RDPLUS NETWORKS 2010 Contents 01 Agricultural Science... 2 02 Architecture... 4 03 Art and Design... 5 04 Business Economics and Management... 13 05 Teaching and Teacher Training... 22 06 Engineering Science and Technology... 41 07 Geography... 46 08 The Humanities... 48 09 Language and Linguistic Science... 63 10 Law... 66 11 Math and Informatics... 67 12 Medicine... 69 13 Natural Science... 95 14 Social Science... 101 15 Communication and Information Science... 115 16 Other Areas of Study... 120 1
01 Agricultural Science ID: 21352 Network: VA/BOVA Nordplus Network Coordinating institution: LANDBÚNADARHÁSKOLI ÍSLANDS : Coordinator: Thorbjorg Valdis Kristjansdottir (tvk@lbhi.is) Network description: The VA/BOVA Nordplus network works to increase the student and teacher mobility between the Nordic and Baltic partners. We want to facilitate the mobility and we are intensifying our efforts to offer intensive courses. The bringing together of students, teachers and scientists in the VA /BOVA network will enhance both education and research. The network will participate in developing and implementing joint curricula and course plans as well as other educational projects., INTENSIVE COUR HELSINGFORS UNIVERSITET - HELSINGIN YLIOPTO HELSINGFORS UNIVERSITET - HELSINGIN YLIOPTO UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP RGES VETERINÆRHØGSKOLE SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET AARHUS UNIVERSITET ITÄ-SUOMEN YLIOPTO STI MAAÜLIKOOL LIETUVOS VETERINARIJOS AKADEMIJA LIETUVOS ŽEMES UKIO UNIVERSITETAS LATVIJAS LAUKSAIMNIECIBAS UNIVERSITATE LT LT LV ID: 21725 Network: Jordbrug 2000 Coordinating institution: SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET : Coordinator: Helena Karlén (Helena.Karlen@ltj.slu.se) Network description: Nätverket önskar sammanföra lärare med olika kompetenser inom det tvärvetenskapliga ämnesområdet hortikultur och studenter på olika trädgårdsprogram i Norden. Målet är nätverksbyggande och erfarenhetsutbyte på olika plan samt kompetenshöjning för alla involverade inom områden som bedöms ha utvecklingspotential. Genom att utnyttja särkompetens som finns på olika håll inom Norden, kan nya idéer väckas, nischer upptäckas som i sin tur inspirerar till nyföretagande och ökad konkurrenskraft för den nordiska trädgårdsodlingen. YRKESHÖGSKOLAN VIA 2
ID: 21883 Network: Education for sustainable agriculture in the Baltic Sea region Coordinating institution: YRKESHÖGSKOLAN VIA : Coordinator: Paul Riesinger (paul.riesinger@novia.fi) Network description: The network Education for sustainable agriculture in the Baltic Sea region intends to encourage mobility of students and teachers between agricultural universities in the Baltic Sea region, and to stimulate co-operation between these universities in vocational matters and curriculum planning. The universities co-operating in this network educate students at Bachelor- and Master-levels, and network activities therefore generally aim to integrate applied science with practical applications. The network headline is the development of sustainable agriculture., INTENSIVE COUR LIETUVOS ŽEMES UKIO UNIVERSITETAS STI MAAÜLIKOOL LT ID: 22073 Network: RDNATUR Coordinating institution: HØGSKOLEN I HEDMARK : Coordinator: Barbara Zimmermann (barbara.zimmermann@hihm.no) Network description: The primary purpose of the present network RDNATUR is to create a Nordic-Baltic HE platform for sustainable ecosystem management. Despite of ecosystems and climatic issues being cross-bordering, today s management of natural resources mostly keeps to national borders. We aim at a) improving the quality of higher education within this topic; b) building up a cross-bordering understanding of the topic; c) educating future managers and researchers that are aware of and can act on international issues of sustainability. For the study year 2010/2011, we are aiming at deepening and increasing the quality of the recently enlarged network, and at developing joint curricula, intensive courses and master programme with focus on climatic issues., INTENSIVE COUR, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT HÁSKÓLINN Á AKUREYRI LANDBÚNADARHÁSKOLI ÍSLANDS KØBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET HÄMN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU ROVANIEMEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU - ÅBO YRKESHÖGSKOLA YRKESHÖGSKOLAN VIA HØGSKOLEN I RD-TRØNDELAG KAU MIŠKU IR APLINKOS INŽINERIJOS KOLEGIJA STI MAAÜLIKOOL LATVIJAS LAUKSAIMNIECIBAS UNIVERSITATE LT LV 3
02 Architecture ID: 22787 Network: Nordic Academy of Architecture Coordinating institution: CHALMERS TEKNKA HÖGSKOLA : Coordinator: Catharina Anna Dyrssen (dyrssen@chalmers.se) Network description: The purpose is to develop a Joint Nordic Postgraduate Masters Programme in Climate Neutral Architecture and Sustainable Built Environment. The aim is to form an advanced Nordic education designed to confront the issues of climate strains caused by the built environment, with the ambition to develop architectural knowledge on how to design and build for much less resources and energy use, smarter spatial solutions, constructions and materials, and in accordance with climate conditions to develop resilient and sustainable architecture; take care of existing building stocks by resilient and sustainable conservation and transformation; develop and transform cities, regions and urban landscapes that will lead to less climate strains, as indicated above, also addressing sustainable aspects of traffic and built environment as well as social dimensions such as segregation, democracy, safety, health and accessibility to public space. The Joint Nordic Postgraduate Master's Programme will focus on climate conditions north of the 55th longitude, and it will incorporate the concepts of sustainability and resilience in all parts of the planning and building processes, from the choice and use of building materials and components, through reinforcing and further developing practices of recycling, waste management and low energy use, to incorporating green city" standards in urban planning and management. The programme addresses graduated architects, landscape architects, urban planners, engineers, constructors and professionals with a bachelor degree all