Granted networks 2012

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1 Granted networks 2012

2 Sisällys 01 Agricultural Science Architecture Art and Design Business Economics and Management Communication and Information Science Engineering Science and Technology Geography Language and Linguistic Science Law Math and Informatics Medicine Natural Science Social Science Teaching and Teacher Training The Humanities Other Areas of Study The Nordlys network

3 01 Agricultural Science NOVA/BOVA Nordplus HELSINGFORS UNIVERSITET - HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO, FI Janna Koivisto janna.koivisto@helsinki.fi The NOVA/BOVA Nordplus network includes ten Nordic Agricultural, Forestry and Veterinary universities/faculties and four Baltic Forestry, Veterinary and Agricultural Universities. The network offers possibilities for students and teachers to visit other Nordic and Baltic faculties of their fields for shorter or longer periods. has for several years planned and organized joint intensive courses based on active academic and methodological exchange between the institutions. holds two face-to-face meetings annually to discuss the current status of the individual institutions and promote participating institutions to students and teachers., intensive course(s) HELSINGFORS UNIVERSITET - HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO, FI LANDBÚNADARHÁSKOLI ÍSLANDS, IS UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP, NO NORGES VETERINÆRHØGSKOLE, NO SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET, SE KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET, DK KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET, DK AARHUS UNIVERSITET, DK ITÄ-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO - ÖSTRA FINLANDS UNIVERSITET, FI EESTI MAAÜLIKOOL, EE LIETUVOS SVEIKATOS MOKSLU UNIVERSITETAS, LT ALEKSANDRO STULGINSKIO UNIVERSITETAS, LT LATVIJAS LAUKSAIMNIECIBAS UNIVERSITATE LLU, LV NORDNATUR HØGSKOLEN I HEDMARK, NO Barbara Zimmermann barbara.zimmermann@hihm.no NORDNATUR nature has no borders. NORDNATUR is a Nordic-Baltic network of higher education within the field of natural resource management. Our objective is to widen up the national perspective of ecosystem management in order to match the cross-boundary nature of ecosystems and climate. In this way, we aim at educating future natural resource managers with a wide scope and understanding of sustainability. Our network includes 13 partners from all countries included in the Nordic-Baltic region. We are all educating in issues related to natural resource management, even though each of us has specific competences, leading to a wide array of important topics available to our students. Our activities include networking, mobility of students and staff, and intensive courses. We are working on curricula development, joint programmes and other activities. As a centre of information we use our web site on After enlargement of our network in 2008 by including partners from all three Baltic countries, we have worked on deepening the co-operation within our network. Our priorities for 2012/13 are a wide array of intensive courses and joint curriculum development within the field of natural resource management. 3

4 , intensive course(s) LANDBÚNADARHÁSKOLI ÍSLANDS, IS HÁSKÓLINN Á AKUREYRI, IS KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET, DK SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET, SE HÄMEEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI ROVANIEMEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU - ÅBO YRKESHÖGSKOLA, FI YRKESHÖGSKOLAN NOVIA, FI HØGSKOLEN I NORD-TRØNDELAG, NO KAUNO MIŠKU IR APLINKOS INŽINERIJOS KOLEGIJA, LT LATVIJAS LAUKSAIMNIECIBAS UNIVERSITATE LLU, LV EESTI MAAÜLIKOOL, EE 02 Architecture EASTERN BALTIC NETWORK OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCHOOLS EESTI MAAÜLIKOOL, EE Simon Bell simon.bell@emu.ee The project involves the development of networked activities among most of the schools of landscape architecture located in the Eastern Baltic region in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland, with Sweden as a supporting partner and Russia as a non-funded associated partner. The aim is to strengthen the teaching capacities and qualities of each school by cooperating in developmental activities designed to improve the quality and effectiveness of three focus areas: curricula structure and content, teaching methods and teaching and learning support in bachelor and master programmes. The project is seen as a three-year programme with the activities applied for here taking place in all three years with nonfunded work continuing in between. The network will be coordinated by the Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU) and each of the themes will be led by one of the partners supported by several of the others so that the workload is spread across the network. Each of three meetings will be held at a different partner university in order to discuss each theme in turn and to produce documents and other materials which will form the basis for future development and cooperation among the network partners, using mechanisms such as Erasmus teaching exchanges, teaching quality assessments and the development of shared resources. Further funding beyond that applied for here, if available, will provide valuable opportunities for establishing firm cooperation which will be sustainable over the longer term, where network members can continue to meet in order to carry out different joint activities. activities LATVIJAS LAUKSAIMNIECIBAS UNIVERSITATE LLU, LV TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL, EE AALTO- YLIOPISTO/UNIVERSITETET, FI HÄMEEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI KAUNO MIŠKU IR APLINKOS INŽINERIJOS KOLEGIJA, LT VILNIAUS GEDIMINO TECHNIKOS UNIVERSITETAS (VGTU), LT SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET, SE ALEKSANDRO STULGINSKIO UNIVERSITETAS, LT 4

5 03 Art and Design Nordisk Textil Net YRKESHÖGSKOLAN NOVIA, FI Maria Käld Nordisk Textil Net är ett samarbete mellan fyra nordiska textilutbildningar: Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus, Institutt for estetiske fag (Oslo, Norge) Yrkeshögskolan Novia, UP i formgivning (Åbo, Finland) Professionshøjskolen UCC/Håndarbejdets Fremme (København, Danmark) VIA University College, TEKO Design + Business (Herning, Danmark) Målet med samarbetet är att söka alternativa sätt att utforska textilens mångfald och möjligheter i vår tid. Syftet är att tillsammans, med hjälp av våra olika profileringar och kompetenser, komplettera och stöda varandra för att därigenom säkra en fortlöpande kompetenshöjning och god kvalitet på utbildningen i takt med förändringarna i det samhälle vi verkar i. Målet är textila utbildningar med en meningsfull förankring i det samhälle vi lever i. Nätverket har genom åren genomgått förändringar och omfattar idag flera nordiska utbildningar i textil i vid bemärkelse. Nätverkets fokus ligger på hantverket i formgivningen., development projects VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, DK HØGSKOLEN I OSLO OG AKERSHUS, NO PROFESSIONSHØJSKOLEN UCC, DK Explorations of Music and Dance Collaborations in the Arts /The EMDCA TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU - ÅBO YRKESHÖGSKOLA, FI David William Yoken david.yoken@turkuamk.fi The history of this network relates back to the original context and name: Explorations in Music and Dance / The EMD ( ) and the former Explorations in Music and Dance / EMD, and Explorations of Music and Dance in Collaborative Arts / EMDCA ( ). The network s new name The Explorations and Collaborations in the Arts / The ECA reflects the development of collaborative strains uniting diverse artistic disciplines within our partner universities curricula structure. The arts in 2012 and in the future will be seen in the university sector collaborating more and more. This prepares our students to the reality of the work place and their need to have multitasking skills that allow them to communicate beyond their own disciplines, if they expect to find gainful employment in their chosen disciplines., network activities SAVONIA AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI LIETUVOS MUZIKOS IR TEATRO AKADEMIJA, LT KLAIPEDOS UNIVERSITETAS, LT LATVIJAS KULTURAS AKADEMIJA LKua, LV TALLINNA ÜLIKOOL, EE 5

