Society and working life
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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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Ria Gynther
How Game Jams Help Your Professional Development
Game jams can enhance your skills and portfolio, grow your network, and create career opportunities in a dynamic, time-limited setting. This article outlines how participating in game jams can support your development as a game professional.
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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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Eija Raatikainen, Johanna Niemi
Trust and homelessness spoken by professionals
Homelessness is a dynamic phenomenon that is difficult to define, evaluate and monitor. For instance, individuals experience homelessness in different ways. Some go through brief episodes of homelessness or housing insecurity, while others stay longer time without housing (“chronic homelessness”; see OECD 2025, 8-9).
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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
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.
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Ana Raposo, Minna Kaihovirta
Episode 3: Communicating across Europe
In this European connections podcast Minna Kaihovirta and Ana Raposo delve into the topic of communication. All European Universities aim to communicate as effectively as possible and spread the word about what they are doing. The goal is to activate students to make the most out of offered opportunities and at the same time inform a broader audience on how they can participate. As usual there is some struggle in finding the right channels and to reach the right audiences.
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Saija Heinonen
From classroom to game studio – The role of badges in game industry competence mapping
As the game industry evolves, the ability to demonstrate concrete competences is becoming more important than traditional qualifications alone. The Gamebadges project introduces a competence-based open badge ecosystem that helps connect education and game industry by recognising skills in a structured, transparent, and flexible way.
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Koen Van Damme, Minna Kaihovirta
Episode 1: Promoting European values
Values guide our everyday work and interaction. How can we create shared values, when the community consists of several universities throughout Europe? And is it possible to include students and staff in the process of defining values? The European Commission wants all European University Alliances to promote European values. What are those values and how are they reflected in education? In this European connections episode Minna Kaihovirta dives into this topic with Koen Van Damme.
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Eija Raatikainen, Aija Ahokas, Kirsi Tanskanen, Lingga Dewi
Transversal skills – essential for the future working life
A workshop in Indonesia showcased the value of transversal skills, particularly in fostering collaboration within multidisciplinary teams in health care.