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Arcada celebrates 10 years in Green Office

A concrete result of Arcada's work for sustainability is WWF's Green Office certification, which Arcada was granted as early as 2011. Ten years later, the work for increased eco-efficiency continues with annual follow-up.

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Furthering the Integration of Internationally Educated Nurses – Arcada signs MoU with FiNAN

Internationally educated nurses are a great asset for Finland. To ensure that they have the qualifications required and access to further education, the Department of Healthcare at Arcada University of Applied Sciences and the Filipino Nurses Association in the Nordic Region have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).  

Category: Partnerships

Arcada launches Job Portal – A new online career service with many opportunities

Arcada Job Portal is a new online career service for students. The platform gives employers broader opportunities to make their company visible through their own profile. It also serves as a gathering place for career-related material. 

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Gyöngyi Kovács and Nina Lindfors new members of Arcada's board

Kovács and Lindfors were elected to the board of Arcada University of Applied Sciences during the Annual General Meeting in May. Marcus Rantala continues as Chairman of the Board. 

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New Arcada project aims to create AI algorithms to recognise Swedish dialects in Finland

A speech recognition research project developing and testing AI algorithms that will recognise some of the different Swedish-speaking dialects across Finland has been launched by Arcada University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with Åbo Akademi University and StageZero Technologies.  

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Arcada takes next step in Ethics and AI research – Roberto V. Zicari new affiliated professor

Professor Roberto V. Zicari, founder of the Frankfurt Big Data Lab at Goethe University and leading the Z-Inspection® initiative, becomes one of Arcada’s affiliated professors. With the appointment, Arcada wants to further strengthen its focus on research in artificial intelligence, especially knowledge of ethical issues related to the field. 

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Arcada and Prakticum are launching new career center

A new career center will begin operations in Arabianranta, Helsinki next week. Karriärcenter Arabia, which is launched by Arcada, Prakticum and Sveps, will offer versatile councelling services in Swedish for young people and adults. 

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Arcada's nursing programme best in Finland

Arcada's nursing students are the most satisfied with their education in a comparison between the Finnish universities of applied sciences. This is shown by the AVOP survey 2020, a response survey for students at the universities of applied sciences who are in the final stages of their studies. 

Category: Education

Arcada receives Horizon 2020 funding for cultural heritage project

The Department of Culture and Media at Arcada receives EU’s Horizon 2020 funding together with a large consortium.

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