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Arcada builds a unique knowledge centre with focus on health tech

The new learning environment, Arcada Health Tech Hub, offers students, professional occupational therapists and physiotherapists, researchers and companies a space where they can come together around health technology. The centre is built with the support of donations to the fundraising campaign Arcada 25 launched in celebration of Arcada’s 25th anniversary. 

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Arcada participates in the campaign I am anti-racist 24.1–6.2

The Ministry of Justice and The Non-Discrimination Ombudsman are today launching an anti-racist campaign aimed at young adults. Arcada participates in the campaign by raising these issues in our channels and encouraging students and staff to share their thoughts and experiences of racism.

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Partners Meeting in Project DITEPRACT

A meeting of the Erasmus + strategic partnership project DITEPRACT took place on January 11-14 at the University of Malardalen (Sweden)

Pedagogical development work

Rector Mona Forsskåhl elected to Arene's board

Arcada's Rector Mona Forsskåhl has been elected to the Board of the Rectors’ Conference of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences Arene. The new board took office on 1 January.

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Ditepract, Erasmus+ project

The Ditepract project began with a kick off meeting in April this year. The project has started quickly and efficiently in accordance with the project plan.

Pedagogical development work

New project to prevent problems with acid sulphate soils using a mobile app

The new HaSuRiski project draws up risk maps of acid sulphate soils in Finland. Within the project, a prototype for a mobile application will be developed. The app uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to model the risk maps and will help experts plan land use in high-risk areas.

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