with at least 5 years of working experience. The programme may admit masterstudents from all the Nordic and the Baltic countries, as well as students from outside this area. Mobility is an essential feature of the programme. The master students will attend studio courses at at least four Nordic institutions. A part from the studio courses, the pedagogical approach is based on e-learning, group work via internet (Skype), literature study and project work. This application has five main objectives: 1. to make a thorough inventory and analysis of competences among the Nordic and Baltic schools of architecture for the indicated master programme; 2. to make a more thorough inventory and analysis of the academic and professional need and expectations for this kind of programme; 3. to map the gap between existing and needed competences; 4. to discuss the gap at a Nordic seminar; 5. on the basis of the analyses, to develop a joint curriculum for a Nordic Postgraduate Master Programme as indicated. JOINT STUDY PROGRAM OULUN YLIOPTO - ULEÅBORGS UNIVERSITET ARKITEKTSKOLEN AARHUS ARKITEKTUR- OG DESIGNHØGSKOLEN I OSLO 4
03 Art and Design ID: 21277 Network: RTEAS Coordinating institution: TAMPERN YLIOPTO - TAMMERFORS UNIVERSITET : Coordinator: Maria Emilia Salomaa (maria.salomaa@uta.fi) Network description: Norteas is a Nordplus network for Nordic and Baltic Theatre and Dance Institutions of Higher Education. We focus on sharing about our everyday life, learning from each other and aim to network and develop international cooperation and high level teaching of theatre and dance arts in the Nordic-Baltic area. Norteas includes 15 Nordic theatre- and dance academies of higher education, and from 2008 onwards, additional four institutions from the Baltic countries joined the network. New members are Latvijas Kulturas akademija from Latvia, Lietuvos Muzikos Ir Teatro Akademija from Lithuania, Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia and Tartu Ülikooli Viljandi Kultuuriakadeemia both from Estonia. The latest member of the Network, Høgskolen i Nord- Trøndelag (Norway), joined to Norteas in Spring 2009. HØGSKOLEN I ØSTFOLD TEATTERIKORKEAKOULU - TEATERHÖGSKOLAN STATENS TEATERSKOLE LTA LIETUVOS MUZIKOS IR TEATRO AKADEMIJA TEATERHÖGSKOLAN I STOCKHOLM SKUESPILLERSKOLEN VED AARHUS TEATER LATVIJAS KULTURAS AKADEMIJA LUNDS UNIVERSITET DANSHÖGSKOLAN TARTU ÜLIKOOL STI MUUSIKA- JA TEATRIAKADMIA HØGSKOLEN I RD-TRØNDELAG KUNSTHØGSKOLEN I OSLO DRAMATKA INSTITUTET SKUESPILLERSKOLEN VED ODEN TEATER LULEA TEKNKA UNIVERSITET GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET LT LV ID: 21456 Network: EXPLORATIONS IN MUSIC AND DANCE / EMD NETWORK Coordinating institution: TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU - ÅBO YRKESHÖGSKOLA : Coordinator: David W. Yoken (david.yoken@turkuamk.fi) Network description: The Explorations in Music and Dance / EMD Network, represents diverse higher education institutions of dance and music in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and as of 2010 Greenland. All activities are part of the partner institutions' ECTS course curriculum structure. 5
The Explorations in Music and Dance / EMD Network was founded by David Yoken, originally as an European Union funded Leonardo da Vinci Vocational Education programme action focused upon the exchange of expertise. The first action was an exchange of expertise study trip to London England in October 2004 partial funded by this Leonardo di Vinci programme and included dance and music artists teachers led by the Department of Dance, Arts Academy, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland; the Kuopio Academy of Music and Dance, Kuopio, Finland ; the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Sweden; the University College of Dance, Stockholm, Sweden, and the Danish National School of Contemporary Dance, Copenhagen, Denmark. The Nordic team visited, observed and engaged in dialogue with dance and music artist-teachers from the following institutions: The Royal Ballet School, The London Contemporary School for Dance, Laban Centre. 2010 marks the 6th consecutive year the EMD Network has received gracious funding for activities. David Yoken is the principle coordinator and grant writer for the EMD Network s projects. He works closely with Antonella Storti, International Coordinator, Arts Academy, Turku University of Applied Sciences. Current activities are the continuation of the N+ supported Explorations in Music and Dance / The E.M.D. Network, 38/2008, 1096/2007, 1096/2006, Musicians Training for Dance /M.T.D. Network 2005 2006 1096/2005: The University College of Dance/Danshögskolan: coordinator of the MTD Network. As of 2006, The Department of Dance, Arts Academy, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland is the Coordinating institution of N+ EMD Network., INTENSIVE COUR, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SAVONIA AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU DANSHÖGSKOLAN KUNGLIGA MUSIKHÖGSKOLAN I STOCKHOLM LTA LIETUVOS MUZIKOS IR TEATRO AKADEMIJA KLAIPEDOS UNIVERSITETAS UNIVERSITETET I STAVANGER STATENS TEATERSKOLE STI MUUSIKA- JA TEATRIAKADMIA TALLINNA ÜLIKOOL RIGAS PEDAGOGIJAS UN IZGLITIBAS VADIBAS AUGSTSKOLA Ilisimatusarfik LT LT LV GL ID: 21485 Network: CTDN Creative Technology Dance Network - Dama Coordinating institution: LAPIN YLIOPTO - LAPPLANDS UNIVERSITET : Coordinator: Tomi Knuutila (tomi.knuutila@ulapland.fi) Network description: Support the Nordic education on the cutting edge combination of dance and media art. CTDN / Dama network brings together media and dance students, teachers and practitioners in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The network has partners in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Iceland who are building a unique educational program in which dance and performative practises are combined with media environments and interactive audiovisual art. This year, new partners from Norway, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden are joining the network. 6
