Keynote speakers

Harald Åge Saethre, University of Bergen
Keynote: Supporting Student Success – From Recruitment to Employability
Language: English

Harald ÅgeSæthre has his experience from different projects throughout the curriculum. His main goal is to recruit more and better students, get happy and successful students and to get the highest possible retention. He has especially looked to the Anglo-American world for experience and insights. Works of Tinto, Pascarella, Terenzini and Astin are the main inspirations. Especially Tinto’s longitudinal model of institutional departure is a basic instrument. He has summarized his experience, working methodology and the research he bases his work on in a book called “Å tilrettelegge for at studentene skal lykkes”. Sæthre has worked as an academic adviser and leader of the Division of Student and Academic Affairs, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway. From January 2017, Sæthre is also the leader of a new Norwegian project that aims to make staff and students in all Norwegian universities and student welfare organizations, share their experience and knowledge about how to help students succeed in higher education. More about the project here https://nfye.w.uib.no/

Fritjof Sahlström, Åbo Akademi University
Keynote: Från en skola för alla till olika skola för olika barn? Nordisk grundskola på skilda vägar.
Language: svenska

Fritjof Sahlström is the Professor of Applied Education and Dean of the Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies at Åbo Akademi University. He is also the co-leader of one of the research teams at the Nordic Centre of Excellence ‘Justice through Education in the Nordic countries’. His research interests are focused on issues in education related to multi literacy, bilingualism, classroom studies and equality. Fritjof is one of the founders of the new Teacher Education programme in Swedish at the University of Helsinki.

Irinja Paakkanen, University of Turku
Keynote: Counselling and the Strategic goals of the University
Language: English

Irinja Paakkanen is Head of International Affairs of the University of Turku (UTU) and involved in several University level strategic partnerships and networks such as Coimbra Group, University of Arctic, Baltic Sea Region University Network BSRUN, Baltic University Program as well as actively involved in Southern Africa and Nordic Centre SANORD and Fudan Nordic Centre cooperation. Irinja was one of the founding mothers of Nordlys network and has coordinated 8 large EU funded Erasmus Mundus networks in Russia and Eastern Neighborhood. She is specialized in Strategic Mobility and new Initiatives for International Cooperation eg. Scholars at Risk. During the recent years Irinja has been actively involved in the restructuring of UTU Academic and International Affairs. Management of Change in close cooperation with Study Advisors, International Programme Coordinators and Heads of Study Affairs has thus been an essential part of her work. She continues to be a member of Steering group for UTU Academic Affairs, though herself nowadays part of the University Impact and Engagement Unit – Internationalisation has no boundries. Irinja is also a Deputy member of Universities Finland UNIFI International Experts Group, Vice Chair of the Association of Finnish University IRO Managers and a member Internationalization group of NUAS – Nordic Association of University Administrators.

Jaana Kettunen, University of Jyväskylä
Jónína Kárdal, University of Iceland
Keynote: ICT in widening access to career guidance and counselling
Language: English

ICT can play a vital part in widening access to career guidance and counselling. This presentation explores: What is the role of ICT and how does it impact on different aspects of career guidance and counselling practice? What skills and competences do career practioners need when using ICT? Practical examples and strategies used for successful use of new technologies in career guidance and counselling are discussed and demonstrated.

Jaana Kettunen, University of Jyväskylä, is a Researcher at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. In her work she has been focusing on the design and pedagogical use of information and communications technology (ICT) in learning and working environments. She has extensive experience in training, supporting and working with practitioners throughout Europe. Her research interest is on the role of ICT and social media in career guidance. It is both theoretical and practical: it aims at the development of theory-based and evidence-informed pedagogical practices. Her current research focuses on the career practitioners´ ways of experiencing and conceptualizing social media in career services, and aspects that are seen as critical in the successful use of these new technologies in career services. Recently her research has also looked in to the ethical practice in social networking and in the role of ICT in relation to national lifelong guidance policies.
https://ktl.jyu.fi/en/staff/kettunen-jaana

Jónína Kárdal, University of Iceland, is a career and guidance counsellor at the University of Iceland Student Counselling and Career Center (UISCCC) in Iceland.  She has vast experience and a demonstrated history of working in higher education.  Jónína has been active in introducing new methods and practices to strengthen the career development services at her university.  She has a special interest in how ICT and information science can play a role in career development and career services. Jónína has actively participated in the training of masters students in guidance and counselling and has supervised the implementation of   ICT training in the curriculum of the masters programme in career and guidance counselling at the University of Iceland

Ida-Maria Sola, Åbo Akademi University
Keynote: Trötta studenter och oklara verktyg
Language: Svenska

Ida-Maria Sola är magisterstuderande i psykologi vid Åbo Akademi. Hon har även studerat litteraturvetenskap och sitter som studentrepresentant i många av Åbo Akademis förvaltningsorgan. Därtill är hon aktiv i Åbo Akademis studentkår och jobbar som kolumnist.