International Master's Program Research Articles

International education in information technology

We are developing a model of international education in Information Technology, the concrete realization of which is the International Master's Program in Information Technology ( IMPIT ) oriented for bachelor-level students from Russia and Czech Republic.The program has been running since 1998 and is realized commonly by three Eastern Finland universities: Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), University of Joensuu and University of Kuopio. The 2-years long advanced level studies of the program consist of a combination of courses in data processing and telecommunication.After one year of intensive theoretical studies the students are recruited to companies in Finland for full-time working and master thesis elaboration. In a larger scale the program aims at creating wide cooperation in the fields of education, research and business with Russia and especially with the St. Petersburg region.Relying on the experience gained from the so far three program cycles, in this poster we seek to give a general overview of the development and current status of our model which we have seen to grow into what might be called a working interchange between three European countries: Finland, Russia and Czech Republic. Based on our view that a lot of emphasis has to be put on the students' opinions and experience of the program, we present the results and conclusions drawn out of the feedback gathered from the students of all three cycles (1999-2000, 2000-2002 and 2001-2003) in the end of October 2001.Combining our earlier experience with the recently gathered data, we present the conclusions for further development of our model pointing out its strengths and weaknesses and bringing forth suggestions on development and applicability of our model in the future.

What Does Globalization Mean for Educational Change? A Comparative Approach

What Does Globalization Mean for Educational Change? A Comparative Approach

International master's program in information processing and telecommunications (poster session)

International master's program in information processing and telecommunications (poster session)

International Business-Related Perceptions and Preferences of Future Global Managers

The present study evaluates international business students' perceptions of international business positions and explores a number of issues related to their preferences on different aspects of potential future job assignments. In the process, the study, conducted using a sample of 465 graduate students pursuing an international business degree at a top-ranked international master's program in the United States, compares respondents from eight regions worldwide on their responses in these categories. The study also offers insights into the observed differences, as well as suggestions for teaching international business in line with the students' noted interests and concerns.

European medical sociology: a comment on Margot Jefferys' view

It is of great value to have Margot Jefferys' views and judgements on the development of European medical sociology. This is especially the case since Margot Jefferys herself has been a key figure in this developmenc My comment below will bring this out more clearly. I will also indicate some questions which I find to be important, but which were not commented upon by Margot Jefferys. • The formation of a network of medical sociologists in Europe owes much to developments in Britain. British medical sociology grew to maturity before that of odier European countries and managed at an early stage to reach a 'critical mass' of persons teaching or carrying out research in health and/or medical care in sociology departments or in medical faculties. This leading position was achieved by the work of Margot Jefferys and others. Other countries benefitted from this development, for instance through the international Masters programme in 'Sociology as applied to medicine' organized by Margot Jefferys from 1969 and still running, now with Mike Bury as course director. A significant number of now senior British and European medical sociologists took this programme and went on to return to their own countries and universities widi the impressions left on them by die course. The year I did this course, 1979, the teachers were Margot Jefferys, Uta Gerhardt and George Brown, an unrivalled combination. I leave it to the historians to assess the influence of British medical sociology on European medical sociology, but I have no doubt that it played a key role in its early development. To some extent it still does, for instance through 'Sociology of health and illness' and its annual meetings in York.