6 RIGAS PEDAGOGIJAS UN IZGLITIBAS VADIBAS AKADEMIJA RPIVA, LV DANS- OCH CIRKUSHÖGSKOLAN, SE KUNGLIGA MUSIKHÖGSKOLAN I STOCKHOLM, SE LISTA UNIVERSITETET I STAVANGER, NO STATENS TEATERSKOLE, DK Ilisimatusarfik, GL EESTI MUUSIKA- JA TEATRIAKADEEMIA, EE TALLINNA ÜLIKOOL, EE GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET, SE Nordplusmusic: NordOpera GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET, SE Margareta Hanning margareta.hanning@hsm.gu.se NordOpera - Opera of the North is a network for Nordic and Baltic opera education on higher education level. The NordOpera network has formalized the cooperation, strengthened it and expanded previously existed Nordic cooperation (the Union of Nordic Operaschools, NOS) with the Baltic countries. NordOpera ensures an extensive, maintaining and longterm collaboration. The aim is to develop the opera education in the Nordic-Baltic area through various projects, coproductions and cooperation., intensive course(s) KUNSTHØGSKOLEN I OSLO, NO EESTI MUUSIKA- JA TEATRIAKADEEMIA, EE J.Vitola Latvijas Muzikas akademija LMuA, LV LIETUVOS MUZIKOS IR TEATRO AKADEMIJA, LT DET KONGELIGE DANSKE MUSIKKONSERVATORIUM, DK OPERAHÖGSKOLAN I STOCKHOLM, SE SIBELIUS-AKATEMIA - SIBELIUS-AKADEMIN, FI NORTEAS NETWORK SYDDANSK MUSIKKONSERVATORIUM OG SKUESPILLERSKOLE, DK Tine Damborg tinedamborg@mac.com Norteas is a Nordplus network for Nordic and Baltic Theatre and Dance institutions of Higher Education. We focus on sharing everyday life on our schools, learning from each other and aim to network and develop international cooperation and teaching of Theatre and Dance in the Nordic- Baltic area. Today 2012 Norteas include 19 schools. SKUESPILLERSKOLEN VED AARHUS TEATER, DK TARTU ÜLIKOOL, EE 6

7 HØGSKOLEN I ØSTFOLD, NO EESTI MUUSIKA- JA TEATRIAKADEEMIA, EE LIETUVOS MUZIKOS IR TEATRO AKADEMIJA, LT TEATTERIKORKEAKOULU - TEATERHÖGSKOLAN, FI LUNDS UNIVERSITET, SE STOCKHOLMS DRAMATISKA HÖGSKOLA, SE LISTA TAMPEREEN YLIOPISTO - TAMMERFORS UNIVERSITET, FI HØGSKOLEN I NORD-TRØNDELAG, NO STATENS TEATERSKOLE, DK Praktikophold for studerende fra uddannelsen til Professionsbachelor i tekstildesign, -håndværk og formidling ved projektet Vatnsdæla-tapetet: Vatnsdælasagaen som broderet tapet på Textilsetur Islands i Blönduós PROFESSIONSHØJSKOLEN UCC, DK Bente Cecilie Bang bcb@ucc.dk Projektet er praktikophold for studerende fra uddannelsen Professionsbachelor i tekstildesign, -håndværk og formidling ved projektet Vatnsdæla-tapetet: Vatnsdælasagaen som broderet tapet på Textilsetur Islands i Blönduós. Håndarbejdets Fremme har indledt et flerårigt samarbejde med Textilsetur Islands omkring tilblivelsen af det store tapet, og samarbejdet har til hensigt fortsat at give studerende mulighed for praktikophold i Blönduós. Textilsetur, IS NordPULS network for jazz, pop and rock KUNGLIGA MUSIKHÖGSKOLAN I STOCKHOLM, SE Johan Falk international@kmh.se The main purpose of the NordPULS network for jazz, pop and rock music genres within music higher education institutions (HEIs) is to promote co-operation in the Nordic-Baltic region and especially to strengthen the above-mentioned musical genres within the member institutions. Especially smaller music institutions or departments still developing and including jazz in the curricula and thus the network continue to develop and grow this year with two new members, one in Estonia and one in Iceland. The network has now 27 members. Coordinating institution is the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Collaboration and joint meetings with the other (5-6) music Nordplus networks are important tools as well as all the possible activities available in the Nordplus higher education programme. The network activates this year will concentrate on mobility of students including express mobility and mobility of teachers, further developing a joint study programme and arranging intensive projects, as well as network meetings as described below. The three main Nordplus music networks Sibelius, NordPULS and Nordtrad have an established joint cooperation. This is to simplify the administration, to strengthen the information (through the common webpage, to better share the workloads and intensify the internal contacts with all the rectors of Nordic- Baltic music HEIs through, ANMA, the Association of Nordic-Baltic Music Academies, A joint executive committee is managing the cooperation between the yearly joint network meetings. Financed by ANMA, a pilot project is 7

