My wish is that also in future, Lapland UAS, together with partners, will look to the future and support cross-border projects and educational programmes where the young generation learns about the opportunities of the European Arctic. Because the future is in the North.
There is a need to increase CBC competence among young graduates and education is the key factor that defines the success of CBC cooperation in the future in Barents and circumpolar Arctic region. In years to come we will witness the role of young people and university graduates in overall regional development activities. Collaboration in between Lapland UAS and Kolarctic CBC programme representatives is mutually beneficial.
The business environment in the High North and in other parts of the world is changing due to digitalization, financial and political developments, green economy and globalization. This calls for holistic business understanding, critical thinking, communication, problem solving, scenario writing and ability to work in international context.
Regardless current world politics and fragmentation, intercultural skills are as important as ever. Internationalization has become a strategy line almost in all university strategies and policies. However, it is still a long road ahead to improve and increase intercultural fluency and make it as an integral part of ecosystem of all universities.
Ulster University (UK), the University of Applied Sciences Kempten (Germany) and Lapland University of Applied Sciences (Finland) have developed a pilot project to test the capability of master’s students to work together on a virtual entrepreneurial marketing project.
MEDICO network (Nordic Medication Educators’ Collaboration) focuses on development of medication education in undergraduate nursing programs in all Nordic countries and Estonia.
Leaders are not born: leadership can and should be learnt. Four students took leader´s role in various real life projects.
Raising an awareness on regional issues and CBC from an early stage of the education, we educate a generation of future managers, decision makers and region developers, who with this better understanding of cross-border cooperation mindset.
Five organizations from the northernmost parts of Finland and Sweden joined forces and started a research and development project called Future possibilities for CLT / Nya möjligheter för CLT.
Finland is the Chair of the Arctic Council in 2017–2019. In this issue of LUMEN, the Top of Europe is described and analyzed from different perspectives.
Border expertise is important and needed but when it comes to finding financing no one seems to be ready to provide the resources needed.
When teachers and students co-create the teaching-learning experience, it results in a positive learning outcome. The co-creation that happens in a cross-cultural classroom would imply learning for both students and teachers.
Heart of a story event was organized for the tourism companies along the Northern Lights Route in Finland, Sweden and Norway. The purpose of the event was to inspire and present different storytelling tools to the participants: “Connecting the dots”.
Building a partner network requires individuals to make personal contact with partners and to work actively to bring about collaboration. Maintening international contacts and a partner network has become more demanding in the School of Industry & Natural resources.
The Nordic Green Care co-operation is beginning. The Nordic researcher network has been active for a few years. Through study trips and participation in Green Care events in other countries, connections have been made with higher education institutions, research institutes and Green Care entrepreneurs in Sweden and Norway in particular.
It is important that the institutes of higher education take the role as a link to the Central Europe, US and Asian countries. In these networks, the universities could train people in businesses and business environment of the High North including the sustainable development.
The Nordic countries is the happiest area in the world – can we also be the smartest?
To promote bioeconomy you have to be able to combine different areas of expertise to create new use of bio mass resources. This enables new kind of networks and symbiotic relationships between enterprises even from different lines of industries. International competences are particularly important in the industries where the operations are aimed at international markets.