With the increasing emphasis on accountability in the public sector, the concept of quality of
higher education has been one of the most globally dominating and influential “meta-ideas” …

This chapter addresses the role of higher education institutions in fostering students'
cosmopolitan agency and self-formation. Drawing on an ecological and person-in-context …

For more than four decades, intercultural relationships–broadly defined in this chapter as
interpersonal relationships formed through repeated interactions across (perceived) cultural …

Students' sense of belonging (SoB) is a burgeoning area of research worldwide; however,
limitations in previous research warrant further investigation, particularly in non-English …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple measures were established that influenced
international students' academic, financial, and social activities. Focusing on international …

International students' friendship networks have attracted research interest over the past
decade, highlighting the significance and particular characteristics this temporary migratory …

Embedded in the context of internationalization of Higher Education, the focus of this study is
on the reciprocal relationship between the Finnish language learning process of …

This study examines the interactions and communication between a group of African
university students and a local Finnish community, as discussed by local friendship family …

In this article, we examined an oft-observed 'interaction problem'in the internationalising
classroom by adding some reflections on universities' internationalisation-interculturality …

Over the past several decades, especially since the beginning of the 21st century,
universities worldwide have expanded their international reach by welcoming inbound …