Category: Articles in English

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Social entrepreneurship for sustainable solutions: developing education for impactful change

In an era where traditional economics struggles to address unprecedented social, environmental, and economic challenges, there is a growing search for innovative and inclusive business models. Developing social start-ups is not yet widely practiced at Lapland UAS.

Recognizing this, 20 students from various countries participated in a workshop designed to help them better understand how to create sustainable business ideas with positive social impact.

Kirjoittajan tiedot ja SDG-kuvake.

Actions to strengthen innovation and entrepreneurship in Lapland through the international HEI4S3-RM project

The unique economic structure of Lapland, characterized by its sparse population, needs targeted development efforts.

The objectives of the HEI4S3-RM project were: internal process and capability assessment, project participant and stakeholder activation and knowledge transfer as well as securing entrepreneurial aspect for future innovators with selected actions based on the project results.

Kirjoittajan tiedot ja SDG-kuvake.

Engineers need communication and collaboration skills in green transition 

Engineers of the future will increasingly work with and in green transition. As the world is changing, they need more and more communication and collaboration skills, as well as language skills. The aim of the ECO-GT project is to react and respond to the above mentioned challenges by improving not only engineers´ practical work life skills but adapting local educators´ curricula to meet the needs.

Solving grassroots climate change problems – finding profitable business opportunities

The most significant risk facing businesses is the failure to adapt to climate change.

Can a small start-up business really tackle big challenges such as climate change?The answers to this question were found during theNordplus Intensive Summer School organized in August 2024 in Riga, Latvia.

Kirjoittajan tiedot ja kuvituskuva.

Professional Media Presence for Artists: Empowering Creativity in the Digital Age

The urgency of addressing the professional media presence of artists is undeniable. As society becomes increasingly reliant on digital technology for communication, commerce, and culture, artists must equip themselves with the skills and knowledge necessary to thrive in the digital age.

By embracing initiatives like PMP, artists can collaborate effectively, seizing the opportunities afforded by digital media to enrich their artistic practice and expand their reach in an ever-evolving landscape.

A vision for AI and deep tech enabled sustainable entrepreneurship training development

This article highlights the emerging need to develop educational programs to train professionals capable of designing sustainable business models and create sustainable entrepreneurship by taking advantage of new technologies. SECA project partners have undertaken a new initiative to foster AI and VR enabled innovative sustainable entrepreneurship education development.

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Digital Tourism and Sustainable Tourism Futures

Digital tourism technology has potential to create new opportunities for growth and development and it motivates tourism companies to adopt innovative technologies in their products and services.

The changes in the operating environment challenge the tourism industry. What are the working practices in the world that is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA)?

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International Project Management learning with international partners

Strategic partnership does not just happen, it can be advanced and strengthened through practical collaborative joint actions. An example is Erasmus+ intensive blended study program jointly created and implemented by Lapland UAS, Finland, Fontys UAS, the Netherlands and FH Aachen UAS, Germany.

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Lapland UAS to enhance local employers’ international competence

More university graduates are leaving Finland than are immigrating. It would be important to successfully brand in-service training in international competence so that Finnish and local companies understand its significance and necessity for Finnish working life.

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Arctic networking to make the green shift happen in Lapland

Local actors are key players in creating and implementing green growth and green innovations. The Green growth activities require a strong territorial approach that is supported and boosted by best practices from other regions. The GRUDE project focuses on arctic bioenergy, blue economy and sustainable societies.

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International Project Management competence as a bridge to success

This article aims to look at how can global education is a part of teaching at Lapland UAS and how can its results be seen. It provides a case study of former International Project Management specialization study programme and current training within KATOS project aiming to increase EU funded project competence among relevant regional stakeholders.

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Developing cooperative entrepreneurship in international cooperation – An example of an international project case and its results

A shared coaching model and cooperatives boost entrepreneurship and reduce youth unemployment in the EU. In Lapland, the current availability of cooperative studies is low. Lapland UAS participated in the recently ended Cooperative Campus development project funded by Horizon Europe.