"More than just a project" : Supporting Immigrants in Higher Education in Finland : summary of the SIMHE-UniPID pilot

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the activities of the Supporting Immigrants in Higher Education in Finland (SIMHE) pilot project in Jyväskylä during 2016-2017.

Abstract: This summary presents the activities of the Supporting Immigrants in Higher Education in Finland (SIMHE) pilot project in Jyväskylä during 2016–2017. The pilot took place during the trial phase of the higher education institutions responsible for the support activities of migrants initiated by Ministry of Education and Culture. Administratively, it belonged to the UniPID network coordinated by the University of Jyväskylä. The activities involving the higher education institutions responsible were simultaneously piloted by the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki.