Institutional Engagement in Internationalisation in Finnish Higher Education

Year 2022, Volume: 12 Issue: Supplement, 24 - 34, 30.11.2022

Timo Aarrevaara Paula Tulppo Pekka Vasarı Ville Tenhunen

https://doi.org/10.2399/yod.21.202203

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss motivations for internationalisation and the rationalities of higher education institutions based on the APIKS survey. There are two higher education sectors in Finland. Universities of applied sciences emphasise teaching and have a close connection with regional research, development, and the innovation system. Universities emphasise research and academic competition for research resources, as well as teaching based on research. Therefore, the conditions for internationalisation in these two higher education sectors are based on different sets of factors. There are also significant differences between individual institutions within both sectors. Individuals’ career paths depend on factors related to higher education sectors and institutional strategies. International academic activities determine the factors on which career paths are built in these two higher education sectors. Both pathways lead to internationalising institutions but in different ways.

Keywords

Finland, higher education institutions, institutional outcomes, internationalisation, performance management

Supporting Institution

University of Lapland

Finlandiya Yükseköğretiminde Uluslararasılaşmaya Kurumsal Katılım

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, APIKS anketine dayalı olarak uluslararasılaşma motivasyonları ve yükseköğretim kurumlarının rasyonaliteleri tartışılmaktadır. Finlandiya’da iki yükseköğretim sektörü vardır. Uygulamalı bilimler üniversiteleri öğretime önem verir ve bölgesel araştırma, geliştirme ve yenilik sistemi ile yakın bir bağlantıya sahiptir. Diğer üniversiteler, araştırma kaynakları için araştırma ve akademik rekabetin yanı sıra araştırmaya dayalı öğretimi vurgular. Bu nedenle, bu iki yükseköğretim sektöründe uluslararasılaşma koşulları farklı faktörlere dayanmaktadır. Her iki sektördeki bireysel kurumlar arasında da önemli farklılıklar vardır. Bireylerin kariyer yolları, yükseköğretim sektörleri ve kurumsal stratejilerle ilgili faktörlere bağlıdır. Uluslararası akademik faaliyetler, bu iki yükseköğretim sektöründe kariyer yollarının üzerine inşa edildiği faktörleri belirlemektedir. Bu iki kariyer yolunun her biri kurumların farklı şekillerde uluslararasılaşmasına zemin hazırlamaktadır.

Keywords

Finlandiya, kurumsal çıktılar, performans yönetimi, uluslararasılaşma, yükseköğretim kurumları

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