Courses & Training
Join our training courses or use our materials in your work!
During 2023-2025, we will implement a training package that includes 12 parts. Welcome to explore the contents and participate in our webinars.
Contents of the training sessions and seminar schedule
School year 2023-2024
Theme 1 : Critic, Mindset, Entrecomp & Greencomp
Mats Westerberg, Luleå Technical University
9/10/2023, 14:30 – 15:30 EET Finland, 13:30 – 14:30 CEST Sweden
Mats Westerberg is a professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Luleå University of Technology. The focus of the seminar is how to apply the Critic, Entrecomp and Greencomp frameworks in practice in teaching, and what an entrepreneurial mindset means.
Theme 2: Future skills and working life
Perttu Pölönen, Futurist/Inventor/Writer
13/11/2023, 09:15 – 10:15 EET Finland, 08:15 – 09:15 CET Sweden
Perttu Pölönen is a futurist, inventor and writer. He has studied future technologies at Singularity University in Silicon Valley, founded a company focused on educational technology in Myanmar, written two books and won the EU’s biggest science competition for youth. With Perttu, we will think about what skills are needed both in life and in the future job market. The focus of the seminar is to consider how these future skills could be taken into account in teaching.
Theme 3 : Sustainable entrepreneurship from an educational perspective
Ulrika Persson-Fischier, Uppsala University
24/1/2024, 14:30 – 15:30 EET Finland, 13:30 – 14:30 CET Sweden
Ulrika Persson-Fischier is a researcher and teacher in Uppsala University. She is interested in how entrepreneurial skills can help find solutions to difficult sustainability issues.
Theme 4 : Social media and digitalization in entrepreneurship
Perttu Pölönen
1/3/2024, 09:15 – 10:15 EET Finland, 08:15 – 09:15 CET Sweden
During his career, Perttu Pölönen has, for example, developed a mobile application for teaching. He discusses the impact of digitalization and social media on us and as part of entrepreneurship. In the seminar, we will delve into the themes by discussing them with the participants.
Theme 5 : STEAM pedagogy and ToolCamp method in entrepreneurship education
Maikki Manninen & Paula Vorne, Educational and Cultural services of the City of Oulu
25/4/2024, 09:15 – 10:15 EET Finland, 08:15 – 09:15 CEST Sweden
Maikki Manninen and Paula Vorne work on the development of STEAM pedagogy regionally and nationally. They have brought the Danish Toolcamp working model to the north. In the video podcast, Maikki and Paula discuss the connection between STEAM pedagogy and entrepreneurship education, the backgrounds of STEAM and the Toolcamp model. In the seminar, we focus on practical solutions within the subject and how methods and pedagogy fit into a teacher's everyday life.
School year 2024-2025
Teema 6. Sustainabilisation – the importance of sustainable entrepreneurship
Mikael Botnen Diamant - a sustainability expert, author, and educator
2/9/2024, 14:30 – 15:30 EET, 13:30 – 14:30 CEST
The theme of Mikael's lecture is 'sustainabilisation' - a societal transformation as profound as urbanisation, globalisation, and digitalisation. Why are sustainability and sustainable entrepreneurship important for companies and organisations, and why are these important themes for teachers and students to work with? The focus of the seminar will be on practical application of these lessons in the classroom.
Teema 7: Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Solutions
Anzelika Krastina, Lapland University of Applied Sciences
13/11/2024, 14:30-15:30 EET, 13:30-14:30 CEST
Session will be focused on social entrepreneurship, what challenges and opportunities that social entrepreneurship brings, and what lessons can be learned for entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education. The seminar will focus on how to apply the lessons in practice.
Teema 8: Seminar will be in spring semester 2025. Further details about the training will be published in autumn -24.
Teema 9: Seminar will be in spring semester 2025. Further details about the training will be published in autumn -24.
Teema 10: Seminar will be in spring semester 2025. Further details about the training will be published in autumn -24.
Autumn term 2025
Teema 11: The theme and details about the seminar will be published in spring 2025!
Teema 12: The theme and details about the seminar will be published in spring 2025!
Each theme includes an online expert video and/or podcast and an interactive seminar related to the topic. You can participate in all training parts and thematic seminars or choose the ones that interest you the most.
The contents are targeted especially at people working in the field of teaching. However, everyone interested in entrepreneurship education is welcome to join.
Expert talks care available with Finnish, English and Swedish subtitles. The seminars are conducted on the Teams platform and the language of discussion is English. Seminars are not recorded.
Training materials are free to use also as teaching material.
How can I join the seminars?
Register
By registering to the course you will receive all links and materials directly to your email. You can choose which seminars to attend.
Watch the video or podcast
We publish expert videos and podcasts on the Training Materials page. Familiarize yourself with the material before the online seminar. We use a flipped-classroom style of learning, so it is important to familiarize yourself with the materials before the seminar.
(Duration: 20-30min)
Do the pre-assignment
To support your learning, there is a pre-assignment related to each video or podcast that will help you prepare for the online seminar. Pre-assignments are published on the Training Materials page by theme.
Add your name and email address to your pre-assignment if you want to receive a participation certificate.
(Duration: 10-30 min)
Participate in the online seminar
In the online seminar we dive deeper into the topic of the video lecture/podcast through reflection and discussion exercises together with the expert and other participants. The goal of is to find ways to apply the topics in practice.
The seminars are organised in English. You will receive the invite link in your email.
(Duration: 60 min)