Lifelong learning at the University of Helsinki

Adult education, Research and development services

Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education is part of the University of Helsinki, member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU). Benefitting from the University's broad foundation across a range of disciplines, Palmenia operates in diverse fields.

Palmenia designs and provides tailored programmes as well as research and development services to meet the needs of business life and the public sector.

Food Safety course

The Northern European Approach to Food Safety

The Northern European Approach to Food Safety course offers a general outline of the Food Safety situation in Finland and the goals of modern food safety control in a Nordic country.

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Ageing as a positive phenomenon



Japanese-Finnish seminar “Ageing as a positive phenomenon – enriching interaction” in Lahti September 10th, 2013

The seminar is aimed to everyone interested in the current research of ageing and the commonalities and differences of the practices of elderly care in Japan and Finland.

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New director for Palmenia



Pirjo Hiidenmaa to begin this autumn as director of the Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education.

Hiidenmaa has previously worked as director of the University of Helsinki Open University and as a unit director at the Academy of Finland.

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Call for Papers



Cross-border conference in Kouvola & St. Petersburg "Transport and borders" September 25–28, 2013

The International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T²M) calls for papers to be presented at its 11th annual conference, which will take place in Kouvola, Finland and in St. Petersburg, Russia on September 25th–28th 2013.

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Where does the Pisa results come from?



Learn and share leadership, learning and teaching practices and knowledge with Finnish educators

During the web based course, Finnish educators introduce participants to the Finnish Education System. The course gives opportunities to benchlearn from top class Finnish educators and share practices internationally.

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Montessori Pedagogy Course



Come to study as a Montessori Instructor, 3.6.2013 – 31.5.2015

University of Helsinki, Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education in collaboration with Finnish Montessori Training conduct Montessori Instructor training. The aim of the training is to introduce the student to Montessori Pedagogy that is used for children aged 3 – 6.

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Project results



European Quality framework for long-term care services

The European Quality framework for long-term care services is the final output of the WeDO project. The document is available in 10 languages. A summary  of the Quality framework is also available and translated in 10 languages.

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Media news



Korean TV crew on location at Palmenia

A four-person TV crew from South Korea visited Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education on 24 October  to research the Finnish system of continuing education.

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Mouse pathology training



Web-based "Disease Model Pathology Training programme", The pilot course will start  8th of April, 2013

Disease Model Pathology Training programme" (PathPath) for postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers start with pilot course. The pilot course will start  8th of April, 2013.

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Education Export



Foreign language teaching methods: the trump card of Finnish exports

An intensive course in the didactics of English at a Finnish university is a much coveted prize in South Korea, accessible to only the most distinguished teachers. Such merits are vital to career advancement in a country where competition is tough.

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