Expert meeting

Expert meeting on higher education in youth work was held in 20.-23.09.2022 at Helsinki.


On this page you can find all the presentations held at the event as well as background materials.

Opening addresses

Opening address by Dr Jukka Määttä

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Opening address by Mr Tuomo Puumala

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Programme and materials

Download the programme here.

Wednesday

Official opening for the seminar

Opening address by Mr Tuomo Puumala, State Secretary, Ministry of Education and Culture
Opening address by Dr Jukka Määttä, President/CEO, Humak University of Applied Sciences

Background for the Peer Learning Activity. Materials here.
By Tanya Basarab, Research and Youth Policy Officer, EU – Council of Europe Youth Partnership

Overview on relevant studies by EU – Council of Europe Youth Partnership. Materials here.
By Tanya Basarab, Research and Youth Policy Officer

Competence frameworks and competence-based approaches in youth worker education and training.
Materials here.
By Dr Tomi Kiilakoski, Leading Senior Researcher, Finnish Youth Research Network; Adjunct Professor, University of Tampere

Different needs to start higher education in youth work:  inspirations for curricula, motivations & challenges

  • Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University GE / Tamar Makharadze¸ Associate Professor. Materials here.
  • Eotvos Lorand University HU /Barnabas Gulyás, Assistant lecturer. Materials here.
  • Institute for Social Research HR / Marko Kovacic, Research fellow and assistant professor in youth studies

How to teach youth work/educate youth workers in higher education? Examples + discussions

The working life orientation of studies – Humak University of Applied Sciences, Finland. Materials here.
by Dr Merja Kylmäkoski, Principal Lecturer. Materials here.

How to teach youth work/ educate youth workers in higher education? – topic continues

‘Bring to Life’ (The complexity of youth work teaching) – Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland.
Materials here.
By Katherina Nugent, Youth Work Lecturer

Establishing Youth Work Training Programmes at your HEI: consultation, development, design and delivery – University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Wales. Materials here.
By Dr Nichola Welton, Senior Lecturer/Acting Academic Director Centre for Childhood, Youth and Education & Angharad Lewis, Senior Lecturer/Programme Director

Thu 22 September

Official greetings for the seminar

  • Council of Europe / Antje Rothemund, Head of the Youth Department in the Directorate General of Democracy
  • European Commission / Jadranka Vukovic Johnsson, Senior Expert, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture

The role of ministries responsible for developing youth work – how to cooperate with HEIs

  • Seija Astala, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland. Materials here.
  • Katrin Olt, Chief Expert of Department of Youth and Talent Policy, Estonian Ministry of Education and Research. Materials here.
  • Dāvids Garšva, Senior Desk Officer, Ministry of Education and Science of Republic of Latvia. Materials here.
  • Miguel Martins, Senior Officer, Portuguese Institute of Sports and Youth – IPDJ. Materials here.
  • Benedicte Roose, Policy Employee for Youth and Child Rights, Flemish Ministry, Belgium

The challenges in youth work education today – how to react in HEIs / in curricula

  • Mental health power in youth work. Materials here.
    By Elina Marjamäki, Mental health promotion of children and young people, MIELI Mental Health Finland
  • Challenges on synchronous collaborative online learning – -reflecting the community educator (NGO and Youth Work) studies. Materials here.
    • Päivi Timonen, Online learning specialist, Senior lecturer Humak University of Applied Sciences and Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Education, University of Lapland

The hot topics in youth work education today – and challenges, too

  • Plenary discussion

New challenges and opportunities for youth work education due to expanding operating environment – the necessity of continuous learning

Youth Work Curriculum of the City of Helsinki

  • Dr Sini Perho, Planning officer, City of Helsinki, Youth division & Mikko Röman, Coordinator of digital youth work, City of Helsinki, Youth division. Materials here and here.
  • Dr Tomi Kiilakoski, Leading Senior Researcher, Finnish Youth Research Network

Fri 23 September

Creating the spaces for collaboration

Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) – new possibility for joint courses. Materials here.

  • Sami Niemelä, Senior Programme Adviser, International Higher Education cooperation, Finnish National Agency for Education

Examples of networking:

  • German speaking network to youth work on higher education /Dr Andreas Thimmel
  • The all-island Youth Work Educators Forum (network of all HEIs on the island who provide professional youth work education) / Dr Hilary Tierney. Materials here.
  • EUTAG / Marc Carletti. Materials here.
  • Erasmus Youth + KA2 /Dr Hilary Tierney

Future perspectives of youth work studies

Cooperation internationally in HEI´s –how to be inspired. Materials here.

  • Dr Päivi Marjanen, Director of Education, Humak University of Applied Sciences

Closing the Expert meeting / Sari Höylä, Senior Lecturer, Humak University of Applied Sciences