Arcada's Vice Rector for research and innovation, Henrika Franck, has been appointed Docent of Organisation and Management at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Business and Economics at Åbo Akademi University.
The spread of infection in the capital region during the second half of November went from the acceleration phase to the spread phase and there is a risk that the situation will get worse in the coming weeks.
The elderly care must be renewed. The sector has problems with staff shortage and overwhelming workload among staff. Self-managing work teams is an alternative that has been successful in the social and health care sector for both employees and clients.
Finland’s coronavirus situation is rapidly deteriorating, and there are also chains of infection among students at universities of applied sciences. This has led to an increase in distance learning and even to the closure of campuses in different parts of Finland.
The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare has updated its recommendation on the use of face masks. The updated recommendation also applies to higher educations institutions during the epidemic’s so-called acceleration phase.
Several coronavirus infections (COVID-19) have been found at Arcada University of Applied Sciences during last week. The people known to have been exposed through close contact have been contacted and quarantined by the City of Helsinki Epidemiologic Operations Unit.
The film Emotional Labour Club (in Swedish: Anonyma kärleksarbetare), created by students at Arcada’s bachelor’s degree programme in film and media, will be shown in September at the Love & Anarchy film festival.
Anne Söderlund, Professor in Physiotherapy at Mälardalen University, will be Arcada's first affiliated professor. With the appointment, Arcada wants to strengthen its Nordic network and research.
