Immobility, precarity and the Covid-19 pandemic: the impact of lockdown on international students in Portugal

This article looks at the impact of Covid-19 pandemic among international students in Portugal, focusing on their experiences during Spring 2020 lockdown. The discussion begins with an outline research context, and recognition inherent precarity much student life. Our questions hence look not only immediate internationalised learning but also heightening pre-existing economic vulnerability many our subjects. Using evidence taken from 27 interviews, we document experiences, including challenge maintaining communications coping social isolation, how has undermined financial integrity studentship. In conclusion, argue that addition to widespread stress anxiety created additional forms for this cohort, creating a need integrate better support measures into governance mobility tertiary education level.