8 initiated aiming at developing a common on-line application platform for music student exchanges. The platform shall include possibilities to share music files as a tool for selection of the applicants. The IT department of the Bergen University (through the Grieg Academy) has got the commission to develop the platform., network activities, intensive course(s), joint study programmes RYTMISK MUSIKKONSERVATORIUM, DK DET JYSKE MUSIKKONSERVATORIUM, DK SYDDANSK MUSIKKONSERVATORIUM OG SKUESPILLERSKOLE, DK SIBELIUS-AKATEMIA - SIBELIUS-AKADEMIN, FI METROPOLIA - AMMATTKORKEAKOULU, FI SAVONIA AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI POHJOIS-KARJALAN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI OULUN SEUDUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI LISTA TÒNLISTARSKÒLINN I REYKJAVIK, IS NORGES MUSIKKHØGSKOLE, NO UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN, NO NTNU NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET, NO UNIVERSITETET I AGDER, NO UNIVERSITETET I TROMSØ, NO UNIVERSITETET I STAVANGER, NO GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET, SE LUNDS UNIVERSITET, SE ÖREBRO UNIVERSITET, SE KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET, SE LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET, SE EESTI MUUSIKA- JA TEATRIAKADEEMIA, EE TARTU ÜLIKOOL, EE J.Vitola Latvijas Muzikas akademija LMuA, LV LIETUVOS MUZIKOS IR TEATRO AKADEMIJA, LT YRKESHÖGSKOLAN NOVIA, FI Nordplus SKISS LAHDEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI Kirsti Helena Nenye kirsti.nenye@lamk.fi SKISS - The purpose is to be a Nordic joint network for all the University of Applied Sciences in the field of Fine Arts. The aim is to promote dialogue within partners and increase collaboration in art education. The purpose of the project is to make the Nordic point of view more strong especially among our own partners but also in The Europian level. SKISS network includes both express and long term teacher and student exchange and other activities between Island, Denmark, Estonia and Finland. There are six partner schools together., intensive course(s) MYNDLISTASKÓLINN Á AKUREYRI, IS AARHUS KUNSTAKADEMI, DK TARTU KÕRGEM KUNSTIKOOL, EE 8

9 TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU - ÅBO YRKESHÖGSKOLA, FI YRKESHÖGSKOLAN NOVIA, FI Praktikophold for studerende fra uddannelsen til Professionsbachelor i tekstildesign, -håndværk og formidling ved Husarhaldsskuli Føroya, Klaksvik PROFESSIONSHØJSKOLEN UCC, DK Bente Cecilie Bang bcb@ucc.dk Formålet med projektet er, at studerende fra uddannelsen til Professionsbachelor i tekstildesign, -håndværk og formidling får mulighed for at gennemføre deres korte praktikperiode på 3 uger ved Husarhaldsskuli Føroya, Klaksvik Projektet er praktikophold for studerende fra uddannelsen Professionsbachelor i tekstildesign, -håndværk og formidling ved Husarhaldsskuli Føroya, Klaksvik. Praktikopholdet er på 3 uger. Husarhaldsskuli Føroya, FO Cirrus Cirrus KUNSTHØGSKOLEN I OSLO, NO Alexandra Mertens alexandra.mertens@khio.no The network promotes Nordic-Baltic cooperation between the member institutions through staff, student and researchers's exchange, intensive projects, symposia, meeting points, transfer of knowledge activities, workshops. Cirrus runs 2 annual meetings, one annual curriculum development conference and many smaller seminars, intensive courses and informal meetings. Cirrus has now an effective web system for dissemination and promotion of its activities to all members, and to promote interchange between students of member institutes. Cirrus members have now started opening up courses for express mobility in 2010 with big success., development projects ARKITEKTSKOLEN AARHUS, DK DET KGL. DANSKE KUNSTAKADEMIS SKOLER FOR ARKITEKTUR, DESIGN OG KONSERVERING, DK DET KGL. DANSKE KUNSTAKADEMIS SKOLER FOR ARKITEKTUR, DESIGN OG KONSERVERING, DK DET KGL. DANSKE KUNSTAKADEMIS SKOLER FOR ARKITEKTUR, DESIGN OG KONSERVERING, DK DESIGNSKOLEN KOLDING, DK EESTI KUNSTIAKADEEMIA, EE AALTO- YLIOPISTO/UNIVERSITETET, FI LAHDEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI LAPIN YLIOPISTO - LAPPLANDS UNIVERSITET, FI LISTA 9

