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The situation for international students at KI COVID-19 survey results Dedication, Diversity, Development 2020-06-03 Survey for international students The survey was sent out to all students at the programmes represented by the sections

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The situation for international students at KI

COVID-19 survey results

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  • The survey was sent out to all students at the

programmes represented by the sections BUS and PHS

  • BUS (Biomedical Educational Section)
  • Bachelor’s Programme in Biomedicine
  • Master’s Programme in Biomedicine
  • Master’s Programme in Nutrition Science
  • Master’s Programme in Toxicology
  • Master’s Programme in Molecular Techniques in Life

Science.

  • PHS (Public Health Section)
  • Master’s Programme in Public Health Sciences
  • Master’s Programme in Global Health
  • Master’s Programme in Health Economics, Policy and

Management

  • Master’s Programme in Bioentrepreneurship
  • Joint Master’s Programme in Health Informatics

Survey for international students

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Number of participants

Are you an international student at KI? Number of Respon- ses Yes 125 (98.4%) No 2 (1.6%) Total 127 (100.0%)

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Study programmes

Which programme do you study? Number of Responses Bachelor's Programme in Biomedicine 47 (37.0%) Joint Master's Programme in Health Informatics 11 (8.7%) Master's Programme in Bioentrep- reneurship 5 (3.9%) Master's Programme in Biomedicine 18 (14.2%) Master's Programme in Global Health 2 (1.6%) Master's Programme in Health Economics, Policy and Management 13 (10.2%) Master's Programme in Molecular Techniques in Life Science 2 (1.6%) Master's Programme in Nutrition Science 1 (0.8%) Master's Programme in Public Health Sciences 18 (14.2%) Master's Programme in Toxicology 10 (7.9%) Total 127 (100.0%)

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Are you in Sweden?

Are you in Sweden? Number of Res- ponses Yes, and I plan on staying there for at least summer 69 (54.8%) Yes, but I will be leaving soon 12 (9.5%) No 45 (35.7%) Total 126 (100.0%)

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If you left Sweden, when did you do so?

If you left Sweden, when did you do so? Number of Res- ponses January 2020 5 (11.1%) February 2020 2 (4.4%) March 2020 30 (66.7%) April 2020 7 (15.6%) May 2020 1 (2.2%) Total 45 (100.0%)

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If you left Sweden, when are you planning to come back?

If you left Sweden, when are you planning to come back? Number of Res- ponses Before summer 3 (7.0%) Over summer (June-early August) 14 (32.6%) For the start of the next term (late August-September) 26 (60.5%) Total 43 (100.0%)

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Stay

  • Obligations besides studies
  • Unnecessary travel has been discouraged
  • Fear of infecting people at home
  • No flights available (or too expensive)
  • Risk of not being able to come back

(uncertainty about next semester)

  • Less restrictions in Sweden, quarantine in

home country

  • Time zone difference

Leave

  • Lack of measures taken, feeling unsafe
  • Social isolation, mental health
  • Economic reasons
  • Uncertainty of the situation
  • Lack of knowledge of the health care system
  • Being close to the family
  • Complete switch to online teaching

Which factors played a role in your decision to stay or leave Sweden?

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Have you got arrangements to live in Stockholm for the next term?

Have you got arrangements to live in Stockholm for the next term? Number of Responses Yes 76 (60.3%) No 31 (24.6%) Don't know 19 (15.1%) Total 126 (100.0%)

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Have you changed previous living arrangements made for next term?

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Have you changed previous living ar- rangements made for next term? Number of Responses Yes 11 (14.5%) No 65 (85.5%) Total 76 (100.0%)

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Are you an EU-citizen?

Are you an EU-citizen? Number of Responses Yes 85 (67.5%) No 41 (32.5%) Total 126 (100.0%)

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If you are a fee-paying student, what are your

  • pinions regarding tuition fees during online

teaching?

Overall, KI should re-evaluate and lower the fee because…

  • Less facilities are required (labs!)
  • The quality of education is greatly reduced
  • Online courses usually are less expensive, KI programmes are not competitive anymore
  • There is a general financial crisis
  • Other universities (e.g. ETH Zurich) have already reduced their fees
  • students pay for the experience, not just the certificate

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Do you currently feel supported by KI?

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Yes

  • Good resources on the KI website
  • Online platforms work well
  • Supportive seminars organised (e.g. by

student health)

  • On a course and programme level all staff is

doing an excellent job

  • Good flexibility of KI housing

à “Thank you for all the effort!”

No

  • Studies are made more difficult (e.g. time

pressure in exams)

  • Lack of support for sick students
  • Uncertainty about next semester
  • Not by the institution KI, but course leaders

etc.

  • Pressure into prioritising education over

health

  • Not much initiative regarding mental health
  • Disorganised & unclear communication
  • Lack of understanding & flexibility for

students à “KI doesn’t seem to care and is unapproachable”

Do you currently feel supported by KI? - Comment

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What help and resources would you like to receive from KI?

  • Better support for sick students (e.g. make sure lectures are recorded)
  • Provide certainty and/or share plans regarding next semester‘s teaching
  • Regular updates on what happens internally à newsletter?
  • Support with visa (collaboration with migrationsverket?) & housing issues (e.g. extension of KI housing)
  • Help by providing information in English about the current situation in Sweden
  • Create a feeling of togetherness
  • Help with access to healthcare
  • Promote psychological support via specialists?
  • Emergency health care support?
  • Mental health support
  • Check on the students (on a regular basis)
  • Career help
  • Better technical support
  • Improve the online teaching methodologies, adaptation of course material
  • Reduction of tuition fees
  • Information about ongoing Covid-19 research at KI
  • Online courses or other options for the summer (e.g. MOOC – scientific or focus on Swedish language

etc.)

  • Better information regarding plagiarism in online open book exams
  • Access to the KI VPN
  • Leave an options for students to decide whether they want to return to on Campus education
  • Establish guidelines in case we return to on campus teaching
  • More books available online at library, more KIB workshops

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Do you currently feel supported by MF?

Do you currently feel supported by MF? Number of Respon- ses Yes 27 (21.3%) No 35 (27.6%) Don't know 65 (51.2%) Total 127 (100.0%)

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Do you currently feel supported by MF? - Comment

  • MF is doing what‘s possible – thanks
  • I am not familiar with MF‘s work
  • I don‘t feel like actions are taken
  • Not sure if it‘s MF‘s job to do anything

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What type of help would you wish to receive from MF?

  • Mental health support
  • Communication of who can be contacted
  • Support in English
  • Help with communication with the Swedish health system
  • List of COVID-19 research projects that can be joined ( also without Swedish skills)
  • Put pressure on KI to record lectures
  • More online events to give structure similar to pubs, develop a community feeling
  • Advocate for living arrangements
  • Support with visas
  • Info about the next semester!!, informing students of what going on at KI high level
  • Lobbying for fees reductions in case of online studies/for this past term
  • Updates on current regulation and measures in Sweden: posting important news e.g. weekly

update

  • Support careers
  • Sports activities
  • More discounts/adjust membership price

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For the next term, would you rather continute lectures online or return to face to face education?

