Haaga-Helia Porvoo Head of Campus Maija Eklöf and lecturers Marko Kauppinen and Miquel Alimbau Comas discuss the upcoming Porvoo Campus aviation charity courses initiative and the only aviation degree programme in Finland and in the Nordic Countries.

You'll Hear About:

1) The only aviation degree programme in Finland and Nordic Countries;

2) What the charity courses initiative consists of and who it caters to;

3) The key learnings those attending the courses will gain;

4) The “logistics” of the aviation charity courses initiative;

5) Maija Eklöf’s words for aviation students and workers

Porvoo campus Exchange students Harrison and Xenia share their experience studying at Haaga-Helia Porvoo, what brought them to Finland and learning through inquiry-based learning.

You'll Hear About:

1) What brought Xenia and Harrison to Finland;

2) Their thoughts on inquiry-based learning;

3) What they’ve enjoyed about living in Finland;

4) Xenia experience studying at the Porvoo campus

Haaga-Helia Porvoo Campus student Sohvi sits down with Yann to discuss her recent experience as an exchange student in Phuket, Thailand.

You'll Hear About:

1) The process Sohvi followed to choose the destination of her exchange studies;

2) The main difference between visiting Thailand as a student vs. living there;

3) How she prepared for her semester in Thailand;

4) How Sohvi found students who had been to Thailand before her;

5) Some things that helped her get settled after arriving in Thailand;

6) What Sohvi considers some of the challenges students who haven’t traveled much may face during their semester abroad;

7) What she came home with that she thinks will have a positive impact on her everyday life in Finland;

8) Why Sohvi thinks you should consider doing a semester abroad

Haaga-Helia Porvoo Campus student Olivia sits down with Yann to discuss her upcoming exchange semester in Tokyo – from why she would like to go abroad to study to how she's preparing for the trip.

You'll Hear About:

1) Why Olivia decided to plan a semester abroad as an exchange student

2) How she chose the destination for her upcoming exchange studies

3) How Olivia has been preparing for her future studies abroad

4) Something she’s really looking forward to experiencing during her time in Japan

This 2nd part of the interview with Haaga-Helia Porvoo International Services' Elin Andersson covers the experience of being an exchange student – from its benefits and challenges all the way to its possible impact on your future career.

You'll Hear About:

1) How HH students typically choose their exchange studies destination;

2) What Elin recommends you look at when considering different destinations;

3) Elin’s time as an exchange student;

4) Her advice for dealing with homesickness;

5) Some of the skills employers look for and that you can strengthen during an exchange semester abroad;

6) How to deal with the end of your studies abroad;

7) What Elin recommends students do after they’ve returned from a semester abroad;

8) What international students interested in studying at Haaga-Helia Porvoo should consider

Haaga-Helia Porvoo International Coordinator Elin Andersson breaks down the process for studying abroad, share some stories of students who spent time outside of Finland and discusses what International Services do for students and staff.

You'll Hear About:

1) Elin's experience as an exchange student;

2) what the process for doing a semester abroad looks like;

3) some of the destinations Haaga-Helia students can go as exchange students;

4) a couple of stories of Haaga-Helia students times abroad;

5) how International Services can help Haaga-Helia students and staff

How do students feel about learning remotely? What do their classes look like nowadays, what tools are used and what are the challenges of digital learning? Haaga-Helia Porvoo students Olivia, Alena and Meri share their experience.

You'll hear about:

1) how Olivia, Alena and Meri feel the Haaga-Helia Porvoo campus reacted to the COVID-19 situation;

2) how does it feel to study remotely;

3) the pros and cons of digital learning;

4) the tools Haaga-Helia Porvoo campus students and teachers use these days;

5) 3 steps to be more productive when studying and working from home

How will the future of education look like after the Covid-19 situation? Haaga-Helia Porvoo Campus teachers Darren Trofimczuk, Monika Birkle and Miquel Alimbau Comas share their thoughts about the present and future of digital teaching.

You'll hear about:

1)Darren's thoughts how education post-Coronavirus will look like;

2) how Covid-19 and its impact on education has been shaping – and will shape – collaboration among partner universities;

3) what Miquel thinks the Coronavirus situation will lead to both in education in the professional world more in general;

4) how digital teaching can help students further;

5) what the shift to remote teaching, learning and working could mean to event management students and professionals

How has the current Coronavirus situation impacted education at Haaga-Helia Porvoo campus? How has its staff approached digital teaching and through which tools? Teachers Darren Trofimczuk, Monika Birkle and Miquel Alimbau Comas share their experience.

You'll hear about:  1) how the Haaga-Helia Porvoo campus was impacted by the Covid-19 situation;  2) some of the challenges of remote teaching and learning;  3) the tools that Monika, Miquel, Darren and some of their colleagues have been using to teach online;  4) an interesting example of a non-educational platform used for digital teaching

This episode features Yann’s interview with researcher and New York Times bestselling author Tom Rath, who discusses the 3 keys to energize your life and increase your overall performance.

You’ll hear about:

1) what a Harvard University study of 10,000 workers showed as far as the quality of your work output is;

2) why you should focus on having positive interactions on a daily basis (and the impact a negative interaction may have on your mood and overall performance);

3) why, when it comes to your health, you need to have a “put your own oxygen mask first” approach;

4) 3 key elements that can have a positive or negative impact on your well-being and performance;

5) the danger of chronic inactivity (and Tom Rath’s advice for tackling it);

6) a couple of apps that can help you with physical activity and keeping track of your sleeping;

7) Tom Rath’s tips to increase the quality of your sleep