The (stereo)typical student: how European higher education students feel they are viewed by relevant others

There is a growing body of scholarship on how students see themselves, and also they are conceptualised by other social actors. However, what has been less explored believe seen others, this impacts them. Drawing focus groups with across Europe – particularly plasticine models made to depict felt were relevant others paper will illustrate the four most common ways in which constructed as hedonistic lazy; useless burden; clever, hardworking, successful; resource be exploited. It argue that such stereotypes had significant material impact students’ lives experienced being student. Finally, it analyse specific national contexts accounted for range variations articulated these constructions.Supplemental data article available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.2007358 .