Since 1994, UNESCO and Education International (EI) have celebrated World Teachers’ Day annually on October 5th. Being a teacher at a university of applied sciences is like standing at the crossroads where theory meets practice. It is at this intersection that real...
Strengthening European strategic competitiveness will be a key focus for the upcoming EU election period (2024-2029). We believe that raising the education level of the population, having access to a skilled workforce, providing opportunities for continuous...
Over the past decade, the level of academic freedom has improved in only five small countries, which are home to less than one percent of the world’s population. At the same time, about half of the world’s population – more than four billion people – live in...
European Universities, the European Universities Initiative, European Universities alliances. The project that transforms European higher education has many names. However, few Finns or even students are aware of the initiative. Established in 2017, European...
In 2021, the European Commission issued a recommendation to add micro-credentials to its education and training offering as an initiative to develop the provision of lifelong learning. The goal of the Commission is especially to create clearly identified...
The European Parliamentary elections are upon us once again, and the political climate is heating up across Europe. Elections are not just a circus trick like in some non-democratic countries, but they reflect citizens’ concerns and expectations for the future. As...
The Ministry of Education and Culture has just completed a consultation on the proposed amendments to the Universities Act and the Universities of Applied Sciences Act. The amendments are based on the government programme of the current government led by PM Petteri...
Over the years, student unions and the student movement have acted as the voice for students. The student movement has been a pioneer that has offered solutions for centuries, which the decision-makers sometimes listened to and sometimes didn't. In festive...
Already in the spring, after the elections, concerns began to arise about how our university of applied sciences students will fare when the new government starts working on the government program. In the summer, it became clear that a cold ride was coming, but in...
I was part of a distinctive hyperlocal discussion event, "Why do we need higher education? Being a student in Finland, Estonia and Latvia," which seamlessly merged participants from diverse cities through cutting-edge technology, fostering an immersive pan-European...
