Engines without fuel? – Empirical findings on Finnish higher education institutions as education exporters

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 392-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Schatz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Finnish Higher Education

Students’ perceptions of the entrepreneurial culture in Finnish higher education institutions

2021 ◽  
pp. 095042222110667
Author(s):  
Katja Lahikainen ◽  
Kati Peltonen ◽  
Elena Oikkonen ◽  
Timo Pihkala
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Entrepreneurial Universities ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behaviour ◽  
Entrepreneurial Culture ◽  
Organisational Structures ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Finnish Higher Education

The purpose of this study is to add to the literature on entrepreneurial universities by investigating entrepreneurial culture (EC) in higher education institutions (HEIs). The authors investigate how students experience EC and which factors explain their perceptions of EC. The study is based on a survey of HEI students in Finland with 1277 responses. The results show that formal institutional support and institution-level activities have the strongest impact on the students’ experienced EC. According to the findings, formal institutional support has a greater impact on students’ perceptions of EC than student-driven activities. Furthermore, the results highlight that the encouragement of teachers has a greater influence on students’ perceptions of EC than peer students and student-driven activities. Accordingly, the paper’s theoretical contribution to the literature lies in its demonstration that institutional support, in addition to the encouragement of teachers, influences HEI students’ perceptions of EC. With regard to practical implications, the findings indicate that, if HEIs wish to build an EC and operate entrepreneurially, it is vital to support teachers’ entrepreneurial behaviour and thinking. In addition, equal emphasis needs to be placed on the observable artefacts and on clear, well-communicated organisational structures and processes.

scholarly journals Finnish higher education institutions' reactions to the 2015 asylum seeker situation

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Vaarala ◽  
Eeva-Leena Haapakangas ◽  
Erja Kyckling ◽  
Taina Saarinen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Asylum Seeker ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Apparent Paradox ◽  
Finnish Higher Education ◽  
Societal Role

In 2015, military conflicts and related humanitarian crises neighbouring areas of Europe made millions of people leave their homes. Europe, including Finland, experienced a rapid increase in the number of asylum seekers. In this article, we examine the reception of asylum seekers by Finnish higher education institutions mainly by analysing media data written about and written by universities and universities of applied sciences in Finland. The higher education institutions, in keeping with their societal role, spontaneously developed various kinds of pop-up courses, co-operation projects and other activities for asylum seekers. These activities range from crisis work to medical clinics and sports events to language teaching. This led us to ask in this article, whether new tasks were emerging in the Finnish higher education institutions’ understanding of the societal role of higher education. This main question is operationalised in three subquestions. Firstly, we are interested in seeing how higher education institutions motivate their actions on developing activities for asylum seekers. Secondly, we analyse the goals and gainers of these activities. Thirdly, we discuss the challenges faced by the higher education institutions in their refugee and asylum seeker activities. Based on our findings, we suggest that new kinds of voluntary and humanitarian activities appear to be emerging at Finnish higher education institutions, as they responded to the increase in the number of asylum seekers, suggesting a change in the traditions of societal impact of Finnish higher education. Our analysis also shows an apparent paradox in the activities of the institutions: while they had no way of knowing how many asylum seekers will remain in Finland, they still organised activities that implied staying in Finland for a longer time. The higher education institutions themselves benefitted from the activities: they could exhibit their expertise and previous research in the area of immigrant studies, and aspects of service-learning system of societal activity could be taken into their curricula. Helping the asylum seekers brought the university community together while the asylum seekers themselves remained passive objects of the activities.

scholarly journals Scenarios of quality assurance of stakeholder relationships in Finnish higher education institutions

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anu Lyytinen ◽  
Vuokko Kohtamäki ◽  
Jussi Kivistö ◽  
Elias Pekkola ◽  
Seppo Hölttä
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Stakeholder Relationships ◽  
Finnish Higher Education

Kinaesthetic activity of students of higher education institutions in the learning period

2019 ◽  
pp. 143-152
Author(s):  
D.M. Solopchuk ◽  
◽  
A.O. Bodnar ◽  
I.I. Stasiuk ◽  
M.M. Kuzhel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions

THE FACTORS OF CAREER SELF-DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Inna Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Right

Choice of profession is a social phenomenon that every person has to face in life. Numerous studies convince us that not only the well-being of a person depends on the chosen work, but also his attitude to himself and life in general, therefore, the right and timely professional choice is very important. Research about factors of career self-determination of students of higher education institutions in Ukraine shows that self-determination is an important factor in the socialization of young person, and the factors that determine students' career choices become an actual problem of nowadays. The present study involved full-time and part-time students of Institute of Philology and Mass Communications of Open International University of Human Development "Ukraine" in order to examine the factors of career self-determination of students of higher education institutions (N=189). Diagnostic factors of career self-determination of students studying in the third and fourth year were carried out using the author's questionnaire. Processing of obtained data was carried out using the Excel 2010 program; factorial and comparative analysis were applied. Results of the study showed that initial stage of career self-determination falls down on the third and fourth studying year at the university, when an image of future career and career orientations begin to form. At the same time, the content of career self-determination in this period is contradictory and uncertain, therefore, the implementation of pedagogical support of this process among students is effective.

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