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“And when the night falls, loneliness calls” – temporal variations of loneliness

07.04.2021 Research

Jonas Tana, PhD, senior lecturer, Department of Healthcare, Arcada UAS, jonas.tana@arcada.fi The Covid-19 pandemic has directed increasing attention to loneliness due to the implementation of rather extensive social restriction measures to reduce the spread of the virus. These restrictions, such as shutting down restaurants and restricting social interaction, had a negative impact on social connectedness, creating a discrepancy between the actual and desired levels of social relationships for many people…

Two Things You Should Know About Studying in Finland and at Arcada

09.02.2021 Education, Student Life

Hello there! I’m Jordi, a Materials Processing Technology (now Mechanical and Sustainability Engineering) student at Arcada University of Applied Sciences (UAS). Most likely you are, as I was back in the day, a bit hesitant on whether enrolling in Arcada to pursue your engineering career is a good choice or not. Short answer: YES, it definitely is, but let’s dig deeper into that answer since there are different things you…

My Master’s Journey

19.01.2021 Alumni, Education, Student Life

Written by Esther Saraste, International Business Management alumna of 2020 Esther Saraste Early in 2017 after a long study break having completed my bachelor studies 21 years earlier in 1998 in the UK, I felt that it was time to continue my studies. I looked at what was on offer and I found Arcada offered a master’s course that ignited an interest in me. After applying and going to the…

Creativity: A Multidisciplinary Systematic Literature Review by Özgür Ak

22.12.2020 Alumni, Education, Research

Creativity and highly creative, influential people have been the focus of philosophers, thinkers, and scholars for thousands of years. Creativity is the first stage of innovation and the essence of the cultural industries. Through a systematic literature review, this study aimed at bringing together various understandings and conceptualizations of the creativity phenomenon from several disciplines to address two gaps: one in cultural industries studies and one in creativity studies in…

A day in the life of an International Business student

16.12.2020 Education, Student Life

Hi there! My name is Nessrine and I am a second year International Business (IB) student majoring in marketing here at Arcada University of Applied Sciences (UAS). I thought it would be fun if I let you in on what a day in my life as a student looks like! International Business student Nessrine. I started my day by getting up earlier than usual because I needed to borrow a…

The Ministry of Education and Culture funds Arcada’s new research programme

15.12.2020 Research

Arcada is very delighted over the funding decisions made at the Ministry of Education and Culture. Arcada has been granted strategic research funding for the research program “AI driven Nordic Health and Welfare“. The research program will start in late 2020 and go on til summer 2023. The total amount of funding is 625 000 euros. Artifical Intelligence and transdisciplinarity in focus Arcada’s successful application was drawn up by a transdisciplinary…

Can We Destigmatize Healthcare Cultures Through Fostering Psychological Safety in Undergraduate Studies?

03.12.2020 Research

Author: Christoffer Ericsson, PhD Student, MSc, MHc, Director – Arcada Patient Safety and Learning Center, christoffer.ericsson@arcada.fi On the beautiful morning of February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia was reentering Earth’s atmosphere when it unexpectedly exploded into parts, killing the entire crew of seven and effectively putting a hold on all funding for space programs and the ISS constriction for a foreseeable future. The underlying reasons for this fatal incident,…

European Paramedic Curriculum (EPaCur) –A Nordic Unification in Paramedic Education?

26.11.2020 Education, Research

Author: Christoffer Ericsson, PhD Student, MSc, MHc, Degree Programme Director – Emergency Care, christoffer.ericsson@arcada.fi Flashing blue lights, traumatic accidents, life-saving acute procedures and time-critical action are elements that identify the innately rough and gritty out-of hospital environment or prehospital emergency care still today, even if mostly through vivid imagery of dramatically staged television scenes. Although these elements still do constitute a significant part of the ambulance work, paramedics today are…

Arcada’s researchers are contributing to the development of an ethical assessment of Artificial Intelligence

25.11.2020 Research

What is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how should we handle the use of AI? These are issues that are being pondered in most EU institutions and large companies today. AI is a loose term that includes most methods (self-learning algorithms) that are used primarily to process collected data and to create decisions based on patterns found in data. In fact, even today, most people use and are controlled by an…