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Vuokko Kohtamäki; Michael von Boguslawski – Studies in Higher Education, 2025
This article explores the strategic external funding goals and plans of action of Finnish universities of applied sciences (UASs) as articulated in their institutional strategies using the ecology-of-games metaphor. UASs are pressured to expand external funding sources compared to their previous student number-based funding history. The UASs'…
Descriptors: Technology, Foreign Countries, Universities, Financial Support
Kajaste, Matti – Quality in Higher Education, 2018
This study utilises the quality audit reports of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences to describe the quality management of their research, development and innovation activities (RDI). The institutions are trying to find ways of enlarging the volume of RDI activities and this is clearly reflected in the ways in which they manage quality. Much…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Universities, Technology Education, Research Administration
Lain, Kari – Industry and Higher Education, 2008
In a knowledge-driven economy there is a growing need for deeper and more productive interaction between higher education and industry. The full exploitation of knowledge requires strategies, incentives, appropriate systems and strong interaction between the transfer processes and the main processes in higher education. In a knowledge-based…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Technology Education
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2013, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1 to 3 of June. Education, in a global sense, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and acts. One of the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Faculty Development, Staff Development, Educational Quality
Ramstad, Elise – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: During the past decade new types of broader networks that aim to achieve widespread effects in the working life have emerged. These are typically based on an interactive innovation approach, where knowledge is created jointly together with diverse players. At the moment, the challenge is how to evaluate these complex networks and learning…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Innovation, Learning Processes, Evaluation Methods
Heimburger, Anneli – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1988
Describes how new information technology, particularly microcomputer based, has been used for information provision and research and development activities by the Technical Research Center of Finland. Areas discussed include document delivery, publishing, database maintenance, consultancy and training services, conducting research and development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Technology, Microcomputers
Morch, Anders; Nygard, Kathrine; Andersen, Renate; Mushtaq, Shazia; Nedic, Damir; Olsen, Espen; Hauge, Trond Eiliv; Vedoy, Gunn; Norenes, Svein Olav; Moen, Anne; Nes, Sturle; Olsen, Dorothy S.; Ludvigsen, Sten; Toiviainen, Hanna; Lallimo, Jiri; Toikka, Seppo; Paavola, Sami; Pohjola, Pasi; Hakkarainen, Kai – Online Submission, 2009
This deliverable has been produced in the context of the Knowledge-Practice Laboratory (KP-Lab) project. KP-Lab focuses on innovative practices of working with knowledge in higher education, teacher training, and workplaces. Participants of WP10 are University of Helsinki, University of Oslo and Poyry Forest Industry representing both researchers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Educational Change
Canadian Council on Learning, 2006
This report aims to inform Canadians on the extent to which Canada's post-secondary education sector is contributing to Canadians' social and economic objectives, its ability to respond to a fast-changing global environment, and how Canada's approach to higher education compares with other leading developed countries. Analysis of currently…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Educational Objectives, Labor Force Development
Curtain, Richard – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
Innovation, from high profile scientific discoveries to lower profile changes in processes or practices, is crucial to Australia's economic development. However, its impact on the wider community is usually relatively small. Promotion of innovation across all sectors is required to produce the biggest changes. This report focuses on the roles of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Profiles, Innovation, Economic Development
Ministry of Education, Helsinki (Finland). – 2000
In the spring of 1999, the Finnish Ministry of Education devised an information strategy for the period of 2000-2004. This is the second of its kind. The first strategy had been devised to steer national information society development in the fields of education and research from 1995 onwards. The new strategy has aroused a great deal of interest…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Development, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
Science and Technology Policy Council of Finland, Helsinki. – 2003
Finland is challenged to make the most of globalization by reinforcing its positive aspects. The 1990s taught that success in creating innovations is a key factor for success of business and societies. A precondition, high-level technological and business know-how, requires systematic input into producing social innovations that prevent societal…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Economic Development, Foreign Countries