STATENS TEATERSKOLE TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU - ÅBO YRKESHÖGSKOLA HÖGSKOLAN PÅ GOTLAND LTA STI KUNSTIAKADMIA KLAIPEDOS UNIVERSITETAS RIGAS PEDAGOGIJAS UN IZGLITIBAS VADIBAS AUGSTSKOLA DANSHÖGSKOLAN KUNSTHØGSKOLEN I OSLO TARTU ÜLIKOOL LT LV ID: 21515 Network: Cirrus Network Coordinating institution: KUNSTHØGSKOLEN I OSLO : Coordinator: Anette Christensen (anette.christensen@khio.no) Network description: The purpose of the Cirrus Network is to continue a very successful network of higher educational institutions within art and design and architecture initiated in 1990. The main purpose is to sustain a global powerhouse in design through education and research in the Nordic-Baltic region., INTENSIVE COUR, JOINT STUDY PROGRAM, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, NETWORK SUPPORT ARKITEKTSKOLEN AARHUS DANMARKS DESIGNSKOLE KUNSTAKADEMIETS ARKITETKSKOLE DESIGNSKOLEN KOLDING STI KUNSTIAKADMIA AALTO- YLIOPTO/UNIVERSITETET LAHDEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU LAPIN YLIOPTO - LAPPLANDS UNIVERSITET LTA LATVIJAS MAKSLAS AKADEMIJA VILNIAUS DAILES AKADEMIJA KUNSTHØGSKOLEN I BERGEN ARKITEKTUR- OG DESIGNHØGSKOLEN I OSLO HØGSKOLEN I AKERSHUS GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET KONSTFACK LUNDS UNIVERSITET UMEÅ UNIVERSITET DANMARKS DESIGNSKOLE LV LT 7
ID: 21646 Network: Nordpuls/joint study programme Nomazz Coordinating institution: STI MUUSIKA- JA TEATRIAKADMIA : Coordinator: Hanneleen Pihlak (hanneleen@ema.edu.ee) Network description: The project s purpose is to carry out a one-week (5 working days) intensive course for the students of the joint masters programme Nordic Master in Jazz (Nomazz) and selected jazz students of the Baltic countries. The project is planned for spring 2011. INTENSIVE COUR J. VITOLA LATVIJAS MUZIKAS AKADEMIJA LIETUVOS MUZIKOS IR TEATRO AKADEMIJA DET JYSKE MUSIKKONRVATORIUM SIBELIUS-AKATEMIA - SIBELIUS-AKADEMIN KUNGLIGA MUSIKHÖGSKOLAN I STOCKHOLM NTNU RGES TEKNK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET LV LT ID: 22055 Network: Opera of the North - RDOPERA Coordinating institution: SIBELIUS-AKATEMIA - SIBELIUS-AKADEMIN : Coordinator: Tuovi Martinsen (tuovi.martinsen@siba.fi) Network description: Opera of the North - RDOPERA is a network for Nordic and Baltic opera education on higher education level. The network is a new network, but is based on the already existing Nordic cooperation. The new RDOPERA network will formalize the cooperation, strengthens it, expands it with Baltic countries and ensures an extensive, maintaining and longterm collaboration. The ultimate aim is to develop the opera education in Nordic-Baltic area through different projects and cooperation. Activities include mobility (student, teacher and express), Intensive Project, Curriculum Development, Network and other activities., NETWORK SUPPORT J. VITOLA LATVIJAS MUZIKAS AKADEMIJA LIETUVOS MUZIKOS IR TEATRO AKADEMIJA RGES MUSIKKHØGSKOLE KUNSTHØGSKOLEN I OSLO STI MUUSIKA- JA TEATRIAKADMIA DET KONGELIGE DANSKE MUSIKKONRVATORIUM GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET OPERAHÖGSKOLAN I STOCKHOLM LV LT 8
ID: 22298 Network: Globaliseringen, Norden og kunstens former Coordinating institution: AARHUS UNIVERSITET : Coordinator: Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen (norbmst@hum.au.dk) Network description: Globaliseringen, Norden og kunstens former er et fællesnordisk studieprogram på MA-niveau, som Aarhus Universitet har inviteret Universitetet i Oslo, NTNU i Trondheim, Stockholms Universitet og Karlstad Universitet, samt kunstakademiet i Helsingfors med i udviklingen af. Det er formålet med projektet (og denne ansøgning) at videreføre det arbejde, vi allerede har gjort i feltet med henblik på et undervisnings- og netværkssamarbejde, der relaterer sig til den aktuelle genforhandling af en nordisk identitet i lyset af globaliseringen. Vi har i perioden 17. sept. 2008-1. oktober 2009 fået tildelt midler til udvikling af studieprogrammet, og for perioden 15. juni 2009-1. oktober 2010 har vi fået midler til mobilitet, netværksaktiviteter og fælles studieprogram. Vi har i løbet af de (knapt) to år samarbejdet om tilrettelæggelsen af det fælles studieprogram og har i netværket arbejdet med den engelsksprogede bog "Globalizing Art. Place, Identity and Transnationalism in Contemporary Nordic Art", der udkommer på Aarhus Universitetsforlag i 2010. På de intensive møder i netværket har vi undersøgt mulighederne for studiemæssig implementering og har udviklet studieprogrammet til et fælles vidensniveau såvel teoretisk som analytisk, så vi (afhængigt af evalueringen) kan etablere studieprogrammet på de enkelte involverede universiteter i forlængelse af det intensive sommerskolekursus, der afholdes på Aarhus Universitet d. 28. juni - 10. juli 2010 (http://www.nordisk.au.dk/summerschools/ttn10). Da vi allerede nu har skullet annoncere undervisningen i 2011 på internettet, har vi igen indleveret beskrivelse af en sommerskole i feltet til Aarhus Universitet, da ingen af de andre involverede institutioner kunne påtage sig dette arbejde. Vi påtænker altså endnu en sommerskole på to uger i juni/ juli 2011, hvilket der også søges mobilitet til. Da feltet er helt nyt, findes der af gode grunde ingen tekster, der teoretisk og analytisk behandler relationen mellem Norden, globaliseringen og kunstens forandrede indhold og former. Bogudgivelsen, der bliver færdigt i indeværende forår, er tænkt som undervisningsmateriale på sommerkurset i år (og - hvis den realiseres - på sommerskolen i 2011). Det intensive samarbejde om udviklingen af studieprogrammet, planlægningen og annonceringen af den intensive sommerskole og redaktionen af den engelsksprogede antologi, har givet os en nødvendig fælles referenceramme i dette nye felt, hvis fokus er den del af samtidskunsten, der eksplicit forsøger at afdække det regionales nye rolle i lyset af globaliseringen. Det interessante er nemlig, at aktualiseringen af, hvad der kan forstås ved begrebet 'Norden', i høj grad er et omdrejningspunkt for den politisk involverede samtidskunst. Det er målet at skabe et tværgående nordisk studium i dette nye, dagsaktuelle felt, hvor kandidater kan få kompetencer i samtidskunstens anvendelse og kombination af flere medier, herunder dens intervention i defineringen af forholdet mellem det regionale og det globale og dens artikulation af national og regional kulturel selvforståelse i en globaliseret verden. Programmet henvender sig til humanistiske kandidater med en BA-grad fra en af de involverede æstetiske fag, og desuden til ph.d.-stipendiater ved alle de nordiske kunstakademier. Kandidaterne får kompetencer i den litterære og visuelle samtidskunsts samfundsmæssige interaktion og tværæstetiske praksis med særlig henblik på, hvordan den nordiske regions kulturer og steder gentænkes og reterritorialiseres i lyset af en globaliseret verden. Arbejdskompetencer bliver i undervisnings-, kuraterings- og publikationsbrancher samt tilgrænsende felter. NTNU RGES TEKNK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET UNIVERSITETET I OSLO KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET KUVATAIDEAKATEMIA - BILONSAKADEMIN 9
