Last 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 moreSpringtime has arrived! Two sure signs of spring at Arcada are that many of our students are in the middle of their work practice periods, and that many now hustle to finish up their last courses before graduation. At that point they should be fully prepared to take the step into working life. The newly-graduated alumni have had the chance to get a glimpse of working life already during their studies…
Read moreWelcome to the NURED Project blog on inside.arcada.fi, we are very happy that you found us! Here you will find updates about the project itself, as well as the talent behind it. But for now, let’s start at the very beginning: our logo. A good project needs a good name, so what does “NURED” stand for? Just letters thrown together, or something more? And what about the rest of the…
Read moreDrygt en vecka sedan firades Egilgalan 2015. Nu är galan över och lämnade produktionsteamet med fina minnen och massa ny kunskap. Arbetet som kulturproducentstuderanderna började då vårterminen inleddes har varit en tuff, men lärorik process som gett oss guldvärd erfarenhet. Stämningen då Gloria började packas fullt upp på måndagen den 25.5. kommer alla i produktionsteamet säkert att minnas ännu många år framåt. Då man ordnar ett evenemang finns det mycket saker…
Read moreIn an attempt to further the research and development in the EU region, the commission has revamped how research projects are funded and allocated 80 billion € for R&D over the next few years. This newly released R&D program is called Horizon 2020; and the goal is to simplify and increase the amount of co-operation and research between member states. In a concrete attempt to do this, networking events are held…
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