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Lappalainen, Sirpa – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2014
In the current economic order, the basic duty of citizens is to find placements in the internationalising labour market. Internationalism has been a common educational objective throughout Europe. Previously associated as a feature of middle-class subjectivities and academic education, it is implemented in the agenda of vocational education as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Social Services, Health Occupations
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Silva, Paulino; Temple, Bryan K.; Kalviainen, Mirja; Mantzalos, Costas; Horky, Emil; Stoklasa, Michal; Orme, Philip – Industry and Higher Education, 2012
A two-week workshop was held in Finland during February 2010 and again in Glasgow in February 2011. The events were sponsored by the European Lifelong Learning programme. Students from Portugal, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Finland and the UK were placed in multicultural teams of five. Each team had two product designers, one graphic designer, one…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Graphic Arts, Innovation
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Stubb, J.; Pyhalto, K.; Lonka, K. – Studies in Continuing Education, 2011
This paper explores doctoral students' experiences of their scholarly communities in terms of socio-psychological well-being. Further, the study examines how experiences were related to study engagement and to self-reported stress, exhaustion, and anxiety. Altogether 669 doctoral students from the University of Helsinki, Finland, responded a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes