SHORT ADVANCED PROGRAMME
How to Navigate Through Unfamiliar Contexts – 3rd edition
6 February 2025
The Short Advanced Programme (SAP) ‘How to Navigate Through Unfamiliar Contexts ‘– 3rd edition is jointly coordinated by the Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK), the Polytechnic University of Leiria (IPLeiria), the NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences (NHL Stenden), and the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (FHV).
To face the challenges demanded by a changing and uncertain world, you’ll need many more skills than those you get from your degree. These kinds of skills are called generic competencies or future skills. They include, for example, collaborating with others, problem-solving, flexibility, and taking responsibility. Plus, balancing contradictory demands requires empathy, compassion and respect towards yourself and others.
Understanding how to learn in a self-directed manner and reflecting on your development are two essential skills that will play an increasingly important role in the future of work. Developing future skills will raise your employability prospects, and most importantly, they will enhance your – and your peers’ – well-being.
This SAP aims to make learners aware of the importance of future skills and encourage them to set goals for developing them.
Schedule
10 April 2025 to 23 May 2025
Online sessions
Thursdays
- 10 April, 14h00–16h00 CET • How do you see the world? Future orientation – what is the future you will face?
- 15 April, 14h00–16h00 CET • Future Skills – Sense of Healthy Community.
- 24 April, 14h00–16h00 CET • Future Skills – 3D modelling to Printing.
- 29 April, 14h00–16h00 CET • Intercultural Awareness.
- 8 May, 14h00–16h00 CET • Personal Demands and Resources.
Face-to-face week
From 19 to 23 May at HAMK, in Hämeenlinna, Finland
The world is changing, and so are we. Our contact week allows you to dive deeper into prototyping, wellness and other matters that are relevant to your skill set.
Mode of delivery
Blended
Language of instruction
English
2 ECTS credits
Academic recognition
To be defined by each Home Institution. In general terms, most students will have this RUN-EU SAP certified in the Diploma Supplement as a minimal condition.
Eligible participants
All RUN-EU Degree Students
How to apply
Fill in the application form
Deadline for applications
6 March 2025
Learning outcomes
By the end of this Short Advanced Programme, students will be able to:
- Utilise this information to develop proactive strategies that can be used in navigating unfamiliar contexts.
- Able to think about the requirements for successful working in multidisciplinary and multicultural environments.
- Unravel your own conceptions of learning practices and recognise learning as an important future skill.
- Recognise how future and study skills are related to your well-being and propose solutions for enhancing your well-being.
- Evaluate the development of your future and study skills based on given feedback and self-assessment.
Course Leader
Viivi Virtanen (HAMK)
Jari Jussila (HAMK)
Lecturers
Cláudia Pernencar (IPLeiria)
Natasha Doshi (FHV)
Pei-Pei Vong (NHL Stenden)
Liisa Postareff (HAMK)
Markku Mikkonen (HAMK)
Selection criteria
Selection will be based on requirements and submitted applications concerning motivation.
The selection team will also take steps toward ensuring diversity and representativity.
The total number of students to be selected is 5 students per institution.
Scholarships
The selected students will receive travel grants based on the travel distance and the subsistence costs in the country the SAP is offered in:
Ireland – Finland: €948
Portugal – Finland: €1,133
The Netherlands – Finland: €862
Austria – Finland: €862
Spain – Finland: €948
Belgium – Finland: €862
Coordination
HAMK, Finland
IPLeiria, Portugal
NHL Stenden, The Netherlands
FHV, Austria
Contact anniina.laine@hamk.fi or riikka.tuominen@hamk.fi if you have any further questions.