Category: Guest Author
IELTS Academic language test – needed for future purposes?
Have you considered applying for a university or working abroad after graduation? It may be that you need to take a language test to prove your English language skills before […]
Integration into Finland through student exchange
I would like to share with you my experience of integration in Finland. I came as an exchange student over 10 years ago for four months during my last year […]
Tips on how to get your focus right at the group entrance interview online
It’s good to be a little anxious about an entrance interview online and have butterflies in your stomach. Sometimes the excitement may take over, and the group interview may seem […]
A Fuzzy World
They say you maintain orderProtecting people and property Complice with inequality and dishonestyBut with her, you remained a supporter. We’ve never ever imagined these corruptions In partnership with unjustness and wildnessCitizens became […]
Common trends in education and our changing requirements
As educational practitioners and learners, it is important to continuously assess the overall trends in the education sector. Some issues are starting to become vital part of the general discourse […]
Heartiest Congratulations to 20-year-old Insider
20 years ago, I was the Head of Business Department at Kymenlaakso Polytechnic as our institution was then called. Kymenlaakso Polytechnic started its first year in August 1996. At the […]
What is TKI or RDI in XAMK?
TKI is an abbreviation from Finnish “Tutkimus, Kehitys, Innovaatiot” which translates in English into Research, Development and Innovation (RDI). RDI activities are part of the mission of XAMK according to […]
Students in Prison
Students specialising in Public Administration and Law spent a day in November to visit the Crime Museum and Helsinki Prison. The visit was arranged for the Criminal Law course. The […]
Cultural Exchange
“Sometimes we feel we straddle more of two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools.” Salman Rushdie perfectly described how it feels to have this diasporic feeling, […]