Nathalie Hyde-Clarke (PhD), Head of the Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Social impact is understood to be the influence and effect an organisation has on the well-being and development of its community. It can be measured in a variety of ways. For the purposes of this discussion on the effect of the BA in Film och Media (previously Mediekultur) offered by Arcada in the Finlandsvensk community, we…
Read moreWhat is Open Access (OA)? Open access means that research results are made freely accessible in digital form, which promotes the dissemination of research results both within the scientific community and to the public at large. The reader can read free of charge, use, copy, print, and link the OA publications. Read more about Open access in the Libguide for OA. Arcada Library recommends: DOAB (Directory of Open Access…
Read moreDear readers! We are pleased to, finally, be able to announce that our project final seminar is drawing near! Held at Arcada UAS (Helsinki Finland) 14.11.2019 from 10.00-16.00 local time, there is an option of attending in person OR globally online. So, wherever you may be reading this, you have the possibility to join us! We have chosen to call our seminar “The home-care jigsaw: bridgning the pieces together in…
Read moreTidigare i år var vårt team “nice at ping pong” med i Uneton48-tävlingen där vi fick pris för både Bästa Smink samt Domarnas Favorit vilket var huvudpriset! Uneton48 är en tävling där hela produktionen sker under 48 timmar från tävlingens början: manus, inspelningar, editering och ljud som exempel. Det är alltså en hel kortfilmsproduktion på två dygn. Vanligtvis tar det mycket längre att göra en film. Filmen måste fylla vissa…
Read moreOur final day together began with a keynote speech by Raija Hämäläinen from Jyväskylä University, Finland. Her presentation encompassed literacy in technology rich environments (TRE). Specifically, she has been focusing on what the push toward digitization and technology means for those working within higher education. The aim of her research is to gain understanding as to the skill level of Europe’s higher education adult teachers, specifically focusing on technologically rich…
Read moreOur second day of sharing together began with Lazaro Moreno Herrera from Stockholm University, Sweden. His talk focused on some of the challenges within the Nordic context relating to employability. Some of the contextualizing factors within the realities of work market dynamics are due, in part, by new requirements and policies within the EU and nationally that relate to working life. In terms of restructuring within higher education, there are…
Read moreThe TyöPeda & Toteemi project members thought to share some pictures and thoughts about some of the activities from the Nordyrk conference (day 1), taking place at Arcada. The main theme of this conference is, Learning and working life competencies in a future perspective – challenges in professional education. The event kicked-off with a warm greeting from Camilla Wikström-Grotell, followed by a presentation by our Rector Mona Forsskåhl that provided…
Read moreAs the final lab exercise on the Surface Properties course, our materials engineering students last week visited Teknos’ industrial testing facility in Helsinki. Chemist Sami Kivi instructed us on the science and engineering behind paints and coatings, then took us to their spraying building where everyone had the opportunity to spray polyurea coating. It is a waterproof polymer coating that cures rapidly, and due to its toughness and elasticity is…
Read moreOur materials processing students on the Sustainable Engineering course were on the move again today to Viikinmäki waste water treatment plant in Helsinki. We went underground through the largest treatment plant in the Nordic countries, which processes the wastewaters of around 800,000 residents as well as the wastewaters of the region’s industry. We learned about the different treatment stages of screening, sedimentation, aeration and biological filtration, and about the current…
Read moreThis was a real eye-opening excursion for our engineering students, many of whom had lived in Helsinki for years unaware of the huge energy infrastructure under our feet! We visited Helen’s Salmisaari power plant in the Ruoholahti area of Helsinki. It is a combined heat and power (CHP) plant, where the share of renewable energy is increased by burning wood pellets together with coal. We learned about the challenge of…
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