Covid 19 – How Centria UAS international students handled the exceptional situation in accordance with Covid 19 regulations
Ta Huyen, Trang (2022)
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202203143514
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202203143514
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At the end of 2019, the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic caused negative influences as well as widespread difficulties around the globe. Different social categories are impacted, but especially among them, students are one of the most affected group.
The purpose of this thesis is to identify the challenges that Centria UAS international students faced during the COVID-19 epidemic and to explore methods of how that target group handled the exceptional situation according to government regulations on COVID-19. The goal of this thesis is that based on these results, Centria UAS manages to determine and analyze the pandemic’s impact on students, thereby, providing the most effective supports and decreasing the burden of international students.
In this thesis, quantitative research methodology was used through an online survey based on five-point Likert-type scales. The data analysis was based on two softwares including Google Forms and Microsoft Excel. The data was collected based on the target group of sophomore, junior and senior international students. The survey was sent to international students via Centria’s emails and also to the Facebook group of Vietnamese international students at Centria UAS. As a result, 81 responses were received on the Google Form platform.
The survey results indicated that COVID-19 has had the profound effect on the learning behaviors, physical and mental health, and financial problems of international students at Centria UAS, those who are separated from their families for a long time and have faced the crisis of this contagion on their own. Besides, the study also contributed efficient values by providing a general overview and realistic perspective of the various aspects surrounding students' lives, proposing appropriate solutions for students to overcome the global COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, through this research, not only Centria's students but international students at other higher education institutions are able to find their own effective and appropriate methods to cope with similar situations or circumstances.
The purpose of this thesis is to identify the challenges that Centria UAS international students faced during the COVID-19 epidemic and to explore methods of how that target group handled the exceptional situation according to government regulations on COVID-19. The goal of this thesis is that based on these results, Centria UAS manages to determine and analyze the pandemic’s impact on students, thereby, providing the most effective supports and decreasing the burden of international students.
In this thesis, quantitative research methodology was used through an online survey based on five-point Likert-type scales. The data analysis was based on two softwares including Google Forms and Microsoft Excel. The data was collected based on the target group of sophomore, junior and senior international students. The survey was sent to international students via Centria’s emails and also to the Facebook group of Vietnamese international students at Centria UAS. As a result, 81 responses were received on the Google Form platform.
The survey results indicated that COVID-19 has had the profound effect on the learning behaviors, physical and mental health, and financial problems of international students at Centria UAS, those who are separated from their families for a long time and have faced the crisis of this contagion on their own. Besides, the study also contributed efficient values by providing a general overview and realistic perspective of the various aspects surrounding students' lives, proposing appropriate solutions for students to overcome the global COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, through this research, not only Centria's students but international students at other higher education institutions are able to find their own effective and appropriate methods to cope with similar situations or circumstances.