Calling Nordic Youth: Join the Arctic Encounter 2025!
Are you an 18–26-year-old student passionate about the Arctic and sustainability? The Nordic Youth Grant for the Arctic offers 12 young people from the Nordic countries a unique chance to attend the Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage, Alaska, in April 2025.
With this grant, you will:
- Connect with leading experts and policymakers in Arctic affairs
- Network with like-minded peers from across the Nordics
- Boost your career with valuable international experience
- Receive travel grant benefits in the amount of USD 3,500 to supplement the costs of travel, accommodation, and participation costs
Apply by December 12, 2024, and become part of the conversation on climate action, indigenous rights, and sustainable development in the Arctic!
Learn more about the eligibility requirements and apply here:
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Founded in 2025, KiePe – Network for Language Centre Pedagogy, Teaching and Research – will broaden the range of language courses available to students at universities in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The KiePe network, composed of the University of Helsinki, Aalto University, the University of the Arts Helsinki, and Hanken School of Economics, will offer their students the chance to take elective language courses at any of the network universities in the future.Students will be able register for courses via the cross-institutional studies service (RIPA) from autumn 2026. By autumn 2028, the study paths of the network universities will be harmonised to some extent, which will make cross-institutional studies even easier.
Students wishing to take language courses outside their home university can register for language courses offered by the network universities through the cross-institutional studies service and view the course offerings on the universities’ websites. More detailed information about the course offering and registration practices will be provided in August 2026.
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