NARODOWA INTEGRACJA CZY EUROPEIZACJA? STRATEGIE OSOBISTE I ZAWODOWE IMIGRANTÓW EDUKACYJNYCH W PAŃSTWACH UNII EUROPEJSKIEJ

• Authors: Katarzyna Andrejuk

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NATIONAL INTEGRATION OR EUROPEANIZATION? LIFE AND CAREER STRATEGIES OF EDUCATIONAL MIGRANTS IN THE EU COUNTRIES

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The article describes the main directions and reasons for educational migration in Europe as well as the Europeanization of the educational strategies of the young Poles. Those strategies are beginning to resemble the behavioural patterns of their peers from other EU countries. Nowadays, it is becoming more and more common for the Poles to take up studies abroad. The text provides an analysis of the official data about educational migration in various EU countries and a description of the author’s own research among Polish students in London based on participating observation, interviews and questionnaires. Official data about educational migration in the EU indicate that students often take up university studies in the states which share a border with the sending country. In consequence, they can keep being mobile and frequently change their place of residence. They increase their chances in the labour markets of both countries and they do not make hasty assumptions as to their country of settlement. Moreover, the analysis of the Poles studying in London indicates that educational migrants are prepared to look for a job not only in the sending country and the country of university study, but also in other European countries. The migrants educated abroad can apply for more attractive jobs in Europe, and thus they are better prepared and more prone to Europeanization or to making proper use of the EU rights connected with free movement of persons, services and capital. Their career perspectives are not limited to the sending country and the country of university study, but include also vocational projects in other EU countries. The example of the Poles in London shows that educational migrants constitute a special group, different from labour migrants. They can speak several foreign languages and have had migration experience even before taking up university studies. They are either children of multinational marriages or are in relationship with foreigners.

Keywords

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EDUCATIONAL MIGRANTS; EUROPEANIZATION; EUROPEAN UNION; TRANSNATIONALISM

• Publisher: Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego oraz Polska Akademia Umiejętności
• Journal: Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 2(140)
• Pages: 148-166

Contributors

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Katarzyna Andrejuk

• Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Socjologii, ul. Karowa 18, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland