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Dear Mark and others, as a EFYE contact person in Finland, I'm really glad to hear about your interest to visit Finland and pleased to help you in the arrangements of meetings with experts in these fields. I might start with introducing you to the OHO!-project, which is funded by the Ministry of Education and coordinated by the University of Jyväskylä. The project is focused on: - promoting students' study ability by developing student-based pedagogical models in order to support progress in studying - promoting students' welfare by developing new ways and models for student support and guidance services - promoting involvement of teachers by developing guidance skills in a way that also supports accessibility. Unfortunately the project does not have a website in English, but I will gladly help you to contact with the coordinators in case this is something you would be interested in - just let me know! The Finnish pages are found at https://ohohanke.fi/ in case there are list members with the knowledge of Finnish language... We are arranging a network meeting of FinFYE together with a workshop facilitated by the OHO!-project in Tampere at the 15th January, 2019. The main theme of the workshop is "Towards a good start" - resemblance with the main theme of EFYE 2019 in obvious :). At this moment there are already more than 30 delegates from all over the country registered. Understanding that this is most likely too close for you to arrange a visit to Finland, I will be able to use this workshop to ask colleagues about their interest to host your visit later in spring. Best regards, Erkki Härkönen Senior Advisor University of Turku Finland Aalto yliopisto Hämeen ammattikorkeakoulu Itä-Suomen yliopisto Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu Jyväskylän yliopisto Lapin yliopisto Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto Oulun yliopisto Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto Turun yliopisto From: Baldwin, M.P. (Mark) <[log in to unmask]> Sent: torstai 20. joulukuuta 2018 13.18 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Vist to Finland by small Dutch delegation in 2019...? Thanks for all the replies to the thread I started. I do appreciate these. Might I ask though, that further replies to this particular thread are in direct response to the questions raised...? I am most keen to hear from colleagues in Finland whom might be willing to host a short visit from a small Dutch delegation on the three topics I originally listed... (a) student wellbeing (b) professional development for counselling/tutoring staff (c) supporting students into life after university. Thanks in advance :) With best regards, Mark Mark Baldwin| Student Life Officer | Room 112 College Hall | University College Utrecht | Utrecht University | Campusplein 1, 3584 ED Utrecht, the Netherlands | +31 30 253 9271 | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | www.uu.nl/ucu<http://www.uu.nl/ucu> Working days: Mondays-Thursdays Open office hours: Mondays 13h00-15h00; Tuesdays 11h00-13h00; Wednesdays 13h00-15h00; Thursdays 13h00-15h00 From: European First Year Experience Network Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hall, Anita C Sent: donderdag 20 december 2018 12:01 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Vist to Finland by small Dutch delegation in 2019...? Hello 2 points that might be useful for someone in relation to this issue of staff and student wellbeing: A useful Student Minds report on how some academics are struggling with their pastoral support demands: https://www.studentminds.org.uk/theroleofanacademic.html Please consider training some mental health first aiders at your Universities - trained to raise awareness and listen and guide staff and students to supports (my workplace, Imperial College London now has about 300 and they are becoming increasingly useful to students and staff). Best wishes for a recuperative break. Anita Hall I should add - and I know this is not the immediate concern, as unrelated to the visit to Finland - that (a) student wellbeing (b) professional development for counselling/tutoring staff Are undoubtedly closely related and universities have to realize this and develop practical strategies to support the development of staff. I suspect this may be lacking in some institutions with regard to tutoring, which unlike counselling does not have the same tight structure. If the staff are not developed and supported in this role, which often is one they feel underprepared for and at times overwhelmed by, they will not be able to provide support to students. And we know from research that this support can be crucial in the first year. So I think Mark is looking at very important issues, and I hope he and his team can visit us on his travels, if not for the conference, at some other point in time. Best wishes Ricky ________________________________ From: European First Year Experience Network Discussion List <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Ricky Lowes <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Sent: 20 December 2018 10:16:07 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Vist to Finland by small Dutch delegation in 2019...? I should add - and I know this is not the immediate concern, as unrelated to the visit to Finland - that (a) student wellbeing (b) professional development for counselling/tutoring staff Are undoubtedly closely related and universities have to realize this and develop practical strategies to support the development of staff. I suspect this may be lacking in some institutions with regard to tutoring, which unlike counselling does not have the same tight structure. If the staff are not developed and supported in this role, which often is one they feel underprepared for and at times overwhelmed by, they will not be able to provide support to students. And we know from research that this support can be crucial in the first year. So I think Mark is looking at very important issues, and I hope he and his team can visit us on his travels, if not for the conference, at some other point in time. Best wishes Ricky I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues. Franklin D. Roosevelt From: European First Year Experience Network Discussion List <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> On Behalf Of Baldwin, M.P. (Mark) Sent: 18 December 2018 08:42 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Vist to Finland by small Dutch delegation in 2019...? For the attention of fellow Higher Education professionals in Finland... I'm based at University College Utrecht in The Netherlands, and was very inspired by the European First Year Experience conference held in our city this summer (2018). Meeting so many other colleagues from around Europe (and the world) truly aroused my curiosity, especially with regard to how other universities approach... (a) student wellbeing (b) professional development for counselling/tutoring staff (c) supporting students into life after university. These are also the three main areas of responsibility in my work here at UCU, and I'm frequently looking for new ways to innovate and collaborate. I'm now hoping to conduct a series of informal research visits to universities in various countries to explore these themes, starting hopefully with Finland. Before I go into further detail on my specific questions and themes of enquiry, may I ask if any of you in Finland would be willing to receive a visit from me, and perhaps one or two of my colleagues from The Netherlands? Ideally, we would meet with some of you who are directly engaged with student counselling/mentoring/guidance, or who are engaged in training others in this. We would plan to stay somewhere close to the university for 2-3 days, and in a short series of conversations try to understand more about your approaches to work, your setting, your ethos, and also share ours with you. Ideally, this would take place in the first half of 2019. If you would - in principle - welcome a visit, please do let me know and then we could explore the further details together. Thanks in advance! 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