Tourism companies in Lapland are in many ways trailblazers for internationalisation, when it comes to marketing, serving customers and managing human resources internationally. In this article, we demonstrate how international students can concretely enrich the intercultural competence in local businesses.
Arctic areas, as intrinsically challenging operating areas, require a knowledge of Arctic conditions and the impacts of long distances on activities. In recent years, considerable development work has been conducted in the circular economy field.
Today, networking between individuals and organizations more often takes place digitally. For small firms it is a good way to expand the partnerships and to find new customers. 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.
A novel method – Planet-Centric Design – combines service design with systems thinking. The Idea is to increase master degree students’ awareness of sustainability in the design of new services and business concepts. Based on the student feedback, the implementation of the course was successful.
International students often do not seem to be given the chance to actually get acquainted with local Finnish people, as they instead opt to interact and experience local sights with other non-native students in the end. The Culture Bump initiative is to make planners and participants from different countries and cultures interact with one another.
The cooperation between UAS Technikum Wien and Lapland UAS facilitates student and staff exchange and networking. Over the years, the cooperation has evolved over various fields and formats.
Erasmus Goes Green -project finda solutions to reduce the transport-related carbon footprint of higher education students and staff taking part in Erasmus mobility. When it comes to Finland, Lapland and carbon footprint, we cannot change our remote geographical location in Europe. What we can do, however, is to provide exchange students a country with a well working public transportation system.
Health Africa Network comprises of eight Universities of Applied Sciences in the fields of Health Care, Social Work and Nutrition in Finland and two partner universities in Kenya and Uganda. Each year International Services of Lapland UAS provides exchange opportunities for students and staff of health care and social services.
Sosiaalinen pääoma voi olla joko sisään- tai ulospäin suuntautuvaa. Kansainväliset opiskelijayhteisöt edesauttavat ulospäin suuntautuvan sosiaalisen pääoman syntymistä. Suvi Järvensivulla on kokemusta myös vapaaehtoistyöstä Israelissa, mikä oli myös hyvä tapa päästä osaksi kansainvälistä yhteisöä.
At the moment one will find more than fifty different EU Funding programmes. With built EU project management competence among regional actors in Lapland, it is expected that in the future there will be better understanding about EU external funding and how organisations can apply for it.
Älykäs erikoistuminen tarkoittaa alueellista erilaistumista, jossa esimerkiksi Lapin maakunta alueena tunnistaa omat vahvuutensa, kehittämispotentiaalinsa ja voimavaransa sekä yhdistää voimansa. Olet todennäköisesti jo mukana.
BRIDGE-hankkeessa hyödynnetään monipuolisesti digitaalisia etätyökaluja tiedonjakosovelluksista kokonaisvaltaisiin yhteistyöalustoihin jo keväästä 2019 asti ja aivan erityisesti tänä vuonna.
The future is about more innovative partnerships to help our students to advance and succeed in the future worklife. Isolation of single universities in a world of complex learning systems will seriously limit potential and talents of students.
Verkossa voi työskennellä, ideoida ja verkostoitua digitaalisia apuvälineitä käyttäen. Bridge-hankkeessa kansainväliset ja monialaiset opiskelijatiimit ratkoivat paikallisten yrittäjien antamia haasteita.
Korkeakouluopiskelulla on iso merkitys maahanmuuttajien kotoutumiselle, työllistymiselle ja uralla etenemiselle: kouluttautuminen edesauttaa kiinnittymään yhteiskuntaan ja Lapin alueelle, ammattitaito ja asema työmarkkinoilla paranevat sekä verkostot ja työelämäyhteydet laajenevat. Maahanmuuttajan osaaminen voidaan tunnistaa ja ohjata häntä sopivaan koulutukseen.
Polut-hankkeessa on mallinnettu ja kokeiltu erilaisia tapoja tarjota luontokokemuksia maahanmuuttajille. Lisäksi on tutkittu, millä menetelmillä heitä voidaan auttaa löytämään luonnon tarjoamat hyvinvointi- ja osallisuusvaikutukset sekä ansaintamahdollisuudet.
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.
Yrityksen kasvu ja kilpailukyky edellyttävät data-analytiikan haltuun ottamista. Ennakoivaa data-analytiikkaa hyödyntävät yritykset kasvavat selvästi nopeammin kuin vertailuyritykset. Ennakointityö ja -menetelmät auttavat yrityksiä varautumaan ja tekemään kestäviä ja kannattavia päätöksiä.
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.