10 LATVIJAS MAKSLAS AKADEMIJA LMaA, LV VILNIAUS DAILES AKADEMIJA, LT ARKITEKTUR- OG DESIGNHØGSKOLEN I OSLO, NO HØGSKOLEN I OSLO OG AKERSHUS, NO KUNSTHØGSKOLEN I BERGEN, NO GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET, SE GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET, SE GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET, SE KONSTFACK, SE LUNDS UNIVERSITET, SE UMEÅ UNIVERSITET, SE Dama network LAPIN YLIOPISTO - LAPPLANDS UNIVERSITET, FI Tomi Knuutila tomi.knuutila@ulapland.fi Continue interdisciplinary work with art and design students and teachers on Nordic and Baltic countries, in new locations. Performing arts, such as dance, music, theatre and performance meet art and design studies: spatial design, new media arts and multimedia design, lookign for future fields of sensor-based performance, physical computing in live setting, performing with technology etc. Dama organizes three cutting edge workshops (10th, 11th and 12th in Dama history) and provides also possibilities for longer term student and teacher mobility. The network expands and makes its results more widely available. Dama workshops in continue from where previous workshops have gone: taking technologically augmented actions, installations or performances outside the stage to places which have not traditionally been used for performances. Classrooms, corridors, attics and later on city streets, church ruins and parking halls have been venues for performances, games, hybrid mediaperformances etc., network activities VIEŠOJI ISTAIGA ŠIAURES LIETUVOS KOLEGIJA, LT HÁSKÓLINN Á AKUREYRI, IS TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU - ÅBO YRKESHÖGSKOLA, FI STATENS TEATERSKOLE, DK HÖGSKOLAN PÅ GOTLAND, SE LISTA EESTI KUNSTIAKADEEMIA, EE TARTU ÜLIKOOL, EE RIGAS PEDAGOGIJAS UN IZGLITIBAS VADIBAS AKADEMIJA RPIVA, LV MALMÖ HÖGSKOLA, SE Praktikophold for en studerende ved Figurteateret i Nordland, Stamsund, Norge PROFESSIONSHØJSKOLEN UCC, DK Bente Cecilie Bang bcb@ucc.dk 10

11 Projektet er praktikophold for en studerende fra uddannelsen Professionsbachelor i tekstildesign, -håndværk og formidling ved Figurteateret i Nordland, Stamsund, Norge Figurteateret i Nordland, Stamsund, NO ArtAndDesign Praktikophold for en studerende ved Volcano Icelandic Design, Island PROFESSIONSHØJSKOLEN UCC, DK Bente Cecilie Bang bcb@ucc.dk Projektet er praktikophold for studerende fra uddannelsen Professionsbachelor i tekstildesign, -håndværk og formidling ved Volcano Icelandic Design, Island Volcano Icelandic Design, IS Nordtrad network GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET, SE Ulf Sarner lars.sarner@hsm.gu.se Nordtrad is a network of 16 academies and universities in the Nordic and Baltic countries that offer third level education in folk music. Main focus is to strengthen the Nordic and Baltic folk music educations and create a common Nordic profile through increased cooperation as well as to develop our genre within the area of third level music education, so that it is truly appreciated and can enrich the area of third level education in general, as well as the Nordic and Baltic music scene in general. DET JYSKE MUSIKKONSERVATORIUM, DK TALLINNA ÜLIKOOL, EE EESTI MUUSIKA- JA TEATRIAKADEEMIA, EE J.Vitola Latvijas Muzikas akademija LMuA, LV KESKI-POHJANMAAN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU - MELLERSTA ÖSTERBOTTENS YRKESHÖGSKOLA, FI SIBELIUS-AKATEMIA - SIBELIUS-AKADEMIN, FI POHJOIS-KARJALAN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN, NO NORGES MUSIKKHØGSKOLE, NO HØGSKOLEN I TELEMARK, NO HØGSKOLEN STORD/HAUGESUND, NO 11

