Preliminary programme

Registration for Climate University for Virtual Exchanges (CLUVEX) Virtual Exchange Week is open now! The University of Helsinki is coordinating a Virtual Exchange Week from October 14th to 18th, 2024, where students from different disciplines and coming from Europe and Neighborhood East countries, get together online to discuss and network on climate change topics!

This event will cover the latest scientific knowledge on climate change from broad perspective, including natural sciences, socio-economics, and art. The VE Week is open to students from all fields, particularly those from Finland, Denmark, Ukraine, and Armenia, as well as other European and Neighborhood East countries. More information in the course announcement attached.

There are several opportunities to study Climate University courses also during summer.

Ilmasto.nyt tutustumiskurssi (2 op) 7.5.-18.6.2024. Lisätiedot ja ilmoittautuminen 7.5. mennessä täällä.

Ilmastonmuutos -verkkokurssi (2 op) voi suorittaa kesällä UEF Avoimen yliopiston kautta, koodi 3352711. Ilmoittautuminen 7.6. mennessä täällä. *päivitetty 7.5.*

Courses available on a continuous basis:

Biodiversity.now (2 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – study and registration here https://courses.mooc.fi/org/uh-inar/courses/biodiversity-now

Climate.now (2 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – study and registration here https://courses.mooc.fi/org/uh-inar/courses/climate-now

Ilmasto.nyt – ilmastonmuutoksen peruskurssi / Climate.now  – Basic Course on Climate Change (2 op). Turun yliopiston opiskelijat ilmoittautuvat kurssikoodilla MAAN6570-3005 ja muut Turun Avoimessa yliopistossa koodilla MAAN6570-3006 https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/fi/opintojakso/MAAN6570/22474?period=2022-2024

Ilmasto.nyt / Climate.now (2 op), suomi/englanti, Turun yliopiston opiskelijat ilmoittautuvat kurssikoodilla MAAN6570 ja muut avoimen yliopiston kautta täällä 31.7.2024 mennessä.

Introduction to sustainability (3 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – study and registration here https://courses.mooc.fi/org/uh-inar/courses/introduction-to-sustainability

Johdatus kestävän tulevaisuuden opintoihin, A-osa (3 op) jatkuvasti suoritettavissa, Ilmoittautumisaika UEF-opiskelijoille 31.7.2024 asti, kurssikoodi 5319404 ja avoimen opiskelijoille 17.6.2024 asti täällä. Opintojakson arvostelu 29.2.2024, 31.5.2024 ja 31.7.2024.

Kiertotalous.nyt / Circular.now (3 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – University of Helsinki students can register with the course code MAAT-051B, other Climate University students here and others here.

Kiertotalous.nyt (3 op) opiskeltavissa itsenäisesti – Karelia ammattikorkeakoulun opiskelijat ilmoittautuvat Pepissä kurssikoodilla IE10077 ja muut avoimen ammattikorkeakoulun kautta https://www.karelia.fi/avoin-amk/kiertotalous-nyt-3/

Kiertotalous.nyt (3 op) opiskeltavissa itsenäisesti 14.9.2023 – 15.5.2024 välisenä aikana. Avoinna UEF opiskelijoille täällä (ilmoittautuminen 15.5.2024 mennessä)  ja avoimen opiskelijoille täällä (ilmoittautuminen 28.4.2024 mennessä).

Leadership for sustainable change (2 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – University of Helsinki students can register with course code ATM383, other Climate University students here and others here.

Una Europa Micro-Credential in Sustainability (10 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – find more info here: https://www.una-europa.eu/study/microcredential-sustainability

Courses with restricted registration:

Kiertotalous.nyt / Circular.now (5 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – University of Helsinki students can register with the course code MAAT-051.

Climate University six Action Groups met for the second time in Vuosaari, Helsinki, as well as online in 8.4.2024. The meeting was attached to the Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center 3rd Impact Week.

Climate University network practices were revised, including the Action Groups themselves, network communication and potential new chairmanship practice. Course feedback has been collected and course updates and ideas for new courses were planned further. Different international collaborations were discussed and brought up, and joint impact was discussed.

Save the date of our next Annual Meeting to be held in Oulu 5.-7.11.2024!

Climate University for Virtual Exchanges project is looking for moderators to facilitate the one-week experience. Please find here a Call for Moderators.

The first Climate Expert Specialisation Programme has started. During the next two years, we will educate 42 experts coming from different fields of society. We met for the first time last week (20.-22.3.2024) in Hyytiälä Forestry Station to get to know each other as well as climate science topics. The first 60-credits programme will be held in Finnish, but we hope to make an international edition in future, too.

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Ensimmäinen Ilmastoasiantuntijan erikoistumiskoulutus on alkanut. Seuraavan kahden vuoden aikana koulutamme 42 asiantuntijaa, jotka tulevat yhteiskunnan eri osa-alueilta. Tapasimme ensimmäisen kerran Hyytiälän metsäasemalla 20.-22.3.2024 ja pääsimme tutustumaan paitsi toisiimme myös ilmastotieteen tekemiseen. Koulutuksen laajuus on 60 opintopistettä ja se on suunniteltu toteutettavaksi työn ohella. Koulutuksen toteuttaa Helsingin yliopisto yhteistyössä Ilmatieteen laitoksen, Climate Leadership Coalitionin ja Climate University -verkoston kanssa. Koulutuksen ovat perustaneet kaikki Suomen luonnontieteen alan koulutusta antavat yliopistot.

Lisätiedot: https://www.helsinki.fi/ilmastoasiantuntijan-erko

PS. Lue koulutuksen johtajan ajatuksia ilmasto-osaamisen tarpeesta täältä.

Climate University Action Groups are meeting on April 8th 2024, attached to the Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center Impact Week in Sofia Cultural Center in Vuosaari, Helsinki. Hybrid participation will be available for registered participants. 

Programme:  

9.45 ACCC Impact Week opening words 

10.00 Climate and Death – session opening (workshop continues until 16) 

10.45 Coffee break 

11.00 Climate University Action Groups 1-6 (6 meeting rooms) 

12.00 Lunch 

13.00 Climate University Action Groups 1-6 (6 meeting rooms)  

14.00 Climate University workshop summary 

15.00 Coffee break  

15.15-16 Possibility to continue 

Register here: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/128082/lomake.html 

All Climate University Action Groups  met for the first time in November 6th in Helsinki. Please find here short summaries of what was discussed there, as well as topics to work on in the April 8th meeting. Meetings are open for anyone to participate. 

Action Group 1: Coordination 

Action Group 1 discussed the network development in general. Resourcing was identified as one of the main topics and a continuous challenge. Membership fee was discussed as an option. Also, more shared distribution of power within the network was found important and circulating chairmanship was discussed as an option.  

Topics to discuss: 

1. evaluation of CU action group model 
2. description of chairman’s role  
3. wishes for Annual meeting in November in Oulu  
4. agenda for next CU coordinator meeting 

Chairs: Laura Riuttanen, Iida Pullinen  

Action Group 2: Courses 

Action Group 2 discussed quite a lot developing the pedagogies of CU courses and the process of making a new CU course. As the network has grown these issues were not clear. There was a suggestion of starting to make some kind of guidelines for quality and for pedagogical help. After the meeting, a questionnaire was prepared for CU course teachers to assess the updating needs of courses. Answers are requested by the end of March and the needs will be discussed in the meeting 8th April. 

Topics to discuss:  

1. update needs and updating the courses during summer 2024  
2. concrete steps on improving the cooperation between scientists and pedagogical experts  
3. clarifying what is the relation of CU courses to other courses in e.g. Biodiversity education network, Sustainability education network, UniPID, FITECH, etc.  

Chairs: Eveliina Asikainen, Jussi Malila   

Action Group 3: Communication 

Action Group 3 aims to support and implement Climate University actions through effective, appropriate, and fluent communications. In the previous meeting the Communications –group shared thoughts and ideas related to target groups (students and members), the role of CU-members, different forms of communication, and the resources. The group also discussed the outreach possibilities, such as events, web page updates, social media, and materials.  

