Abstract
This paper reflects on my journey from the Nepal to the United Kingdom UK) as a student initially and then as a National Health Service (NHS) Grampian’s employee. The purpose of developing this paper was to draw insights on the factors that pulled me as an urban youth for studying andliving in the UK and to present the significance of skills-based technical education for the changing job market. I used analytic autoethnography to carry out this research, where I presented past epiphanies and consecutively interpreted the strong memories of those lived experiences and observations to broaden my theoretical understandings. I argued based on my lived experiences that the scope of the market based technical education is globally prevalent. For this, I have sequentially presented my stories of self-realizations and skills acquisition in the developed country such as the UK from the theoretical ideas of ethnoscapes, new and intelligent urbanism, and credentialism. Moreover, I have illuminated the relevance and significance of market based technicaleducation courses for competing not only in Nepal but also in the global job market of the UK through self-reflection. Findings in this paper suggest the need for the international students to be pre-equipped with market based skills and to opt for market oriented subjects preferably from the field of technical education.
Highlights
Ever visited International airport to see off someone flying abroad for further education? Or heard of someone who got student Visa for higher studies? I believe we all have come across this situation and seen a young student with red tika1 on the forehead and flower garlands round the neck is waving good bye with a heavy heart to their loved ones
I reflect on my experiences throughout my stay in London and in Aberdeen based on which I thematically present what provoked me as an urban youth to go abroad for studies
I present the wider scope of career in technical education across the United Kingdom (UK) which I learned from the struggles of my own and those of my fellow beings from my observations
Summary
Ever visited International airport to see off someone flying abroad for further education? Or heard of someone who got student Visa for higher studies? I believe we all have come across this situation and seen a young student with red tika1 on the forehead and flower garlands round the neck is waving good bye with a heavy heart to their loved ones. For different reasons, going abroad for education has become a youth culture in the urban society of Nepal of which I was a character. I reflect on my experiences throughout my stay in London and in Aberdeen based on which I thematically present what provoked me as an urban youth to go abroad for studies.
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