12 LIETUVOS MUZIKOS IR TEATRO AKADEMIJA, LT KUNGLIGA MUSIKHÖGSKOLAN I STOCKHOLM, SE LUNDS UNIVERSITET, SE KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET, SE DET JYSKE MUSIKKONSERVATORIUM, DK KUNO - An Art University Without Walls EESTI KUNSTIAKADEEMIA, EE Maria Jürisson international@artun.ee KUNO is a lively and ambitious Nordplus network comprising 16 academies. The aim is to develop fine arts education in the Nordic-Baltic region by carrying out wide range of activities student and academic staff mobility, intensive courses, seminars etc., network activities, intensive course(s) DET KGL. DANSKE KUNSTAKADEMIS SKOLER FOR ARKITEKTUR, DESIGN OG KONSERVERING, DK DET JYSKE KUNSTAKADEMI, DK DET FYNSKE KUNSTAKADEMI, DK KUVATAIDEAKATEMIA - BILDKONSTAKADEMIN, FI LATVIJAS MAKSLAS AKADEMIJA LMaA, LV VILNIAUS DAILES AKADEMIJA, LT LISTA KONSTFACK, SE KUNGLIGA KONSTHÖGSKOLAN, SE LUNDS UNIVERSITET, SE GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET, SE UMEÅ UNIVERSITET, SE KUNSTHØGSKOLEN I OSLO, NO NTNU NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET, NO KUNSTHØGSKOLEN I BERGEN, NO 04 Business Economics and Management NOREK-Nordplus nätverk för ekonomisk och företagsekonomisk utbildning ÅBO AKADEMI, FI Tuija-Liisa Pohja tpohja@abo.fi Vårt nordiska nätverk (NOREK) där handelshögskolor och universitet samarbetar har som mål att: uppmuntra både studenter och lärare att åka på utbyte inom Norden 12

13 öka studenternas kunskap om nordiskt näringsliv, språk, kultur och samhälle. Dessutom vill vi stärka och göra synligare de enskilda institutionernas styrkeområde delta aktivt i nätverket och skapa ett plattform för utbyte av erfarenheter, kompetensutveckling samt överföring av god praxis mellan de samarbetande institutionerna rationalisera arbetet inom Nordplus genom att skapa ett stort och kompetensriktad nätverk; NOREK som ersätter flera små institutioner och var administratörerna kan stöda och utveckla varandra HANDELSHØYSKOLEN BI, NO NORGES HANDELSHØYSKOLE, NO HANDELSHÖGSKOLAN I STOCKHOLM, SE UMEÅ UNIVERSITET, SE GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET, SE UPPSALA UNIVERSITET, SE LUNDS UNIVERSITET, SE LINKÖPINGS UNIVERSITET, SE HÖGSKOLAN I JÖNKÖPING, SE COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL, DK AARHUS UNIVERSITET, DK SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET, DK AALBORG UNIVERSITET, DK AARHUS UNIVERSITET, DK AALTO- YLIOPISTO/UNIVERSITETET, FI JYVÄSKYLÄN YLIOPISTO - JYVÄSKYLÄ UNIVERSITET, FI HANKEN - SVENSKA HANDELSHÖGSKOLAN, FI TAMPEREEN YLIOPISTO - TAMMERFORS UNIVERSITET, FI OULUN YLIOPISTO - ULEÅBORGS UNIVERSITET, FI VAASAN YLIOPISTO - VASA UNIVERSITET, FI LAPPEENRANNAN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPISTO - VILLMANSTRANDS TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET, FI ÅBO AKADEMI, FI TURUN YLIOPISTO - ÅBO UNIVERSITET, FI HÁSKÓLINN Í REYKJAVIK, IS NordBiz MÄLARDALENS HÖGSKOLA, SE Charlotta Edlund charlotta.edlund@mdh.se Our NordBiz network started in the middle of the 90's and has since then successfully worked with student and staff exchange. We have also developed a joint bachelor's program as well as two intensive courses. Our main priority is to assure the quality of all our activities within the network. We make sure that the participating universities support our work. Therefore it is important that the Deans of the partner institutions participate in the development of the network. The goals of our NordBiz network are: - to develop and promote cross-cultural and interdisciplinary courses, academic programs and add value to existing education responsive to a changing global environment; - to facilitate co-operation between universities and enterprises and improve the exchange of information and know-how; 13