Topics to discuss:  

1. We will get to know each other by familiarizing ourselves with the current roles of participants and sharing the latest CU greetings of participants´ universities.  
2. We will discuss the key points mapped in the previous meeting.  
3. Understanding the roles of each partner university, finding the feasible resources within the network and discussing how to engage further the comms people, faculty and staff at member universities.  
4. The key areas of CU communications (website, blog, course advertisements, visual material) will be discussed in a welcoming and lively atmosphere. 

Chairs: Meri Löyttyniemi, Janina Taurinen  

Action Group 4: Societal collaboration   

Action Group 4 spoke of potential collaboration partners for CU and listed such as those in working-life and teachers and teaching planners as potential groups to which CU courses could be targeted to expand, with cities, municipalities and other networks also mentioned. However, much of the talk revolved around questions related to the CU network’s and its participants’ needs and wishes for any potential societal collaboration. Such questions as, what kind of needs but also whose and how to collect and represent them at the Action Group were brought up.   

Topics to discuss:  

1. Any and all topics related to the theme proposed by the onsite and online participants 
2. Continue our talk to define what would the societal collaboration potentially be about  
3. Continue our talk on how to best serve not the CU network alone but the educational institutions as participants of the network, in our efforts towards societal collaboration  
4. Plans for next concrete steps by the Action Group and of the division of work and responsibilities 
5. A presentation about the ongoing Specialisation Programme in Climate Expertise organised by UH and partnering CU universities  

Chairs: Sanni Väisänen, Janne Salovaara  

Action group 5: Academic collaboration  

Action Group 5 main discussion was related to the definition of the function and purpose of the action group. It was discussed whether the action group should serve as a platform for multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary academic collaboration or as a “point-of connection” for discussion between CU coordinators for information sharing. In addition, the relation of Action Group 5 to Action Groups 2, 4, and 6 was discussed.  As a result, it was decided that the first action should be identifying the needs and interests of CU partners and other Action Groups in relation to the Action Group 5.  

Topics to discuss: 

1. Updating the Action Group member status and identifying the need and added value for the Action Group 5 
2. How to identify the needs and interests of CU partners for academic collaboration? What type of concrete collaboration CU partners are looking for and what is the level of interest? 
3. What kind of information provided by Action Group 5 is helpful for the CU network? 

Chairs: Tilly Andersson, Mikael Puurtinen  

Action Group 6: International collaboration 

Action Group 6 explored possible goals at different scales, from co-developing or co-teaching courses with international partners to realising our responsibility towards the Global South and exporting education. Several CU network members already have ongoing international collaborations or are part of pilot projects. We identified several challenges, such as a lack of platforms for joint course development and teaching, providing free access to courses, accreditation and certification for students outside Finland or the EU, and finding resources and funding for internationalisation. We agreed that we would need to work towards a strategic vision for international collaboration by first stocktaking different scales of activities and identifying opportunities for new ways of collaboration and then prioritising certain types of collaboration. Regarding the development of international teaching, we decided to examine how the CU platform could be made accessible for use outside Finland, explore a possible collaboration with the University of the Arctic on a new course related to arctic issues, and how to pilot the CU approach in the Global South.    

Topics to discuss: 

1. Action group members share updates on projects, problems and possible solutions.  
2. We agree on the strategic vision for international collaboration. 
3. We discuss specific international joint projects within the CU network (for example: Climate University for Virtual Exchanges). 

Chairs: Bernhard Reischl, Anne-Marie Tuomala  

1. Coordination
2. Courses
3. Communication
4. Societal collaboration
5. Academic collaboration
6. International collaboration

Ilmastoviestintä (2 op) 8.1.-11.3.2024. Oulun yliopiston opiskelijat ilmoittautuvat kurssikoodilla 766382A, muut Climate University -opiskelijat täällä. Huom. ilmoittautuminen päättyy 1.1.2024!

ClimateComms.now (2 ECTS) 15.1.-3.3.2024. University of Helsinki students register with course code ATM382, other Climate University students here and others via open university here.

SystemsChange.now (5 ECTS), 10.1.-10.4.2024. University of Turku students register with course code MAAN7741, University of Helsinki students with course code ATM379, other Climate University students here and others via Turku open university here by 8.1.2024.

Leadership for sustainable change (5 ECTS) 16.1.-27.2.2024. University of Helsinki students register with course code ATM373, University of Jyväskylä students with course code CEMS2610, Tampere University students with course codes HAL.YPAT.341 or KAT.VAST.328 or LFC.360, Hanken students with course code 22089-E, other Climate University students here and others via open university here.

Kestävän kehityksen perusteet (3-5 op), 8.1.-11.3.2024. Oulun ylipiston opiskelijat ilmoittautuvat kurssikoodilla NP00AF43 ja muut Climate University -opiskelijat täällä. Huom. ilmoittautuminen päättyy 1.1.2024!

Principles of sustainable development (3-5 ECTS), 8.1.-11.3.2024. University of Oulu students register with course code NP00AF43 and other Climate University students here. Note. Registration ends 1.1.2024!

Sustainable.Now (3 ECTS), 4.3.2024-19.4.2024. Open via LUT open university, course code BH60A6801, registration time 5.2.2024 – 22.2.2024 https://www.lut.fi/en/studies/open-university/registration-and-study-fees

Sustainable.Now (5 ECTS), 4.3.2024-19.4.2024. Open via LUT open university, course code BH60A6801, registration time 5.2.2024 – 22.2.2024 https://www.lut.fi/en/studies/open-university/registration-and-study-fees

Kestävä kehitys maantieteessä (5 op) (Kestävyys.nyt -opintojakson maantieteeseen tuunattu versio), suomi/englanti, Turun yliopiston opiskelijat ilmoittautuvat 31.7.2024 mennessä kurssikoodilla MAAN6070. Muut ilmoittautuvat 21.2.2024 mennessä avoimen yliopiston toteutukselle (26.2.–7.4.2024) täällä.

Solutions.now (5 ECTS), 11.3.-2.5.2024. University of Helsinki students register with course code ATM380, Turku UAS students with course code TE00BR31-3005, Metropolia students with course code XX00DW15-3006, other Climate University students here and others via open university here. Registration is open 1.1.-26.2.2024.

Klimat.nu (5 sp), 18.3.-24.5.2024. Kursinformation och anmälan: https://www.abo.fi/opu-amnen/hallbar-utveckling Anmälningstid 20.11.2023-11.3.2024. Undervisningsspråk svenska.

Courses available on a continuous basis:

Biodiversity.now (2 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – study and registration here https://courses.mooc.fi/org/uh-inar/courses/biodiversity-now

Climate.now (2 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – study and registration here https://courses.mooc.fi/org/uh-inar/courses/climate-now

Ilmastonmuutos -verkkokurssi / Climate Change -eLearning (2 op) 1.8.2023 – 17.6.2024. UEF:n opiskelijat ilmoittautuvat Pepin kautta (kurssikoodi 3352711) ja muut avoimen yliopiston kautta täällä.

Ilmasto.nyt – ilmastonmuutoksen peruskurssi / Climate.now  – Basic Course on Climate Change (2 op). Turun yliopiston opiskelijat ilmoittautuvat kurssikoodilla MAAN6570-3005 ja muut Turun Avoimessa yliopistossa koodilla MAAN6570-3006 https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/fi/opintojakso/MAAN6570/22474?period=2022-2024

Ilmasto.nyt / Climate.now (2 op), suomi/englanti, Turun yliopiston opiskelijat ilmoittautuvat kurssikoodilla MAAN6570 ja muut avoimen yliopiston kautta täällä 31.7.2024 mennessä.

Introduction to sustainability (3 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – study and registration here https://courses.mooc.fi/org/uh-inar/courses/introduction-to-sustainability

Johdatus kestävän tulevaisuuden opintoihin, A-osa (3 op) jatkuvasti suoritettavissa, Ilmoittautumisaika UEF-opiskelijoille 31.7.2024 asti, kurssikoodi 5319404 ja avoimen opiskelijoille 17.6.2024 asti täällä. Opintojakson arvostelu 29.2.2024, 31.5.2024 ja 31.7.2024.

Kiertotalous.nyt / Circular.now (3 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – University of Helsinki students can register with the course code MAAT-051B, other Climate University students here and others here.