ID: 22428 Network: Nordisk Textil Net Coordinating institution: YRKESHÖGSKOLAN VIA : Coordinator: Maria Käld (maria.kald@novia.fi) Network description: Nordisk Textil Net söker alternativa sätt att utforska textilens mångfald och nya textila möjligheter i vår tid. Syftet är att tillsammans utveckla utbildningen i textil i Norden så att vi med hjälp av våra olika profileringar och kompetenser kompletterar och stöder varandra: Målet är en textil utbildning med en meningsfull förankring i det samhälle vi lever i. Nätverket har genomgått en utvidgning och förnyelse och omfattar idag flera nordiska utbildningar i textil i vid bemärkelse, med inriktning på hantverk och design. HÖGSKOLAN I BORÅS HØGSKOLEN I OSLO VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE PROFESSIONSHØJSKOLEN UCC DANMARKS DESIGNSKOLE ID: 22472 Network: KU Coordinating institution: KUNSTHØGSKOLEN I BERGEN : Coordinator: Kari Bjørgo Johnsen (kbj@khib.no) Network description: The KU network aims to become a Nordic-Baltic art university without walls.by cooperating on a wide range of project activities the member institutions commit themselves to the continued development of higher fine art education in the region. It will address the relationship between teaching, self-directed learning and artistic development. Based on a comprehensive survey, including interviews with staff and students at all the 16 academies in KU, the project will seek to identify and communicate learning strategies embedded i practicebased arts programmes. INTENSIVE COUR, NETWORK SUPPORT DET KGL. DANSKE KUNSTAKADEMI - BILLEUNSTSKOLERNE DET JYSKE KUNSTAKADEMI DET FYNSKE KUNSTAKADEMI KUVATAIDEAKATEMIA - BILONSAKADEMIN STI KUNSTIAKADMIA VILNIAUS DAILES AKADEMIJA LATVIJAS MAKSLAS AKADEMIJA LTA KONSTFACK KUNGLIGA KONSTHÖGSKOLAN LUNDS UNIVERSITET GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET UMEÅ UNIVERSITET KUNSTHØGSKOLEN I OSLO NTNU RGES TEKNK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET LT LV 10
ID: 22477 Network: Nordtrad Coordinating institution: SIBELIUS-AKATEMIA - SIBELIUS-AKADEMIN : Coordinator: Riitta-Liisa Joutsenlahti (rjoutsen@siba.fi) Network description: Nordtrad is a network of 17 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/Baltic 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. This year 2010 we have got a newest member country Lithuania., NETWORK SUPPORT DET FYNSKE MUSIKKONRVATORIUM KUNGLIGA MUSIKHÖGSKOLAN I STOCKHOLM VAASAN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU - VASA YRKESHÖGSKOLA HØGSKOLEN I TELEMARK RGES MUSIKKHØGSKOLE J. VITOLA LATVIJAS MUZIKAS AKADEMIJA GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET TALLINNA ÜLIKOOL KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET LUNDS UNIVERSITET KESKI-POHJANMAAN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU - MELLERSTA ÖSTERBOTTENS YRKESHÖGSKOLA POHJO-KARJALAN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN HØGSKOLEN STORD/HAUGESUND STI MUUSIKA- JA TEATRIAKADMIA LIETUVOS MUZIKOS IR TEATRO AKADEMIJA LV LT ID: 22789 Network: SKS Coordinating institution: LAHDEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU : Coordinator: Kirsti Nenye (kirsti.nenye@lamk.fi) Network description: SKS - collaboration network is a joint network of art education for all the University of Applied Sciences in the field of Fine Arts. The purpose of the project is to make the Nordic point of view more strong especially among our own partners. TARTU KÕRGEM KUNSTIKOOL MYNDLTASKÓLINN Á AKUREYRI TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU - ÅBO YRKESHÖGSKOLA YRKESHÖGSKOLAN VIA 11
ID: 22805 Network: Masters Degree Programme in Creative Industries: Piloting Courses and Preparation for Programme Launch Coordinating institution: RIGAS EKOMIKAS AUGSTSKOLA : Coordinator: Ieva Ubele (ieva.ubele@sseriga.edu.lv) Network description: The purpose of the Project is piloting separate courses of the newly developed Masters Degree programme in creative industries in the participating higher education institutions with the aim to better prepare for programme launch in partner institutions. DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TALLINNA ÜLIKOOL AALTO- YLIOPTO/UNIVERSITETET ID: 23081 Network: NordPULS - jazz, pop and rock network Coordinating institution: KUNGLIGA MUSIKHÖGSKOLAN I STOCKHOLM : Coordinator: Johan Falk (international@kmh.se) Network description: The main purpose is to strengthen the higher music education within the above-mentioned musical genres and to promote co-operation in the geographical region. The activities to achieve this are cooperation about development of curricula and programme plans, promoting student and teachers exchange, arranging intensive courses, initiate joint study programmes and sharing information and exchange ideas., NETWORK SUPPORT RYTMK MUSIKKONRVATORIUM DET JYSKE MUSIKKONRVATORIUM DET FYNSKE MUSIKKONRVATORIUM RDJYSK MUSIKKONRVATORIUM VMK KONRVATORIET FOR MUSIK OG FORMIDLING SIBELIUS-AKATEMIA - SIBELIUS-AKADEMIN METROPOLIA - AMMATTKORKEAKOULU SAVONIA AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OULUN UDUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU POHJO-KARJALAN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU TÒNLTARSKÒLINN I REYKJAVIK RGES MUSIKKHØGSKOLE UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN UNIVERSITETET I STAVANGER UNIVERSITETET I AGDER UNIVERSITETET I TROMSØ GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET LUNDS UNIVERSITET KARLSTADS UNIVERSITET ÖREBRO UNIVERSITET LULEA TEKNKA UNIVERSITET STI MUUSIKA- JA TEATRIAKADMIA J. VITOLA LATVIJAS MUZIKAS AKADEMIJA LIETUVOS MUZIKOS IR TEATRO AKADEMIJA 12 LV LT
