Insights into Student Mobility and Life Transitions among Credit and Degree Mobile Students from Luxembourg

Explore the research findings from the MOVE project, focusing on international student mobility, transitions, sequences, and turning points among credit and degree mobile students from Luxembourg. The study delves into factors influencing student mobility, experiences, and employability, shedding light on the intercultural transitions and trajectories within the life course perspective. Discover how student mobility has evolved in Luxembourg since 2003, emphasizing degree mobility and its impact on tertiary education.

• Student Mobility
• Life Transitions
• Luxembourg
• Credit Mobility
• Degree Mobility

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1. International student mobility and the life course. Transitions, sequences and turning points among credit and degree mobile students from Luxembourg Emilia Kmiotek-Meier, M.A. University of Luxembourg SLLS International Conference Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Longitudinal and Lifecourse Research 11-13 October 2017 University of Stirling, Scotland, UK The research from the MOVE project leading to these results has received funding from Horizon 2020 under Grant Agreement N 649263.

2. Overview I. Student mobility II. Transition / Turning point / Sequence III. Data & Analysis IV. Findings -> Degree and credit student mobility in comparison V. Summary / Outlook 2

3. I.a Student mobility student mobility degree mobility credit mobility part of programme abroad complete programme abroad In the EU more research on credit mobility (ERASMUS) Main lenses: factors influencing ISM (migration theories), students experiences, students employability (social inequalities, knowledge flows, social capital, mobility capital) Not explicitly analysed from the life course perspective so far If transition than rather as intercultural transition (Rienties & Jindal-Snape 2016) 3

4. II.a Transition / Turning point Transition -> change of status -> processual character (in distinction to an event ) Turning point -> a transition can become a turning point -> change in the trajectory direction Trajectory -> links life events and transitions to an entity Transitions are always embedded in trajectories that give them distinctive form and meaning (Elder 1985) (Elder 1985; Sackmann and Wingens 2001; Sackmann 2007) 4

5. II.b Sequence Sequence -> between a transition and a trajectory -> focuses not only on singulare change of status, but on a chain of status changes (at least two), e.g. X->Y->Z Types of sequences by Sackmann and Wingens (2001) In-between status A -> B -> A A: work, B: holiday Changing status A -> B -> C A: education, B: work, C: unemployment Bridge-status A -> AB -> B A: work fulltime, AB: work part-time, B: no work Following status A -> B -> AB A: work fulltime, B: no work, AB: work part-time End of status A -> B B: is the definitive status, e.g. retirement (Sackmann and Wingens 2001) 5

6. III.a Student mobility in Luxembourg 2003 foundation of the University of Luxembourg degree mobility from Luxembourg 75 % of all enrolled in tertiary education study abroad mainly DE, FR, BE credit mobility from Luxembourg an obligatory semester abroad for undergraduates mainly other EU-countries almost 100% student mobility from Luxembourg 6

7. III.b Data overview Data overview Data collection from October 2015 until July 2017 Instrument Semi-structured interview Target group Outgoing mobility: nationality or A-Level from Luxembourg Study type Credit: 7 / Degree: 8 = 15 Destination Germany (5), Belgium (5), Austria (3), France (3), England (2), Holland (1) -> Ba/Ma/credit in different countries Gender Female: 9 / Male: 6 Programme Humanities: 12 / Technical & Economical sciences: 3 7

8. IV.a Findings different narrations Degree students Credit students WHY? 8

9. V.a Summary Degree mobility: one after another -> smooth transitions (changing status) A B C Credit mobility: multiple reversed transitions (in- between status), rather a turning point A B the same As? is A not a new status? A 9

10. V.b Outlook 1) Interdependencies between different levels -> all plays a role ( interaction effects ) 2) Different types of student mobility -> different types of experience / transitions / turning points 3) Mobility always good? -> a matter of timing? -> credit better at the end of the study? 4) Mobility as a MUST for social position/social mobility -> to graduate you have to study abroad (credit or degree) 10

11. References Elder, Glen H. 1985. Perspectives on the Life Course. In Life Course Dynamics. Trajectories and Transitions, 198-1980, edited by Glen H. Elder, 23 49. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. Elder, Glen H. 1974. Children of the Great Depression. Social Change in Life Experience. Chicago, London: The University of Chicago Press. Rienties, Bart, and Divya Jindal-Snape. 2016. Multiple and Multi-Dimensional Transitions of International Students to Higher Education. A Way Forward. In Multi-Dimensional Transitions of International Students to Higher Education, edited by Divya Jindal-Snape and Bart Rienties, 259 282. New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Multi-dimensional-Transitions-of-International- Students-to-Higher-Education/Jindal-Snape-Rienties/p/book/9781138890909. Sackmann, Reinhold. 2007. Lebenslaufanalyse und Biografieforschung: eine Einf hrung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag f r Sozialwissenschaften. Sackmann, Reinhold, and Matthias Wingens. 2001. Theoretische Konzepte des Lebenslaufs: bergang, Sequenz und Verlauf. In Strukturen des Lebenslaufs: bergang - Sequenz - Verlauf, edited by Reinhold Sackmann and Matthias Wingens, 17 48. Weinheim: Juventa. Walther, Andreas, Stauber, Barbara, Biggart, Andy, du Bois-Reymond, Manuela, Furlong, Andy, L pez Blasco, Andreu, M rch, Sven and Pais, Jos Machado (eds). 2002. Misleading Trajectories Integration Policies for Young Adults in Europe? Opladen: Leske+Budrich. 11

12. Thank you for your attention! Contact: Emilia Kmiotek-Meier emilia.kmiotek@uni.lu University of Luxembourg Facult des Lettres, des Sciences Humaines, des Arts et des Sciences de l'Education Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning http://www.move-project.eu FINAL CONFERENCE Youth Mobility and Migration in Europe Keep on Moving? Pathways, Institutions and Structural Effects of Youth Mobility in Europe 7th 9th of March 2018 University of Luxembourg The research from the MOVE project leading to these results has received funding from Horizon 2020 under Grant Agreement N 649263. 12