The Laurea team published two new articles on diversity and unheard student voices
Tarja Chydenius, , : Student diversity is a big deal
Every year, many students put their studies on hold or drop-out completely. Why? The reasons are, of course, numerous but we keep hearing one excuse: “It just wasn’t my thing.” What then, is the students’ ‘thing’? Read more
, : Voices Unheard: “I am not different.. I am diverse”
Challenges on diversity matter to higher education institutions. These schools should increase academic mobility and students’ heterogeneity. I came to Laurea to study in a pursuit of enhancing my career path in social and health care, with both excitement and agitation. I was excited to encounter different people with diverse cultures and views, yet agitated, because of a fear of not being able to integrate and succeed in a foreign institution. Read more