04 Business Economics and Management ID: 21086 Network: NordBiz Coordinating institution: MÄLARDALENS HÖGSKOLA : Coordinator: Charlotta Edlund (charlotta.edlund@mdh.se) Network description: Our NordBiz Network has existed for more than 13 years with successful student and staff exchange, the development of a double degree program (BusinessPlus) and our successful intensive course: Nordic Baltic Perspectives on Marketing. This course is a great opportunity to learn marketing and to get a true Nordic-Baltic business culture understanding. Our main priority is to assure the quality of all our activities within our NordBiz-network. We make sure that the participating universities will support our work. Therefore it is important that our controllers the Deans, at our universities have the possibility to meet and discuss our work. This year we have invited a new partner to join our network M University of Management and Economics in Lithuania. This partner can also contribute to the enlargement and new dimensions and input of our network. We also see the possibility of a quality rise by developing a new course in climatic issues: Business Strategies for Sustainable Development. 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; - 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., DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, NETWORK SUPPORT AARHUS UNIVERSITET TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL LAHDEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU HÁSKÓLINN Í REYKJAVIK HØGSKOLEN I TELEMARK M VADYBOS IR EKOMIKOS UNIVERSITETAS LT 13
ID: 21674 Network: EkoTekNord Coordinating institution: KAU KOLEGIJA : Coordinator: Jolanta Valiaugiene (jolanta@kauko.lt) Network description: 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 extra dimension with interdisciplinary studies, e.g. within business, engineering, logistics, communication and entrepreneurship. Network activities is good way for participating institutions to exchange and disseminate experiences, best practices and innovative results. This year we plan to launch intensive course MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING IN THE BALTIC A REGION OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES IN COMMUNICATION and development project INDUSTRY RELATED COLLABORATION IN EKOTEKRD NETWORK. The new initiative of EkoTekNord for the coming year is express mobility. Express mobility should be linked to the outcomes of the study programmes and pre-assignments should be carefully planned in order to assure the quality of them. It will serve in making academic cooperation between EkoTekNord partners more intensive and will give new possibilities for it, e.g. the Nordic/Baltic groups of students doing projects in companies. INDUSTRY RELATED COLLABORATION IN EKOTEKRD NETWORK The purpose of the project to share experiences and best practices between the EkoTekNord partner institutions and beyond in the area of collaboration with industry. MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING IN THE BALTIC A REGION OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES IN COMMUNICATION The purpose of the project is to run a course on Multicultural understanding in the Baltic Sea region with the stress on the issues of climate change and pollution. The main learning focus will be at an intensive week in Aland Island. The special purpose of the field work will be to: o Compare theory and practice to construct knowledge o Apply methods and theories o Gain experience from real international cooperation in teams involving human relations, scientific and professional communication o By all this to investigate how climate issues are discussed in media and among young people in the Baltic Sea region., INTENSIVE COUR, DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, NETWORK SUPPORT ERHVERVSAKADEMIET COPENHAGEN BUSINESS ERHVERVSAKADEMIET LILLEBÆLT INGENIØRHØJSKOLEN I KØBENHAVN TALLINNA TEHNIKAKÕRGKOOL HAAGA-HELIA AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU ARCADA - NYLANDS SVENSKA YRKESHÖGSKOLA METROPOLIA - AMMATTKORKEAKOULU HÁSKÓLINN Í REYKJAVIK HÁSKÓLINN Á AKUREYRI VIDZEMES AUGSTSKOLA HØGSKOLEN I ØSTFOLD HØGSKOLEN I BUSKERUD HØGSKOLEN I OSLO RGES INFORMASJONSTEKLOGKE HØGSKOLE HÖGSKOLAN DALARNA HÖGSKOLAN I JÖNKÖPING HÖGSKOLAN I SKÖVDE 14 LV
HÖGSKOLAN PÅ ÅLAND C3L, Centrum för livslångt lärande AX ID: 21693 Network: REK Coordinating institution: RGES HANDELSHØYSKOLE : Coordinator: Nina Gry Stein (nina.stein@nhh.no) Network description: Hovedformålet med nettverket er, at de samarbeidende institusjoner skal: - stimulere til økt student- og lærermobilitet og aktiviteter innen de områder som inngår i Nordplus - Øke studentenes kjennskap til nordisk næringssliv, språk, samfunn og kultur, samt styrke, gjøre bruk av og synliggjøre de enkelte institusjonenes styrkeområder og fagkunnskaper. - Delta aktivt i nettverket og dermed skap rom for erfaringsutveksling, kompetanseutveksling og overføring av god praksis mellom institusjonene - rasjonalisere arbeidet med Nordplus gjennom å skape et stort og kompetanserikt nettverk som erstatter flere små og hvor adminstratorene kan støtte og utvikle hverandre, NETWORK SUPPORT HANDELSHØYSKOLEN BI RGES HANDELSHØYSKOLE UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN HANDELSHÖGSKOLAN I STOCKHOLM UMEÅ UNIVERSITET GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET UPPSALA UNIVERSITET LUNDS UNIVERSITET LINKÖPINGS UNIVERSITET STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET HÖGSKOLAN I JÖNKÖPING COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL AARHUS UNIVERSITET SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET AALBORG UNIVERSITET AARHUS UNIVERSITET AALTO- YLIOPTO/UNIVERSITETET JYVÄSKYLÄN YLIOPTO - JYVÄSKYLÄ UNIVERSITET HANKEN - SVENSKA HANDELSHÖGSKOLAN TAMPERN YLIOPTO - TAMMERFORS UNIVERSITET OULUN YLIOPTO - ULEÅBORGS UNIVERSITET VAASAN YLIOPTO - VASA UNIVERSITET LAPPNRANNAN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPTO - VILLMANSTRANDS TEKNKA UNIVERSITET ÅBO AKADEMI TURUN YLIOPTO - ÅBO UNIVERSITET HÁSKÓLINN Í REYKJAVIK 15
