Living the policy discourses of employability a discourse analysis of Finnish Migration strategy (2013) and experiences of international graduates of Master programmes at the University of Jyväskylä

Tämän pro gradun julkaisu sijoittuu ajankohtaan juuri ennen kuin suomalaiset korkeakoulut lanseeraavat lukukausimaksun EU:n ulkopuolisille opiskelijoille. Lukukausimaksujen käyttöönotto puolestaan vaikuttanee Suomen houkuttavuuteen ulkomaisten opiskelijoiden keskuudessa. Opintojen kohdemaan valinta...

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Main Author: Kärkkäinen, Emilia
Other Authors: Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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description Tämän pro gradun julkaisu sijoittuu ajankohtaan juuri ennen kuin suomalaiset korkeakoulut lanseeraavat lukukausimaksun EU:n ulkopuolisille opiskelijoille. Lukukausimaksujen käyttöönotto puolestaan vaikuttanee Suomen houkuttavuuteen ulkomaisten opiskelijoiden keskuudessa. Opintojen kohdemaan valinta tosin tuskin muotoutuu pelkästään kustannusten pohjalta, vaan kansainvälisen opiskelijan työllistymismahdollisuudet opintojen päätyttyä ovat myös merkittävässä roolissa. Toisaalta valtiot kilpailevat keskenään houkuttaakseen korkeasti koulutettua työvoimaa. Millaiset siis ovat kansainvälisten opiskelijoiden työllistymisnäkymät Suomessa? Kyseinen pro gradu vastaa tähän kysymykseen sekä maahanmuuttopoliittista asiakirjaa että vastavalmistuneiden, Jyväskylän yliopiston kansainvälisten maisteriohjelmien alumnien kokemuksia tutkien. Tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selvittää, millaisten diskurssien kautta sisäministeriön ‘Maahanmuuton tulevaisuus 2020’-asiakirja (2013) kuvaa maahanmuuttajien työllistyvyyttä. Toinen tutkimuskysymys puolestaan pureutuu kansainvälisten alumnien kokemuksiin omasta työllistyvyydestään. Työllistyvyyden (employability) käsitettä lähestytään inhimillisen ja sosiaalisen pääoman teorioiden kautta. Sekä asiakirjan että kansainvälisten alumnien haastattelujen jäsentämiseen hyödynnetään diskurssianalyysia, joka mahdollistaa rakenteiden, eli maahanmuuttopolitiikan, ja käytännön, eli haastateltavien kokemusten, välisen vertailun. Maahanmuuttopoliittisesta asiakirjasta paljastuivat seuraavat viisi diskurssia: talouden kilpailukyky, integraatio, kehitysyhteistyö, rajavalvonta sekä monimuotoisuus. Haastattelumateriaalissa havaitut diskurssit olivat pitkälti päällekkäisiä asiakirjan diskurssien kanssa, mutta näiden lisäksi painottuivat verkostoituminen ja suomen kielen taidot. Tutkimuksen pohjalta voisi olettaa kansainvälisten alumnien työllistyvyyden pohjautuvan verkostojen sosiaaliseen pääomaan sekä kielitaidon luomaan inhimilliseen pääomaan. Paikallisten työmarkkinoiden edellyttämä inhimillinen ja sosiaalinen pääoma siis nousevat merkittävään rooliin työllistyvyyttä määritellessä. Asiasanat: korkeasti koulutettujen työllistyvyys, maahanmuuttopolitiikka, kansainväliset opiskelijat, suomalaiset työmarkkinat, inhimillinen ja sosiaalinen pääoma This study appears shortly before the Finnish institutes of higher education introduce tuition fees on international students from non-EU/EEA countries. This might entail changes in the attractiveness of Finland among the affected group of international students. Besides the ‘cost of investment’ of studying, the prospects of finding employment post-graduation influence the choice of destination country. Simultaneously, countries want to attract the brightest minds in the global competition on high-skilled labor. But how ‘employable’ are the international students graduating in Finland? This thesis looks into this question first, through analysis of a policy paper, and second, on graduates’ experiences, focusing on the international graduates of Master programmes at the University of Jyväskylä. The main aim of the study is to find out, first, through what kinds of discourses the policy paper by the Finnish Ministry of the Interior, “Future of Migration 2020 Strategy” (2013), portrays the envisaged employability of migrants, and second, how international graduates perceive their employability in (Central) Finland. The