Last month at an alumni event for BBA alumni we had the pleasure to hear, Marjo Rantanen speak about mood design. Mood is something we all experience differently. The base for mood design is the operating environment, the action model and the impressions affects the mood. This is why e.g. leaders should consider mood design in their daily work. In my opinion all team member should consider his or her…
Read moreI hope that you’ve had a great beginning of the year – we’ve already reached March and spring is just around the corner. At Arcada the application to this autumn’s degree programmes is in full swing. Are you thinking about studying again? The application period to our five English and four Swedish master’s degree programmes remains open until 28 March. We’d be delighted to see you back at Arcada! The…
Read moreWe are so happy and proud that Arcada once again placed first in the yearly comparison between universities of applied sciences in Finland! The comparison, that takes results both within education and research into account, is based on the funding indicator put in place by the Ministry of Education and Culture. According to rector Henrik Wolff, this success should first and foremost be credited to ambitious and motivated students and…
Read moreNew beginnings – unlimited possibilities. It is here. The moment we have been waiting for. The grand opening and inauguration party of our first office space since we were established in 2013. Arcada Entrepreneurship Society warmly welcomes all students, alumni, organizations, societies and friends of the entrepreneurial ecosystem to their office inauguration. After a long process our first office space has finally taken shape. We’ve never before had a place where we…
Read moreWinter is almost upon us and the academic year is in full swing. We’ve arranged a few alumni events already this fall and rest assured that there are more to come! One example was a great Arcada Master School event where we welcomed Anssi Tuulenmäki as one of the keynote speakers. Next up on the schedule is that we’re inviting all engineering students and alumni to a breakfast event with…
Read moreFuture change maker; the adventure of your life awaits you! Would like to be jumping of joy as in the picture above with people from all over Finland – all part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem? Would you like to be part of something unique and create movement? Would you like to create opportunities for others and by that receive contacts and friends for life? Do you for example see yourself standing like…
Read moreLast week we celebrated the opening of the academic year. What a great day and feeling – we are welcoming new and older students back to Arcada and once again the campus is full of enthusiastic students. This fall the programme director for our nursing programme, Pamela Gray, is introducing a new course for international students on diversity and inclusion. This course is a working-life project. The goal is for…
Read moreDuring this academic year I’ve had the chance to work together with Arcada’s students in many various projects, when they’ve received commissions from the Communications department or co-operated with external companies or organizations. This is something I’ve thoroughly enjoyed – it’s been rewarding to work closely with students and to gain insights into how they think, feel their joy and see the fantastic results they achieve. We have e.g. published…
Read moreWhile waiting for the summer and sun, a sure sign of spring is that we at Arcada have started planning the next graduation ceremony on 14 June 2017, when we will celebrate our new alumni having finished their studies. The new graduates begin a new phase of their lives in working life. Studies will have to wait for a bit, but we’re sure that the call of the classroom and…
Read moreDear readers, As promised, this week it’s time to get familiar with the NURED Project lead partner Finland & Arcada University of Applied Sciences. Finland is often presented as the land of a thousand lakes and summer villas. The land of dark winters, and a sun that never sets in the summer. The land of Mika Häkkinen, Jean Sibelius, Moomin trolls and Marimekko. There are 5.5 million of us Finns,…
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