ID: 22002 Network: RDENTER Coordinating institution: YRKESHÖGSKOLAN VIA : Coordinator: Helena Jarlsdotter Nordström (helena.nordstrom@novia.fi) Network description: Nätverket RDENTER har grundats av Högskolan på Åland, Högskolan i Hedmark i Norge och Yrkeshögskolan Novia i Finland, med tre målsättningar som grund: 1. att utveckla en gemensam pedagogisk modell för utbildning i entreprenörskap och företagsverksamhet med målsättning att utbilda fler entreprenörer 2. att arbeta för ett aktivt läraroch studentutbyte mellan de involverade högskolorna 3. att öka de involverade högskolornas samarbete med näringslivet och den offentliga sektorn. En fjärde målsättning att utöka nätverket med en lämplig högskola i Sverige och/eller Baltikum finns också med i bilden. HÖGSKOLAN PÅ ÅLAND HØGSKOLEN I HEDMARK AX ID: 22190 Network: Nordiskt nätverk för kulturproducentutbildningar -KULT Coordinating institution: YRKESHÖGSKOLAN VIA : Coordinator: Leena Marketta Björkqvist (leena.bjorkqvist@novia.fi) Network description: Målsättningen med nätverket är att tillsammans utveckla kulturproducentutbildningarna i Norden. Studenterna över hela Norden får stöd i att utveckla sin kompetens som internationella producenter i en nordiskt och baltiskt kontext. Under 2009 bestämdes att samarbetet till baltiska länder sköts tillsvidare via nätverket Synaxis Baltica. År 2010 är målsättningen att diskutera konkreta samarbetsformer på Synaxis Baltica sommarskola i augusti. SÖDERTÖRNS HÖGSKOLA HØGSKOLEN I TELEMARK HUMANTINEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU ID: 22304 Network: Polaris (and former Nordic Catering Network) Coordinating institution: TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU - ÅBO YRKESHÖGSKOLA : Coordinator: Annika Karppelin (annika.karppelin@turkuamk.fi) Network description: Sustainable development project focuses on continuing the earlier network activities. Project involves a former Polaris and NCN networks, joined with International School of Law and Business in Vilnius Lithuania. Successful work has preceded this cooperation and all partners in the network are eager to contribute to common goals of the projects in the future. The main topic of the project is sustainability and sustainable choices in hospitality management. Hospitality in this project includes food, catering, tourism and facility management. This project involves students in their Bachelor or Master s degree levels in the higher education. The projects emphasize learning and cooperation by sharing good practices, sharing project results and research knowledge and by working together closely on chosen topics in the curriculum. Active 16
sharing and learning from each other will be achieved through seminars, projects and virtual cooperation and all actions are enhanced by mobility of teachers and students. The network will assess possibilities for joint degree programs and double degrees through comparison of existing curricula and standardization of practices. GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET HØGSKOLEN I AKERSHUS PROFESSIONSHØJSKOLEN METROPOL "TARPTAUTINE TE IR VERSLO AUKŠTOJI MOKYKLA", UAB JYVÄSKYLÄN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU LAUREA-AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU LT ID: 22486 Network: Nordic Tourismeducation Network Coordinating institution: ERHVERVSAKADEMI DANIA : Coordinator: Anton Christensen (ach@hsminerva.dk) Network description: The purpose of this network is to develop an intensive course in Sustainable Tourism Management and over a period of three years to further develop this course to cover a full semester of a tourism education in the Nordic countries. After we have started this subject has become more and more relevant due to the fact that climate changes have brought sustainable tourism and eco-tourism more into focus. INTENSIVE COUR HØGSKOLEN I HARSTAD Niuernermik Ilinniarfik UMEÅ UNIVERSITET SAVONIA AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU VILNIAUS VERSLO KOLEGIJA HÁSKÓLINN Á AKUREYRI BALTIJAS STARPTAUTKA AKADEMIJA GL LT LV ID: 22531 Network: Nordic and Baltic Business Innovation Coordinating institution: TAMPERN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU : Coordinator: Pirkko Sinikka Varis (pirkko.varis@tamk.fi) Network description: 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. There is a need for competent managers who have knowledge and skills to operate in the Nordic and Baltic business environment. The network organises staff exchanges of competent teachers and gives the possibility to students to take part in student exchanges and/or in internships and at the same 17
time gather knowledge about Nordic and Baltic market areas and region while staying in other universities of the network or in business companies in the mentioned countries. The aim of the network is to promote Nordic and Baltic cultural understanding and understanding of business environment, businesses and business cultures of this region and to strengthen Nordic-Baltic relations. The aim is also to make students aware of their own linguistic background and to increase understanding for local languages as the basis of thinking and at the same time to remove obstacles to business by using common language in communication. The intensive course Business in the Nordic and Baltic Countries and virtual studies are examples of curriculum development. Business innovation sessions are organised to design new products/services. The aim is to increase university-company cooperation and to enlarge the cooperation from business company cooperation to cover also cooperation with organisations like the Hub, which are involved in promoting social entrepreneurship. The cooperation started with the assignment to develop a business concept for the social enterprise Hub Tampere that was given by Hermia Ltd. to the intensive course held in September 2009 in Tampere. Earlier assignments given to multidisciplinary and multicultural groups have been given by business companies and they included tasks to develop business ideas and concepts for new products and services. Hub Tampere is opening officially on March 1st 2010. Through the network and Hub cooperation it is possible to find out new working tools and innovative business models for new type of enterprises and for supporting these businesses. Later on it is possible that in the network there will be enterprises set