At Arcada University of Applied Sciences (UAS), both students and staff are working together to show their support for Ukraine. After three years of full-scale war, the Arcada for Ukraine campaign is needed more than ever, with the goal of raising 25,000 euro to fund an ambulance to be delivered to Ukraine.
According to paragraph 9 of the Universities of Applied Sciences Act, universities of applied sciences are entitled to freedom in teaching and research when carrying out the tasks referred to in the Act.
Arcada has been granted 140,000 euros from the The foundation Brita Maria Renlunds minne to deepen its research in how social humanoid robots can be of use in early childhood education in a safe and pedagogical way.
The first Build Your Network, Build Your Career alumni event, organised collaboratively by five universities of applied sciences in the Helsinki metropolitan area, gathered around 120 international alumni to network and gain career insights.
There were really no other options. A burning passion for grocery stores runs in the family—his grandfather was a shopkeeper, and later, so was his father. Alumnus of the Year Mikko Länsiluoto, Bachelor of Business Administration, is the third generation to follow the same path and considers entrepreneurship to be his greatest strength.
Arcada University of Applied Sciences and LAB University of Applied Sciences are launching a joint English-language Master's programme in emergency care. The programme, Master of Social and Health Care, Emergency Care Systems Development and Leadership, is the first of its kind, and offers healthcare professionals worldwide the opportunity to study fully online.
What started as an idea to create new teaching materials turned into a podcast for anyone interested in current issues within Finland’s healthcare sector. Behind the studio microphones for "Healthcare Horizons – Behind the Scenes of Finnish Healthcare" are Arcada lecturers Lotta Eronen and Mikaela Lindqvist.
