Finnish expertise is top notch. Finnish education is renowned for its high quality and we also rank high in the equality of education and working life. You might have also heard that Finland is the happiest country in the world.
Niko Arola
project manager
niko.arola@xamk.fi
After taking this online course, you are able to identify Finland as a country of wellbeing, understand the definition of happiness, identify the meaning of hope and quality of life, learn how to utilize the model of Finnish happiness in your own country and life. You also get to play the Finnish happiness game!
This course is available for order from Xamk Open University of Applied Sciences starting autumn 2022Promote your own wellbeing with this online course! This course offers insights on positive mental health and psychology, happiness and resilience and hope. It gives also gives you practical tips on how to use mindfulness, yoga and forest bathing as tools to promote your own wellbeing.
You will reflect your own learning and the experiments of the exercises you have chosen to do. You will also share these thoughts in the discussion area with other students.
This course is available for order from Xamk Open University of Applied Sciences starting autumn 2022.It is time to take matters into your own hands! We encourage you to design and create your own career path and find meaning in your working life. With the help of this course, you will learn more about self-development, self-management, lifelong learning and career design. This course is perfect for women who are interested in self-development and are looking for new views on the topic.
Enroll free of charge on Edufication!What can be gained by offering an immersive experience of an activity, location, or destination? How have the early adopters in Finland made use of modern technology? What are some of the critical things to consider, and where should you even start if you’re considering offering virtual tourism services?
This course provides you with basic information on virtual tourism and its opportunities to the industry. You will learn about the solutions that have been used in the tourism business in Finland. You will get top tips that enable you to utilize these solutions in your own business and create a digital customer journey that helps your business to thrive.
Enroll now for free on Edufication!How can you deliver an authentic and unforgettable experience at scale while preserving the qualities that define the uniqueness of the location? In other words, how can you make your travel business responsible?
This 4-day study tour focuses on the methods, concepts and communication of responsible tourism in a hands-on manner. It’s an excellent opportunity to meet Finnish entrepreneurs and experts and become familiar with the best and most valuable practices in the Lake Saimaa region, where the nature of endless forests and thousands of lakes combine to fascinating scenery and time-stopping pockets of blissful peace and quiet.
This tour is available for order at Xamk's Global Education Services starting autumn 2022.In Finland, nature is all around, which most likely contributes to the country's high scores in the global happiness ratings. Experience the power of the Nordic outdoors and develop your understanding of the relationship between health and habitat.
This course is for tourism and health students interested in wellbeing.
The 90-minute lesson is broadcast from Finland's beautiful nature directly to your classroom. The main goal is to learn about the positive effects that nature can have on wellbeing. You will get to know the key points of Finnish nature and have a relaxing moment during the exercises.
This course is available for order from Xamk's Global Education Services starting autumn 2022.Perhaps a key ingredient to Finland’s educational success lies in nutrition. The Finns believe healthy meals are fundamental to achieving challenging learning objectives and should be available to everyone. A well-fed body makes it possible to focus on feeding the developing mind. So, how do they get it done? Take the tour and find out.
This 3-day study tour focuses on four aspects of school meals services: the concept of Finnish school meal system since 1948; recommendations for healthy food at schools; food education in Finland and cases of applying the Farm to Fork Strategy in the South-Savo region. The study tour gives you an opportunity to become familiar with the Finnish school meal system as well as the farmers and specialists of the field. In addition, you learn about the Finnish food culture and have an excellent opportunity to prepare lunch for yourself according to the healthy Finnish plate model.
This tour is available for order from Xamk's Global Education Services starting autumn 2022.Xamk's RestoLab brings virtual, gaming and VR-enabled learning environment solutions to food and tourism services.
The 3-hour RestoLab tour includes a host in the lab, a presentation of RestoLab, the lab’s philosophy, practical experiments and lunch together in Restaurant Talli. The tour is tailored to the needs of experts, teachers as well as professionals working on municipal administration and international projects.
During your tour, you will learn how RestoLab combines digital solutions in tourism and hospitality studies. You will become familiar with a hybrid model for teaching food preparation. You will learn how students can use digital solutions to develop their hospitality skills or even theory learning using. You will get the opportunity to test the hybrid model and WondaVR-world with VR-glasses.
This visit will be available for order from Xamk's Global Education Services starting autumn 2022Health and happiness go hand in hand, and the Finnish public healthcare system lays a strong foundation for a happy nation. All residents of Finnish municipalities are entitled to high-quality healthcare services at a fraction of their production costs, thanks to considerable funding from the government budget. However, there’s more behind the success of this system than the mere allocation of tax revenue.
This online study visit is for university administration staff, coordinating teachers and hospital management in the field of nursing and rehabilitation.
During this visit, you'll get an overview of how modern facilities, innovative learning environments (such as the Rehabilitation Centre), and a customer-centric approach blend into superior patient care.
This visit is available for order from Xamk Open University of Applied Sciences starting autumn 2022.This online course is suitable for Health and Social Care students and professionals as well as everyone interested in Health and Health promotion.
In this online course you study Health promotion and Global Health. After the course you can apply the theories on health promotion and evidence-based methods in nursing individuals and communities. You also learn about nutrition and how to integrate nutritional care and guidance into comprehensive nursing.
This course is available for order from Xamk's Open University of Applied SciencesIn this online course, you study the acute care of stroke patients. After the course you can apply the theories on acute care and evidence-based methods in nursing neurological patients. You also learn about executive function and grief caused by cerebrial stroke and how to integrate guidance into neurological nursing.
Enroll on this course Did you know that in Finland, VET students can have their learning outcomes validated, irrespective of how and where they have acquired the competence? This assesment is done through competence demonstrations, which are done in close co-operation with the working life. Learn how this process goes in different industries at Esedu Vocational College in South Savo, Finland!
Skills demonstration process in Information and Communications Technology:
Skills demonstration process in Motor Vehicles Sector:
Skills demonstration process in Forestry:
Esedu offers more than 30 vocational qualifications and nearly 40 further and specialist vocational qualifications.
If you want to know more about available studies at South Savo vocational college (Esedu) in Finland, contact Jenni Kolmisoppi (jenni.kolmisoppi(at)esedu.fi).
These courses and educational visits are made within the Exporting expertise and know-how from South-Savo -project. The project is implemented in co-operation between three educational institutions in the region (Xamk, Esedu, and SAMIedu). The project is funded by South Savo Regional Council from the European Regional Development Fund for the period 2019-2022. One of the goals of the project is to develop export cooperation between educational, research and development organizations in the South Savo region.
Osaamisesta vahva vientituote Etelä-Savoon – OVI –
1 August 2019 – 31 August 2022
Lead partner: Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu
Partners: Etelä-Savon Koulutus Oy, Itä-Savon koulutuskuntayhtymä Ammattiopisto Samiedu
Total budget: € 881 895
Financiers and main source of funding: Etelä-Savon maakuntaliitto, Euroopan aluekehitysrahasto