Kiertotalous.nyt (3 op) opiskeltavissa itsenäisesti – Karelia ammattikorkeakoulun opiskelijat ilmoittautuvat Pepissä kurssikoodilla IE10077 ja muut avoimen ammattikorkeakoulun kautta https://www.karelia.fi/avoin-amk/kiertotalous-nyt-3/

Kiertotalous.nyt (3 op) opiskeltavissa itsenäisesti 14.9.2023 – 15.5.2024 välisenä aikana. Avoinna UEF opiskelijoille täällä (ilmoittautuminen 15.5.2024 mennessä)  ja avoimen opiskelijoille täällä (ilmoittautuminen 28.4.2024 mennessä).

Leadership for sustainable change (2 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – University of Helsinki students can register with course code ATM383, other Climate University students here and others here.

Una Europa Micro-Credential in Sustainability (10 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – find more info here: https://www.una-europa.eu/study/microcredential-sustainability

Courses with restricted registration:

Climate Change (5 ECTS), 8.1.2024-19.4.2024. LUT students register with the course code BH60A5900, registration time 1.12.2023 – 2.1.2024.

Climate.Now (2 ECTS), 8.1.2024-19.4.2024. Open via open university, course code BH60A7400, registration time 1.12.2023 – 2.1.2024 https://www.lut.fi/en/studies/open-university/registration-and-study-fees

Circular.now, 22.1-8.3.2024. Hanken students register with the course code 38025, registration is open until 14.1.2024.

Circular.Now (3 ECTS) 8.1.2024-23.2.2024. LUT students register with course code BH60A7200, registration time 1.12.2023 – 2.1.2024.

Circular.Now (3 ECTS), 4.3.2024-19.4.2024. LUT students register with course code BH60A7200, registration time 5.2.2024 – 22.2.2024.

Circular.Now (3 ECTS), 1.6.2024-31.7.2024. LUT students register with course code BH60A7200, registration time 18.4.2024 –18.5.2024.

Kiertotalous.nyt / Circular.now (5 ECTS) available on a continuous basis – University of Helsinki students can register with the course code MAAT-051.

Climate University Annual Meeting 2023 was held in Helsinki 6.-7.11.2023 with more than 100 changemakers listening, discussing, sharing, experiencing and planning education collaboration in the times of the climate crisis. Theme of the meeting was art and science collaboration, and the event was co-organized by the University of Helsinki, the University of the Arts Helsinki and the Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center. Event was also a 5-year anniversary of the Climate University, as the network hosted our very first workshop in the same place in November 2018.

Event started with a panel discussion on the Think Corner Stage, where professor of meteorology Timo Vesala and art curator Ulla Taipale from the University of Helsinki, art curator Yvonne Billimore from BioArt Society as well as artist Josefina Nelimarkka shared their views of the need of art-science collaboration. Panel discussion was moderated by Saara Hannula from the UniArts. Piece or art ‘Supersaturation’ by Josefina Nelimarkka was shown on the stage.

One of the new outcomes of the Climate University collaboration is the Specialisation Programme in Climate Expertise, which is a 2-year (60 ECTS) specialisation education for those who need climate expertise in their working life.  Also new Climate University for Virtual Exchanges programme (CLUVEX) was advertised, as well as new Biodiversity.now MOOC.

According to Climate University vision and strategy 2023-2027, six action groups were established and they met for the first time on Monday afternoon. Registration to the action groups is still open to everyone interested in higher education collaboration on climate and sustainability education (see link above).

Evening reception was hosted by the Helsinki Observatory. In 2021, Climate.now students of the University of Helsinki designed a climate change exhibition there, that has already been seen by 20 000 visitors!

Tuesday morning, Climate University network topics were workshopped in Helsinki EduHub. Action groups presented their future plans and next steps were discussed.

Next Climate University Annual Meeting will be held in Oulu 6.-7.11.2024.

Action groups will also meet in 8.4. in Vuosaari, Helsinki (hybrid), attached to ACCC Impact Week.

Text: Laura Riuttanen

Photos: Laura Riuttanen, Reetta Matilainen, Janina Taurinen