Hi-bye friends and the herd instinct: international and home students in the creative arts |
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| Authors: | Silvia Sovic |
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| Institution: | (1) Creative Learning in Practice, Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CLIP CETL), University of the Arts, London, London College of Fashion, 20 John Princes Street, London, SW1G 0BJ, UK |
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| Abstract: | The crucial role of social integration for the academic success of home students is a common theme in pedagogical research,
but for international students the emphasis has been much more on cultural factors and the challenges of transition. The findings
of the International Students’ Experience Project at the University of the Arts, London suggest that this is far from the
whole story. International students come to the UK precisely to make cosmopolitan friendships, but are held back—by language
and communication, but also, less obviously, by differences in age, qualifications, experience and expectations, and by the
need to adapt rapidly to an environment which is new in every sense. While home students surmount the challenges of social
integration with relative ease, international students thus need more support. By coming to understand the needs of these
students in all their complexity, institutions can play a key role in facilitating integration. |
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