14 - to help create distinct competitive advantages for operators/business and enrich the overall image and vitality of the community; - to promote activities which enable the exchange of experience and information regarding higher education regulations and policies among its members; - to enhance the opportunities for educational staff development through staff mobility; - to assist university policy makers in developing the academic culture of their institutions, and; - to promote activities that will enhance the opportunities for student mobility., intensive course(s) AARHUS UNIVERSITET, DK TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL, EE LAHDEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI HÁSKÓLINN Í REYKJAVIK, IS ISM VADYBOS IR EKONOMIKOS UNIVERSITETAS, LT HØGSKOLEN I TELEMARK, NO Developing moral competence in leadership and management VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS, LT Raminta Pucetaite raminta.pucetaite@khf.vu.lt The project is aimed at creating and coordinating an intensive course for Master students of business and economics that stimulates present and future leaders and managers to act in a morally responsible way and deepens their knowledge and skills how to create organizations which contribute to sustainable development. The objectives of the project are as follows 1) to increase students knowledge of ethical and environmental issues (e.g. equality and diversity, ethical leadership, corporate volunteering, standards for environmental management), deepen their understanding how sustainability and ethics can be promoted by management and leadership activities in organizational contexts; 2) to stimulate students critical thinking, moral imagination, empathy and self-reflection with case studies and problem-solving tasks; 3) to develop students skills of working in a multinational group, help them to learn to appreciate diverse perspectives in such cooperation and enhance their experience of dealing with managerial problems in a diverse group, reflecting different societal contexts; 4) to increase the quality of teaching of environmental and ethical aspects in business by using problem-based and interactive teaching and learning methods and, thus, overcome indifference to social and environmental issues that is sometimes conditioned by out-dated teaching methods; 5) to contribute to internationalization of existing programmes at the involved institutions and encourage cooperation among higher education institutions in the Nordic-Baltic region. Intensive course(s) ESTONIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL, EE JYVÄSKYLÄN YLIOPISTO - JYVÄSKYLÄ UNIVERSITET, FI TAMPEREEN YLIOPISTO - TAMMERFORS UNIVERSITET, FI "RIGAS STARPTAUTISKA EKONOMIKAS UN BIZNESA ADMINISTRACIJAS AUGSTSKOLA RSEBAA, LV 14

