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Narrow is Wide – On the Future of Finlandssvensk Film

18.12.2019 Alumni, Education, Events

Jan Nåls, Principal Lecturer, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS The Swedish speaking minority in Finland has its own unique film culture – commonly referred to as Finlandssvensk film. Historically, it has been an unruly child who has demanded a little bit too much attention and money, a troublemaker with identity issues, part of a relatively civilised cultural family whose members are accustomed to other, more traditional, modes of…

AES: Helsinki Entrepreneurship Community Meeting

13.02.2017 Entrepreneurship, Projects

Hello all, On Wednesday (8.2) the whole entrepreneurial community from Helsinki region met at Maria 0-1 for the Helsinki Entrepreneurship Community Meeting. An amazing event organised together with most of the entrepreneurship societies based in and around Helsinki. The following organizations’ new board members were present: Helsinki Think Company, Laurea Entrepreneurship Society, Haaga-Helia Entrepreneurship Society, Hanken Entrepreneurship Society and Aalto Entrepreneurship Society. An event truly about networking and coming together for collaboration and…

Masterstudenter handleder bachelorstudenter digitalt

07.02.2017 Education, Projects

Som ett försök har Arcada erbjudit mastersstudenter en valfri kurs i digitalt teamledarskap. Det handlade om att masterstudenter fungerade som basgruppshandledare för ergoterapi- och socionomstudenter på bachelornivå. Kursen ”människans utveckling ur ett livscykelperspektiv” som de ca 75 bachelorstudenterna deltog i, genomfördes till stora delar som en nätkurs. Studenterna var indelade i tio basgrupper och varje masterstudent hade två egna grupper att ansvara för, med 8-9 studenter var. Kompetensen som masterstudenterna…

Arbetstrivselkartläggning är viktigt

31.01.2017 Education, Research

Linda Westerberg har presenterat sitt masterarbete ”Delaktighetsfrämjande arbetstrivselkartläggning – en studie inom Sibbo kommuns äldreomsorg”. I sitt arbete visar Linda på att kartläggningar av arbetshälsa mycket väl också kan vara delaktighetsfrämjande. Grattis Linda! Hör Linda Westerberg själv berätta om sitt masterarbete på Arcada!

AES: My Future Work 2017

27.01.2017 Entrepreneurship, Events

Hello all, It was such a pleasure to meet and talk with you all at My Future Work 2017! We really enjoyed that so many of you visited our stand, networked, participated in our competition and overall wanted to discuss and hear more about our society, ideas and coming projects. We also had Per Simberg, our vice chairman on stage as part of the program telling about us. Hopefully you enjoyed…

3 ways that eHealth is a game changer for health promotion in workplaces

26.01.2017 Education, Research

eHealth is changing the very way in which we deliver, discuss and follow up on our health. The shift taking place in healthcare includes health-promoting in workplaces, which is a prioritized health-promoting arena. It is in and from our workplaces that we get “affected” both physically and mentally. We are rewarded economically and our own well-being translates into our families’ well-being. Promoting health in the workplaces already takes on many…

Foreign perspectives on studying at Arcada!

26.01.2016 Education, Student Life

This year’s application period to Arcada’s bachelor’s degree programmes in English is soon coming to a close. The applicants are, as usual, a mix of ambitious young people from every corner of the world as well as internationally-minded young Finns. We know that many of you are in the middle of putting the final touches to your applications in Nursing, International Business and Materials Processing Technology, and we are very excited to meet all…

#ArcadaUAS at #SLUSH15

21.11.2015 Entrepreneurship, Events

The 11th and 12th of November 2015, some students from Arcada had the opportunity to participate to the biggest business and innovation event in Helsinki, SLUSH. This event was organized almost only by volunteers to help startups and talented people to show their ideas and meet investors to allow them make their dreams come true; as well to have a collaboration with others startups and companies. This year, 15.000 attendees,…

Alumnträff för ingenjörer

29.10.2015 Alumni, Events

Onsdagen 14.10 samlades ett 40-tal ingenjörer utexaminerade från Tekniska Läroverket och Arcada för att höra de nyaste vindarna inom ingenjörsutbildningen på Arcada samt hur framtidens ingenjör ser ut. Driftingenjörsförbundet hälsade välkommen och berättade om aktuella ärenden inom förbundet och arbetsmarknaden, varefter yrkeshögskolans representanter presenterade utbildningen samt den på Arcada utvecklade värmeförlustmätaren. Efter presentationerna var det tid för ost och vin med mingel. Ingenjörer från studerande till pensionärer minglade livligt, och…

En kväll fylld av livliga diskussioner för företagsamma

27.10.2015 Alumni, Events

Igår kväll hade vi glädjen att bjuda in alumner och studenter till en kväll för företagare och företagsamma på Il Birrificio, som ägs av Arcada alumnen Jens Hampf. Kvällen började med att Jens berättade sin ”företagarstory” – om hur La Torrefazione, Fratello och nu senast Il Birrificio kom till och hur det är att jobba inom restaurangbranschen i Helsingfors. Vi fick också höra Jens berätta om ölproduktionen samtidigt som vi…