Projects

PlastExpo Nordic 2020 at Messukeskus, Helsinki

11.03.2020 Cooperation, Events, Projects

Despite all the worries and uncertainties with epidemics/pandemics the leading industrial events in Northern Europe at Messukeskus Expo and Convention Center Helsinki 11–12 March 2020 took place. The trade events for the packaging, food and drink, and plastics industries – PacTec, FoodTec and PlastExpo Nordic – brought together industry professionals at Messukeskus in Helsinki. Arcada UAS organised booth at PlastExpo Nordic fair area hosted by 4 students from engineering study…

Ending the NURED Project: final products, and final thoughts.

28.02.2020 Education, Projects, Research

The NURED Project has reached the end of the road! After November 2019 all our activities were wrapped up, and now by the end of February also our administrative tasks are slowly coming to an end. And did we reach the goal? Yes, we most certainly did: Our aligned curriculas for home care nursing in the Baltic Sea Region (16 ECTS, EQF levels 5 and 6) are available for FREE…

Learning from Scratch

17.01.2020 Cooperation, Education, Projects

Owen Kelly (D. Phil), Principal lecturer in Online Media, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS In November 2019 I reported about a project that Irma Sippola and I started and which we call Snowcastle Valley. As part of this I have committed myself to teach eleven teenage girls and women, and five teenage boys, all school dropouts living below the poverty line, to code using the Scratch programming…

Nytt i biblioteket och julinfo

13.12.2019 Education, Projects, Student Life

Vi har tagit i bruk en självbetjäningshylla för reserverade böcker. Hyllan finns vid lånedisken. Alla har fått en automatiskt genererad nummerserie som reservationskod (exempel: 1234-1234-1234). Du ser din reservationskod i ankostmeddelandet, och i din profil i Arcada Finna. Byt gärna koden till något självvalt via Arcada Finna. Kom ihåg att låna boken i låneautomaten! Vi har fått två nya grupprum. Det ena är stort och luftigt och rymmer en betydligt…

A new study module up and running

19.11.2019 Education, Projects

Monday morning started in Arcada’s simulation center, where students in the study module My Future Work Life 1 experienced learning in a different environment than usual. The brand new study module is open for all students in all programmes, however it just so happens that the participants this first time are all engineering students. This was one workshop out of five, and the topic was communication, verbal as well as…

Ocean Exchange 2019

11.11.2019 Education, Projects, Student Life

Hi and greetings from Fort Lauderdale, Florida! Its been warm and sunny. This blog post is continuing the intelligencehunt #5 blog post. Those who know, the team I was part of won the intelligencehunt competition in Oslo this summer, and our prize was to attend the Ocean Exchange as VIP guest in Fort Lauderdale. This happened a few weeks ago. Our team travelled to Miami and enjoyed a couple of…

Our new students are curious and motivated to learn!

10.10.2019 Education, Projects, Research, Student Life

During the first week of this semester, all new students (N=678) in our bachelor programmes were invited to participate in a survey called Me and My Knowledge. The students completed the web survey during scheduled sessions, and (most probably) due to this arrangement, we managed to collect 521 responses, out of which the major part is complete. Our sincerest thanks to all participating students! With 71 statements, the web survey…

Managing Eco anxiety: “Who owns your pain?”

30.09.2019 Education, Projects, Research

Tomas Träskman, Degree Programme Director: Cultural Management, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS. Since many of the students of Cultural Management write their thesis immersed in practice I often arrange supervision in the environment where they actually do that practice. At times it can be really inspiring. In connection to one such supervision, I had the opportunity to take part in “Creative Mornings” an event all around the…

The NURED Final Seminar – WELCOME!

30.09.2019 Cooperation, Education, Events, Projects

Dear 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…

Toteemi Summer Reflections from Arcada

05.08.2019 Projects

The spring and the summer, have been a busy time for Toteemi at Arcada. We have, during the spring, completed and refined all of the planned Toteemi initiatives and the active dissemination has started. At the Nordyrk conference we had both posters and oral presentations. Our initiatives focused on diversity and recognition of competencies among foreign students (especially students who had a degree or profession from their home country), on…