Study Guide

Learning outcomes

This is an international intensive week primarily aimed at business students.

Implementation and methods of teaching

CC Art Festival is an intensive course focused on planning and executing an art event art in small study groups (6 per team). Objective is develop student's abilities to work and communicate in multidisciplinary and international teams.

The course contains in total of 7 workshops divided in weeks 13, 16 and 17. Course culminates in week 19, when the planned art events are executed in Lahti campus. During the physical intensive week the group is familiarized to Lahti and surrounding areas.

The students come from Finland, Austria, Germany and Belgium. Group is consisted of business and design students. Students have the opportunity to lodge at the Lahti campus during the intensive week in a cardboard hotel.

Course is open for 5 business and 5 institute of design students. After the registration in Peppi, the applicants receive an enrollment survey on which base the student selection is done.

Timing and attendance

Mandatory

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

This is an international intensive week primarily aimed at business students.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Intensive week takes place both in Lahti, Finland and Reykjavik, Iceland

Contents

This year, the NordBiz course, will focus on Circular Economy. It is an elective joint course in the NordBiz network of universities from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. From each of the participating countries a group of 4 students is chosen based on the academic achievements. Every year the course focuses on a different industry – this year it is Sustainable Ocean focusing on sea resources – fisheries but also on the environmental problems connected with the ocean e.g. plastic pollution.

The course consists of two different parts:

• Case report: At the beginning of the course, the students prepare a country case report at their home university. The case report is focused on how companies/organizations/municipalities in their home country deal with the topics of this course. The findings in the case report will be presented and graded during the first part of the intensive week in Reykjavik. Case report requires group work in Finland.

• Intensive week project (IWP report): During the intensive week, the students will be working in multicultural groups preparing a project, which will be presented and graded at the end of the course. This will take place in Reykjavik.

The course starts in January 2023, students are provided with reading materials and are required to work on the Case Report. In April students travel for an intensive week project which this time will take place in Iceland. Students will participate there in a group project and present their results.

The course is an excellent opportunity to gain international experience; not only to tackle important current questions but also to work in a multicultural environment and create a network of future business people.

Here you can see a short clip from the last course that took place in Norway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_eG_-ivEf4.

Getting excited? Great! If you are interested please send your motivation letter for the week in English on the 14th of December, 2022 at the latest by e-mail to tarja.isola@lab.fi.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

This intensive week is meant for the students of the Faculty of Business and Hospitality Management, preferably for the 2nd and 3rd year students.

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

This is an international intensive week primarily aimed at business students.

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

This is an international intensive week primarily aimed at business students.

Implementation and methods of teaching

The course is an interdisciplinary international intensive week in Latvia. It includes a pre-assignment before the intensive week and face to face activities during the stay in Latvia. Students will learn about social entrepreneurship and advance their understanding of social entrepreneurship and foster their skills and competencies through social start-ups simulation based on real societal challenges. More precisely, students will develop entrepreneurial competencies, including knowledge and skills, related to initiating or managing a social enterprise, social innovations, or social impact by:
• learning and collaborating with students from five countries
• learning case stories of social enterprises
• building ideas on ethical and sustainable thinking
• learning by doing and networking
• designing business models for social enterprises.

The Erasmus+ funded Developing social entrepreneurial skills in higher education (SEinHE)-project funds the trips and accommodation for the students whose registration is accepted.

LAB degree program students from any discipline can register to the course. Five students will be accepted.

Timing and attendance

The course takes place Oct. 3 - 7 (excluding traveling days). It can only be completed by active contribution to the pre-assignment and full time participation face to face in Riga and Rezekene, Latvia.

Learning material and recommended literature

All materials will be delivered by the teachers.

Alternative completion methods

none

Working life cooperation

During the intensive week students will work in international groups in close cooperation with company representatives.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

First-year students can not be selected.

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed

Learning outcomes

This is an international intensive week primarily aimed at business students.

Implementation and methods of teaching

This course is an international intensive week that takes place on 19 - 23 of September in Tartu, Estonia. It invites students to learn entrepreneurial skills by doing. During the course the students will team up with international peer students and have a novel collaborative learning experience in Tartu.The international student teams develop entrepreneurial competences, especially from challenge based business, including knowledge and skills by creating their own social venture plan. Students also meet social entrepreneurs, researchers and have mentors who support the process. iSEE - Innovating Social Entrepreneurship Education -project covers traveling and accommodation costs as well as some lunches social events.

The course is intended for International Business -degree program students in any level of their studies.

Timing and attendance

The course can only be completed by active full time participation face to face in Tartu, Estonia. Departure 18th of September and returning 23th of September. Further instructions after registration. The group will travel together.

Contents

The international intensive week Challenge Based Entrepreneurship is aimed for students interested in environmental and/or social issues and challenges with a background in the field of business, technology or social and healthcare, and who are particularly interested in how to combine new thinking and concepts with entrepreneurship. The one-week study programme consists of workshops, international team work and a few lectures.
During the week Students will
• spot opportunities, envision future and use imagination
• assess ethical and sustainable aspects and social impact
• develop a social venture plan in collaboration with international student peers
• create solutions to chosen challenges
• learn from practical case stories and theories about social entrepreneurship
• learn by co-creating, team-up, collaborate and network

Assessment criteria

No exam. Active participation in lectures and group work. The student groups will present a group work on Friday. The groups get feedback to their ideas.

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed

Learning outcomes

This is an international intensive week primarily aimed at business students.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Intensive week Art Festival in Campus is held in Belgium. The course covers 9 online workshops with themes of team building, project management & arts. Students are regrouped into 5 international teams of 8 people mixing up business and design/art students.During the online workshops students build a project plan, business canvas and a concept map of a upcoming event in Belgium. The event will be held on the last week of April. One of the teams focus on branding the Art Festival intensive week and provide materials, colours etc. to the executing teams.

Timing and attendance

Mandatory

Assessment scale

1-5

Learning outcomes

This is an international intensive week primarily aimed at business students.

Assessment scale

1-5