For the next term, would you rather continue lectures online or return to face to face education? Number of Responses I would rather continue online teaching 26 (21.1%) I would rather return to face to face education 80 (65.0%) Don't know 17 (13.8%) Total 123 (100.0%)

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Online v Face-to-Face Teaching

Online Pros Cons Recommendations

  • General preference for online

education

  • It would be easier if

announced to be online now to be able to plan accordingly

  • More comfortable/safe
  • Get to stay/go home while

getting quality education, close to family and support

  • Falling behind with online

teaching

  • Motivation issues
  • No practical experience can be

gained

  • Material necessary to join is

expensive: laptop, internet access (some do not have access to high quality internet)

  • Difficulties to stay in touch

with course leaders

  • Not everyone is provided

adequate support

  • Adaptation for time-zones
  • Lecture recordings
  • Accommodation

for group work

  • Exam

accommodations

  • Develop standard

mitigation process in case

  • f technical failure
  • Allow for different

personal circumstance

  • KI needs to step up its
  • nline teaching: redesign

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Online v Face-to-Face Teaching

Face to Face Pros Cons Recommendations

  • General preference for face to

face education

  • Personal exchange with peers

and teachers is invaluable

  • Better teaching quality
  • More

networking/opportunities

  • Easier for group work
  • In alignment with the

Swedish strategy

  • Unclear why university is

closed while everything else is open

  • Since most students are

international, unlikely to have contact with elderly

  • More realism from KI:

unlikely to have a vaccine by then

  • Additional risk for family

members that belong to risk group

  • Many students don’t feel safe

in Sweden

  • Safety of using public

transport is an issue

  • Afraid not to be able to come

back (visas)

  • Risk group students do not

want to resume face to face and should not be pressured

  • What happens to sick

students?

  • Clear guidelines and

enforcement from KI needed

  • Accommodation can be

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Are you willing to resume on-campus education next semester?

Are you willing to resume on-campus education next semester? Number of Responses Yes 66 (55.0%) Yes, but I don't feel completely con- fortable doing so 31 (25.8%) No 11 (9.2%) Don't know 12 (10.0%) Total 120 (100.0%)

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Are you willing to resume on-campus education next semester?

  • Everything depends on how the situation evolves
  • Precautions by KI are needed
  • Special precautions for risk group students
  • What happens to sick students?
  • I do not feel comfortable because…
  • Taking public transport poses an additional risk
  • I do not feel like the situation in Sweden is safe
  • It is not clear why university is closed but everything else open
  • An overall preference of face to face education
  • Hybrid of face to face and online is common suggestion
  • Fear of not being able to return to Sweden
  • Practical experience is key to careers e.g. labs

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What is your plan if the next semester is online?

What is your plan if the next semester is online? Number of Res- ponses Stay in Stockholm 45 (36.9%) Stay where I am (elsewhere in the world) 24 (19.7%) Move from Stockholm (maybe go back home?) 18 (14.8%) Don't know 35 (28.7%) Total 122 (100.0%)

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What is your plan if the next semester is online?

  • A majority seems to want to return to their family
  • Dependence on jobs to be able to stay
  • General uncertainty
  • Lab projects and accommodation contracts are important factors for staying

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Have you had technical concerns with continued

  • nline teaching? e.g. time-zones

Have you got technical concerns with continued online teaching? e.g. time- zones Number of Responses Yes 31 (25.6%) No 90 (74.4%) Total 121 (100.0%)

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Have you got technical concerns with continued

  • nline teaching? e.g. time zones
  • Poor internet connection
  • Time zones:
  • Group work?
  • Lectures should be recorded
  • Exams should be adapted
  • Price for internet access, good laptop
  • Technical failure: laptops, connection
  • What is the mitigation for assessments?

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EU vs. non-EU students – A comparison

Among respondents: the sample of non EU was more diverse, while bachelor and master in biomedicine students dominate the EU one Based on percentage comparison:

  • More non-EU students have stayed in Sweden
  • Similar amount have arrangements to stay (about 70%)
  • EU students feel more supported by KI (70%) than non-EU (about 45% do)
  • EU students feel more supported by MF (55%) than non-EU (about 15% do)
  • Similar numbers for online (25%) to face to face teaching (75%)
  • Similar plans if teaching is online: stay (43% non EU, 55% EU), stay where they are (around

30%), go back home (30% non-EU, 15% EU)

  • Non-EU students are more concerned about technical issues 35% vs. 20% for EU

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