the interconnections between temporality, privilege, and oppression, and how these facets mediate the nature of international students’ experiences. Overall, we argue that a temporal lens helps provide a more nuanced and holistic perspective on research and practice with international students.