Metrospective Pop
Metrospective Pop publishes articles, podcasts and videos by Metropolia UAS staff and Master's students for the general public.
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Pamela Spokes
Designing change: bringing service design to Namibia’s next generation of university administrators
Introducing service design principles can spark new ways of thinking about education, entrepreneurship, and social innovation.
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Pamela Spokes
Lessons from Namibia: Updating entrepreneurship education for a changing world
A strong entrepreneurial spirit exists in Namibia. Rethinking entrepreneurial education and nurturing startups helps the future of Namibia to bring innovative ideas to life.
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Eunice Siame-Moono, Pamela Spokes, Juha Järvinen
Episode 5: Innovation in Care from the Frontlines – A Conversation with Eunice Siame-Moono
In this episode, we are talking to Eunice Siame-Moono about using innovation tools and methods in healthcare and how new students can look for ways to innovate in their own future careers. She is a student at Metropolia on the cusp of graduating from the Nursing programme with a degree in Engineering and an MBA with aspirations to continue working in healthcare technology of the future.
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Suvi Kiviniemi
Student competitions where everyone wins
What if the spark that ignites a student’s future in their industry isn’t found in textbooks, but in the thrill of competition?
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Pamela Spokes
Prototyping as a tool to move ideas forward
Ideas are easy. What’s hard is figuring out if they are what people want and will use. Prototyping lets us test, tweak, and transform concepts before we waste time perfecting the wrong thing. The prototype stage is not about being right, it’s about being willing to learn.
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Fayez Bassalat
Connecting education and industry in robotics-advancing projects
Research and development projects with industry partners engage students as participants in real-world technological advancement.
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Evelin Delic, Eunice Siame-Moono
Episode 3: Triumphs of bilingual nursing
In this episode of the Journeys in bilingual nursing education podcast third-year student Evelin Delic reflects on her growth through Finland’s bilingual nursing programme, sharing honest insights on overcoming imposter syndrome, building confidence, and becoming a compassionate nurse with host Eunice Siame-Moono.
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Grace Chung
Coordinating cooperation of six higher education institutions brings challenges and benefits
Project coordination is both challenging and rewarding work. Bigger the project, more challenges. Yet, we need the collaboration for better outcomes.
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Nishanie Reckerman, Eunice Siame-Moono
Episode 2: Developing care skills across cultures
In this Journeys in bilingual nursing education podcast Nishanie Reckerman, a third-year student, explores how cultural background and bilingual learning foster empathy, cultural competence, and deeper patient relationships in Finnish nursing.
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Chinazam Ojiyi, Eunice Siame-Moono
Episode 1: Bridging the language gap
In the opening episode of the Journeys in bilingual nursing education podcast, second-year nursing student Chinazam "Naza" Ojiyi shares how she transformed language barriers into bridges of confidence, care, and connection in the TOKASA bilingual nursing programme.
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Pamela Spokes
Rethinking who innovates in your organisation
Innovation in organisations has a role to play for everyone. This article explains, how.
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Pamela Spokes
Empowering staff to build better services in Higher Education
Many university staff assume that design isn’t “their thing” – but design is not only about products or visuals.