notion of employability is approached through theoretical ideas concerning human and social capital. Both the policy paper and the interviews that were conducted with the non-EU/EEA graduates are analyzed according to the critical discourse analysis, enabling research of the interplay of structures, i.e. the migration policies drafted in the strategy, and action, i.e. the perceptions and experiences of the interviewees. As a result, five diverse discourses were identified in the policy paper: competitiveness of the economy, integration, development, border control, and diversity. The analysis of the interviews revealed mainly overlapping discourses, but also the discourses of networking and Finnish language. The findings suggest that the key to the employability of international graduates is the social capital embedded in networks, and the human capital comprised of Finnish language skills. Despite the global competition on the high-skilled labor, human and social capital tailored for the local labor market is required. Key words: graduate employability, international students, migration policies, Finnish labor market, human and social capital, critical discourse analysis
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spellingShingle Kärkkäinen, Emilia Living the policy discourses of employability : a discourse analysis of Finnish Migration strategy (2013) and experiences of international graduates of Master programmes at the University of Jyväskylä ulkomaalaiset opiskelijat Yhteiskuntapolitiikka Social Policy 209 korkeakoulutetut työllisyys maahanmuuttopolitiikka opiskelijat työmarkkinat henkinen pääoma sosiaalinen pääoma
title Living the policy discourses of employability : a discourse analysis of Finnish Migration strategy (2013) and experiences of international graduates of Master programmes at the University of Jyväskylä
title_alt Discourse analysis of Finnish Migration strategy (2013) and experiences of international graduates of Master programmes at the University of Jyväskylä
title_full Living the policy discourses of employability : a discourse analysis of Finnish Migration strategy (2013) and experiences of international graduates of Master programmes at the University of Jyväskylä
title_fullStr Living the policy discourses of employability : a discourse analysis of Finnish Migration strategy (2013) and experiences of international graduates of Master programmes at the University of Jyväskylä Living the policy discourses of employability : a discourse analysis of Finnish Migration strategy (2013) and experiences of international graduates of Master programmes at the University of Jyväskylä
title_full_unstemmed Living the policy discourses of employability : a discourse analysis of Finnish Migration strategy (2013) and experiences of international graduates of Master programmes at the University of Jyväskylä Living the policy discourses of employability : a discourse analysis of Finnish Migration strategy (2013) and experiences of international graduates of Master programmes at the University of Jyväskylä
title_short Living the policy discourses of employability
title_sort living the policy discourses of employability a discourse analysis of finnish migration strategy 2013 and experiences of international graduates of master programmes at the university of jyväskylä
title_sub a discourse analysis of Finnish Migration strategy (2013) and experiences of international graduates of Master programmes at the University of Jyväskylä
title_txtP Living the policy discourses of employability : a discourse analysis of Finnish Migration strategy (2013) and experiences of international graduates of Master programmes at the University of Jyväskylä
topic ulkomaalaiset opiskelijat Yhteiskuntapolitiikka Social Policy 209 korkeakoulutetut työllisyys maahanmuuttopolitiikka opiskelijat työmarkkinat henkinen pääoma sosiaalinen pääoma
topic_facet 209 Social Policy Yhteiskuntapolitiikka henkinen pääoma korkeakoulutetut maahanmuuttopolitiikka opiskelijat sosiaalinen pääoma työllisyys työmarkkinat ulkomaalaiset opiskelijat
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