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Combining expertise from linguistics and tourism: a tale of two cities
2020
This case study presents the results of an interdisciplinary Virtual Exchange (VE) that was arranged between Finnish and Polish students in 2019. During their six-week collaboration, the students of language studies at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, worked in teams together with their Polish peers specialising in information and communications technology and management in tourism at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. The international teams combined their linguistic and tourism-promotion expertise, and, using collaborative digital tools, grappled with the tasks of analysing the official municipal city websites and promoting the lesser-known aspects of their sister cities (…
Promoting Employability in Higher Education: A Case Study on Boosting Entrepreneurship Skills
2020
How can higher education increase the employability of university students? We present a case study on an innovative training itinerary aimed to promote the participation of teaching staff to stimulate the creativity of students and enhance their employability skills. Students acquire the entrepreneurship competences by applying the problem-solving methodology to their innovative projects based on sustainable development. The participation in the contest shows a growing importance, with topics ranging from the more technical ones, such as nutrition innovation, science innovation, or sustainability, to the social projects, related to social services, inclusion, or services against gender vio…
Business Cooperation - Improving The Working Life Relevance of Higher Education
2021
Education programmes should provide students with the skills for working life. This is important not only for students, but also for companies. Skills refers, in addition to competence in a specific area, to general competencies, working life practices in common use and, for example, knowledge of software used in the business world. It is even more important to take into account the needs of working life when teaching adult students, who often study alongside work with the aim of progressing in their careers. In spring 2019, Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius conducted a survey targeting information and communication technology (ICT) companies in its local area. The results highlighted…
Vispārējās nodarbinātības prasmju attīstības veicināšana studiju procesā augstskolā (Gruzijas gadījums)
2018
Jaunam absolventam vairs nav pietiekamas zināšanas par akadēmisko priekšmetu, jo mūsdienu izaicinošā pasaule ir izrādījusi, ka prasmju apgūšana arvien vairāk ir svarīga 21. gadsimta audzēkņiem, kuri, domājams, tiek attīstīti vienā īpašu kontekstu (mūsu gadījumā augstākās izglītības iestādēs), un pēc tam tos varētu pārveidot citās situācijās, piemēram, nodarbinātībā vai dzīvē kopumā. Tā kā sugas nodarbinātības prasmes (pārnesamas prasmes, vispārīgās prasmes, pamatprasmes, dzīves prasmes, 21. gadsimta iemaņas vai pamatprasmes), jo dažādie autori to dažādos veidos marķē, šajā rakstā tiek izmantotas "vispārējās nodarbinātības prasmes" ir būtiski, lai efektīvi veiktu ne tikai darba vietā, bet ar…