up by the students and these enterprises cooperate through the hubs of other network countries, when the Hubs will be established in these countries. Climate and other environmental issues are the focus of some of Hub Tampere enterprises, as is saving energy in packaging and marketing materials through new innovations for some. Through these kind of activities students and staff members are able to work with real-life assignments with strict deadlines and to combine forces of the special expertise of all partners. The network disseminates the results of activities by using the web pages http://nabbinetwork.ning.com/, via the web pages of the institutions of the network, via the magazines and other publications of the institutions, by using other media of communication and in seminars, conferences and other events., INTENSIVE COUR SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET UNIVERSITETET I TROMSØ VYTAUTO DIDŽIOJO UNIVERSITETAS TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL LT ID: 22601 Network: Express Mobility for Tourism Students Coordinating institution: VIDZEMES AUGSTSKOLA : LV Coordinator: Liga Tuca (liga.tuca@va.lv) Network description: The aim of the project is to provide a possibility for tourism students and tourism guide students that are otherwise not involved in long-term mobility to gain experience in international study environment, learn about a tourism product of another country and supplement their theoretic and practical knowledge of tourism organization and management. In order to reach these aims, the following goals are set: 1) include express mobility into the existing curriculum of study programmes; 2) realize express mobility visits of student groups to host institutions in Iceland and Finland; 3) evaluate student reports and the benefits of the international perspectives of a study course. 18
HÁSKÓLINN Á HÓLUM ITÄ-SUOMEN YLIOPTO ID: 22707 Network: Nordisk Ekonomiskt Samarbete Coordinating institution: HÄMN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU : Coordinator: Sven Rassl (sven.rassl@hamk.fi) Network description: The purpose of the project is to host an international intensive week with students and academic staff representing the Nordic and Baltic Countries. The subject of the conference shall be Marketing in Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea Region. The duration of the conference shall be one week an intensive week, 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 consisting of presentations given by students, lectures given by academic staff as well as specialists from relevant organizations. To extend the impact of the event, the intensive week shall be accompanied by preparatory and postprocessing activities on international level. In addition, since the conference includes students and staff participation, it should foster the cooperation between the participating institutions and increase the exchange periods. During the previous intensive week in Latvia it has been decided that each year the event will be hosted in another host country. The next location of the intensive week in 2010 will be decided in the preparatory meeting, which will take place in March 2010. The above described operation model has been successful in use during the last three year. The activities within this network have considerably increased. There are several aims of the actual conference. First, the aim is to increase the awareness and understanding of the participants with respect to the Nordic and Baltic dimensions of business. Second, the students will be trained in preparing, organizing and participating in an international meeting/conference at a high professional and academic level. In addition, the intention is to broaden the participants minds about how internationalization affects societies, markets and companies in Northern Europe. HÖGSKOLAN PÅ GOTLAND SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET RIGAS EKOMIKAS AUGSTSKOLA LV ID: 23137 Network: University cooperation with business and services Coordinating institution: SATAKUNNAN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU : Coordinator: Jari Heiniluoma (jari.heiniluoma@samk.fi) Network description: In the project, teachers and students will compare entrepreneurship and management methods and include international cooperation in the curriculum of the partner institutions of this network. Besides normal student and teacher exchanges, short exchanges of 1-2 weeks are used in connection to online-cooperation between correspondent courses in management and services studies. SAMK has developed a model with partner university in Ireland, and this will be used within the Nordplus partners from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. Students spend a week at the other university, for to start a project and form international working groups. 19
In this model groups (5-6 students in each) will have 2-3 students from two different countries. There are parallel working groups, with students and mentoring teachers from different participating countries. A challenge is to plan the courses together between teachers, so first teachers will be connected using normal teacher exchanges. Resources are used for this from the ongoing Nordplus project of this network. The student mobility part and the online cooperation have to be included in the curriculum of the courses. The curriculum and online-cooperation will help to enhance also more traditional long student exchanges after the project. Another objective is to enhance mobility and curriculum cooperation between the "old Nordic" and "new Baltic" member institutions. A partner from Latvia will be recruited to the network during the project year. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE VEST HØGSKOLEN STORD/HAUGESUND HÖGSKOLAN I GÄVLE VILNIAUS KOLEGIJA INÄJOEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU TARTU ÜLIKOOL LT ID: 23222 Network: Development of Environmental and Ethical Competence in Leadership and Management Coordinating institution: VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS : LT Coordinator: Raminta Pucetaite (raminta.pucetaite@vukhf.lt) Network description: The overall aim of the project is to develop a curriculum for present and future business leaders and managers. The curriculum must address a factual need for high-quality education programmes on management of environmental and ethical responsibilities of business and, in this way, contribute to raising business professionals awareness of potential business risks while at the same time developing their competences for responsible leadership as well as skills to design and manage organizational processes which ensure sustainable development of businesses and societies in which they operate. The objectives of the project are as follows: 1) increase the quality of teaching of environmental and ethical aspects in business and diminish indifference, skepticism and, in some societies, even cynicism towards them, which often results from poor and out of date teaching approaches; 2) highlight the importance of the context in the curricula of education programmes for business leaders and managers; 3) prepare an interdisciplinary case-based course that employs ICT (moodle environment) for learning and covers acute topics related to environmental and ethical competence in business management and leadership, in advanced (Master or a relevant level) course of the partner institutions; 4) prepare a manuscript of the textbook for university and college teachers that contains the developed and in the e-course tried cases, extended teaching notes, insights about difficult points that occurred from teaching on-line, recommendations for further reading and development of the topics, explicitly highlighting the Nordic/Baltic context; 5) expand networking among higher education institutions in the Baltic and Scandinavian countries and obtain synergy from the expertise owned by each partner in business education. 20
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05 Teaching and Teacher Training ID: 21036 Network: Nordplus Network for Teacher Education (NNTE) Coordinating institution: University College Lillebælt : Coordinator: Yulia Tinyakova (yuti@ucl.dk) Network description: The Network s purpose is a well-functioning cooperation between the partner institutions in the Baltic and Nordic countries in the area of teacher education. The Network aims at developing the quality of teacher education through teacher and student exchange, which gives a chance to meet another culture, language, educational system and to get more in-depth knowledge of the nearby regions, as well as by preparing intensive courses which would lead to broader discussions and developments in the issues of teacher education in the Baltic and Nordic countries. Besides student and teacher mobility, the Network also cooperates via network meetings and short visits of the administrative staff. This gives an opportunity for enhancing intercultural and language skills of the personnel of the institutions involved in the Network., INTENSIVE COUR, NETWORK SUPPORT HELSINGFORS UNIVERSITET - HELSINGIN YLIOPTO VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SYD TALLINNA ÜLIKOOL TALLINNA ÜLIKOOL LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATE KLAIPEDOS VALSTYBINE KOLEGIJA HÁSKÓLINN Á AKUREYRI HØGSKOLEN I OSLO STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET UPPSALA UNIVERSITET GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET HÖGSKOLAN PÅ GOTLAND VYTAUTO DIDŽIOJO UNIVERSITETAS LV LT LT ID: 21148 Network: Nordic Network for Music Education NNME Coordinating institution: HØGSKOLEN I BERGEN : Coordinator: Torunn Bakken Hauge (tbh@hib.no) Network description: The Nordic network for music education is applying for funding from the Nordplus programme in order to continue on the three year expanded plan with three different intensive courses - all of them with the same heading: Democracy in Music Education form a Nordic perspective - each year with a different host with a different focus and heading. This year we want to focus upon Power relations in music education. Through the different activities we want to strengthen the Nordic-Baltic dimention in science in music education and contribute to 22
qualitative development by using the different specialities all the institutions in the network can offer. The target group of students - master students in music education - will benefit from a programme with a broader perspective and a wider understanding than each institution on their own can provide., INTENSIVE COUR RGES MUSIKKHØGSKOLE UNIVERSITETET I OSLO HØGSKOLEN I HEDMARK KUNGLIGA MUSIKHÖGSKOLAN I STOCKHOLM LULEA TEKNKA UNIVERSITET LUNDS UNIVERSITET ÖREBRO UNIVERSITET AARHUS UNIVERSITET RYTMK MUSIKKONRVATORIUM SIBELIUS-AKATEMIA - SIBELIUS-AKADEMIN STI MUUSIKA- JA TEATRIAKADMIA RIGAS PEDAGOGIJAS UN IZGLITIBAS VADIBAS AUGSTSKOLA TARTU ÜLIKOOL VILNIAUS PEDAGOGIN UNIVERSITETAS KLAIPEDOS UNIVERSITETAS ŠIAULIU UNIVERSITETAS LV LT LT LT ID: 21232 Network: Barnekultur og barnekulturelle uttrykk i Norden Coordinating institution: HØGSKOLEN I VESTFOLD : Coordinator: Maija Heinilã (Maija.Heinila@hive.no) Network description: Nettverket "Barnekultur og barnekulturelle utrykk i Norden" er i gang med et nytt felles studieprogram knyttet til Miljøoppdragelse, språk og estetiske læreprosesser. Nettverket består av Høgskolen i Vestfold, Norge, Frøbelseminaret, Danmark, Åbo Akademi, Finland og Luleå Tekniske Universitet i Sverige. Tre av de samarbeidende institusjoner, Sverige kom med i 2010, har jobbet sammen i nettverket i flere år, og har de siste 3 årene gjennomført et felles nordisk studieprogram på 30 ECTS, og er nå i gang med første runde av studiet "Miljøoppdragelse, språk og estetiske lærerprosesser". Tilbakemeldingene på tidligere programmer har vært meget positive både fra CIMO, SIU og fra Nordisk Ministerråd, og studiet ble kåret til "Best Practice" i 2007. På bakgrunn av suksessen ønsket man å utvikle et nytt felles studieprogram, og det er runde 2 det nå søkes støtte til. Også for 2011 legger man opp til et studium som går over ett semester og består av 30 ECTS, og det skal være med på å styrke det nordiske samarbeidet innenfor pedagogisk arbeid med barn under skolealder.barndom og oppdragelse knyttet til miljøets betydning i de Nordiske land gjennomsyrer innholdet i studiet., DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, NETWORK SUPPORT PROFESSIONSHØJSKOLEN UCC ÅBO AKADEMI LULEA TEKNKA UNIVERSITET 23