Thoughts on Studying in English

By Iiris Aaltonen EBA18 Many people have asked me why I decided to study in English and why I didn’t go abroad to study if I wanted to study in a foreign language. To be honest, the idea of studying in English in Finland seemed somehow odd at first. I didn’t even consider it as…

Challenging, educating and fun – being a student in Metropolia UAS

by Kristiin Karstep Year 1 A year ago I would not have pictured myself studying in a university. To take a year off after high school is definitely something I would recommend to everyone. After coming back from an exchange year in the United States I found myself looking at studying opportunities in English. I…

Organising a seminar – a group project in action

Our story started at the beginning of the spring semester in a lecture in B-block. We were told that we would have to execute a group communication project which required each of us to spend 40 hours on the project. In other words, it was the equivalent to one week working hours of a full-time…

(Net)Working @ LOGY conference

I was asked by our Senior Lecturer for Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Kaija Haapasalo, in December if I wanted to volunteer for the LOGY conference 9.-10 February 2017. The conference is organised by the LOGY association, a Finnish not-for-profit association of Purchasing and Logistics. I was offered free tickets to the seminar for both…