Assessment on Foreign Students’ Social Integration in Arcada
Woldetsadik, Peniel (2015)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015122021543
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015122021543
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The aim of this work was to assess the level of social integration among foreign and local students in Arcada. The study was also attempted to assess the demand of foreign labor in Finnish labor market in respect of diminishing number of tax payers and high number of retirees in near future.
Furthermore, in this thesis it had been studied whether international students are well prepared in terms of integration as a potential solution for Finnish labor demand. In the theoretical part of the study, the author took a look at the concepts of integration of immigrants in relation with current Finnish labor market demand. In addition, the economic consequence of population aging and foreign students employment are discussed. The empirical part surveyed international students in Arcada in form of questionnaire mostly to asses local and foreign integration level of students.
The result was that local and international students live in two separate social lives in Arcada. As a reason, international students have very low local language skill, lack interaction motivation, low participation in extracurricular activities and lack of information about Finland before arrival. The study concluded that foreign students lack adequate preparation to be effective in
Finnish labor market even though they are potentially part of the solution for theFinnish aging labor force.
Furthermore, in this thesis it had been studied whether international students are well prepared in terms of integration as a potential solution for Finnish labor demand. In the theoretical part of the study, the author took a look at the concepts of integration of immigrants in relation with current Finnish labor market demand. In addition, the economic consequence of population aging and foreign students employment are discussed. The empirical part surveyed international students in Arcada in form of questionnaire mostly to asses local and foreign integration level of students.
The result was that local and international students live in two separate social lives in Arcada. As a reason, international students have very low local language skill, lack interaction motivation, low participation in extracurricular activities and lack of information about Finland before arrival. The study concluded that foreign students lack adequate preparation to be effective in
Finnish labor market even though they are potentially part of the solution for theFinnish aging labor force.