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Arcada – A Truly International Experience in Helsinki

03.02.2022 Education, Student Life

Did you know that Arcada University of Applied Sciences (UAS) is the most international UAS in relation to its size in Finland? In fact, there are more than 60 nationalities represented on our campus in Arabianranta. We checked in with two international Arcada students who shared their experiences from living in Finland and studying at the UAS. They are Do Pham Hoang Oanh from Vietnam, a freshman in the International…

Arcada – A Truly International Experience in Helsinki
Banner photo of two students with Arcada logo in the middle

Winter adventures in Helsinki

21.12.2021 Student Life

Are the colder months in Helsinki making you feel a bit low? Look no further, here is a list of fun activities to help you keep the morale high! Now that winter has arrived and the hours of daylight are becoming scarcer, it is normal to feel bluer and more dejected than usual. Sadly, this is a very common reality for everyone here in Finland, old and new residents alike….

Winter adventures in Helsinki
A christmas tree

Why I Chose Finland as My Study Destination (and Would Do It All Over Again)

06.12.2021 Education, Student Life

The happiest country in the world, high-quality education and beautiful nature – what is not to like? Arcada students Hanna and Maksim chose Finland as their study destination and today, on the Finnish Independence Day, they share their thoughts on why they would make the same choice all over again. Hanna Muller, Mechanical and Sustainable Engineering student from Australia: The first reason I chose Finland as my study destination is…

Why I Chose Finland as My Study Destination (and Would Do It All Over Again)
Students with Finnish flag in the middle

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Or is it?

01.12.2021 Research

Jonas Tana, PhD., senior lecturer, Department of Healthcare, jonas.tana@arcada.fi ‘Tis the season. This means that Mariah Carey’s ‘All I want for Christmas’ has started its yearly climb in YouTube statistics, Bing Crosby’s ‘White Christmas’ can be heard in almost all department stores, and Whams ‘Last Christmas’ torrents almost all radio stations. This can for many trigger different feelings, from joy and delight to nausea, stress and anxiety, as the Christmas…

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Or is it?

Prospects in telerehabilitation

17.11.2021 Research

Thomas Hellstén, PhD student, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Department of Health and Welfare, Arcada, thomas.hellsten@arcada.fi Jonny Karlsson, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Information Technology, Degree Programme Director, Department of Business Management and Analytics, Arcada Jyrki Kettunen, PhD, Docent, Physiotherapist, Department of Health and Welfare, Arcada   The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has increased the use of telerehabilitation (TR) in the daily work of physiotherapists and forced health care organisations to implement new…

Prospects in telerehabilitation

En Filmproduktion i startgropen: av Robert Nordström

05.10.2021 Education, Research

    Jag befinner mig så långt västerut man kan komma i Europa, på en ö som heter Achill Island på Irland. Jag har blivit anlitad som filmfotograf på en finsk-irländsk samproduktion som utspelas i sin helhet här på Irland.   I mitt kontrakt med det irländska produktionsbolaget har jag kommit överens om att inte uttala mig om något specifikt om denna produktion utan ett godkännande av produktionsbolaget. Därför tar…

En Filmproduktion i startgropen: av Robert Nordström

The effect of brand function if an advertisement fails: One minute and 49 seconds that cost $8 billion, by Anne Liikanen

15.06.2021 Alumni, Entrepreneurship

Expectations for the man and the role of the man have undergone a drastic change in recent decades. Simultaneously the role and influence of the consumer has become increasingly influential as the Internet enabling two-way communication. As well-being has increased, ethical values have been emphasized in terms of consumers behavior adding new kinds of pressure on companies to respond to consumers’ changing behavior. All of these changes together resulted in…

The effect of brand function if an advertisement fails: One minute and 49 seconds that cost $8 billion, by Anne Liikanen

Digital Economy: Analyzing the influence of social media marketing and platform-based economy on the food industries in Finland. by Kashi Gauli

08.06.2021 Alumni, Education

The impact of social media marketing and platform-based economies on the Finnish food industry was the focus of my research paper. This issue appealed to me because I’ve worked in the restaurant industry in Finland on several occasions. In the last several years, I’ve noticed a substantial increase in restaurants’ use of social media marketing and platform-based meal delivery services. The vast majority of internet customers utilize social media daily…

Digital Economy: Analyzing the influence of social media marketing and platform-based economy on the food industries in Finland. by Kashi Gauli

Cartoon Influencers: The Influencer storytelling format as a potential mainstream alternative for animated media by Daniel Farrera

04.06.2021 Alumni, Education, Entrepreneurship

Since the early days of animation, creators have been seeking ways to build bridges between the fictional worlds of animated characters and the real world through interaction with the audience. New technologies and social media allow for narratives which cartoon characters can use to have a multi-platform interaction with broad audiences, and create strong emotional bonds with them as the phenomenon that this research classifies as “Cartoon Influencers”. The goal…

Cartoon Influencers: The Influencer storytelling format as a potential mainstream alternative for animated media by Daniel Farrera

Developing meaningful distance learning experiences in the era and post-era of Covid by Samuli Homanen

04.06.2021 Alumni, Education

The study explores the challenges and opportunities that have arisen during Covid as higher education moved to distance learning. This is done by conducting a holistic literature review on the subject. The choice of the thesis topic was natural because I am interested in the development possibilities of technologies related to education. In particular, the numerous technologies of the future, such as virtual reality, augmented reality and have long been…

Developing meaningful distance learning experiences in the era and post-era of Covid by Samuli Homanen
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