15 30124 Nordisk Ekonomiskt Samarbete Internationalization in Northern Europe HÄMEEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI Sven Rassl The subject of this project is Internationalization. During the project period conferences will be carried out in the form of intensive weeks, with participants from University of Southern Denmark, Gotland University/Sweden, HAMK University of Applied Sciences/Finland and Stockholm School of Economics in Riga/Latvia. The conferences will be consist of presentations given by students, lectures given by academic staff as well as specialists from relevant organizations. Each conference shall be accompanied by preparatory and post-processing activities on international level. The conferences shall be hosted in annual turns by the respective network partners. The project shall address the specific challenges and opportunities arising from internationalization in the Nordic and Baltic Sea region aiming to strengthen the dialogue and cooperation between its members. A particular emphasis is placed on the integration of the Nordplus Intensive Week into the curricula of the participating universities. SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET, DK HÖGSKOLAN PÅ GOTLAND, SE RIGAS EKONOMIKAS AUGSTSKOLA REA, LV EkoTekNord NORGES INFORMASJONSTEKNOLOGISKE HØGSKOLE NITH, NO Jan Duvaland jd@nith.no The EkoTekNord-network was founded in 1998, when a number of old Nordic networks within business and engineering merged. Today EkoTekNord also includes ICT, communication, media, logistics, entrepreneurship and innovation. There are 19 network partners and the partnership covers all the Nordic and Baltic countries, except Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Nevertheless, these areas are covered under student placement activities. The partnership is open for new partners, which could contribute to fulfil the aims of the network. Potential new partners are being discussed in every annual partner meeting. The most important aim of the EkoTekNord is to promote and develop student and teacher mobility in the Nordic and Baltic countries and at the same time to offer the students an extra dimension with interdisciplinary studies, e.g. within business, engineering, logistics, communication and entrepreneurship. activities are a good way for participating institutions to exchange and disseminate experiences, best practices and innovative results. Student mobility within the network has always been the priority area in cooperation. During the past years the network has spent all the allocated Nordplus mobility grants. The network would also like to engage more teachers in the Nordic Baltic cooperation e.g. in the form of teacher exchanges. Because of limited mobility resources we decided, however, to give priority to student mobility., intensive course(s), development projects INGENIØRHØJSKOLEN I KØBENHAVN, DK ERHVERVSAKADEMIET COPENHAGEN BUSINESS, DK ERHVERVSAKADEMIET LILLEBÆLT, DK TALLINNA TEHNIKAKÕRGKOOL, EE 15

16 HAAGA-HELIA AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI ARCADA - NYLANDS SVENSKA YRKESHÖGSKOLA, FI METROPOLIA - AMMATTKORKEAKOULU, FI HÖGSKOLAN PÅ ÅLAND, FI HÁSKÓLINN Á AKUREYRI, IS KAUNO KOLEGIJA, LT VIDZEMES AUGSTSKOLA ViA, LV HØGSKOLEN I ØSTFOLD, NO HØGSKOLEN I BUSKERUD, NO HØGSKOLEN I OSLO OG AKERSHUS, NO HÖGSKOLAN DALARNA, SE HÖGSKOLAN I JÖNKÖPING, SE HÖGSKOLAN I SKÖVDE, SE Express for Tourism Students VIDZEMES AUGSTSKOLA ViA, LV Liga Tuca liga.tuca@va.lv The project "Express mobility for Tourism Students" will provide 1 week express mobility visits to the host institutions for tourism students, integrated into the regular curriculum of students. The project will involve 48 2nd and 3rd year bachelor level students from Latvia and Estonia studying tourism and tourism guiding. Within the designated study course which involves a need for practical experience of tourism organization and management, students will be instructed and will perform group work of planning a tourism product and carrying out a research about the tourism specifics of the host country. During the mobility students will have introductory lectures on the tourism market and product of the host country, and practical sessions of exploring and evaluating the results of previous planning, including field research, interviews, company visits. After the mobility, students will write report evaluating the acquired knowledge and experience, their input in the preparation of the study visit, and the international and intercultural aspects of the tourism specialist and tour guide. TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL, EE Nordic and Baltic Business Innovation TAMPEREEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU, FI Pirkko Sinikka Varis pirkko.varis@tamk.fi The Nordic and Baltic Business Innovation network consists of five universities in Finland, Denmark, Norway, Lithuania and Estonia. The network cooperates in the fields of business, leadership and management, entrepreneurship, business innovation, design, media and engineering. The aim of the network is to develop innovative and practice-oriented methods for learning and teaching of future business managers for the Nordic and Baltic businesses and to promote entrepreneurship. The network uses partner institutions experiences and knowledge of various learning and teaching methods and through this collects and disseminates information about new innovative and various teaching methods. 16