Enhancing Research on the Integration of Formal Educational Programmes and Workplace Learning (FEWL) -project

The purpose of the FEWL project is scientific research on the integration of education and workplace learning. The aim is also to increase and expand the network, especially workshops for graduate students, and enable their mobility.

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Table of contents

Project duration
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Core fields of research
Learning, teaching and interaction
Research areas
FIER - Research areas
Higher education as a pedagogical and social phenomenon
Education, working life, and lifelong guidance
Co-operation
Tallinn University (TLU), Estonia and Paderborn University (UPB), Germany
Faculty
Finnish Institute for Educational Research
Funding
European Union

Project description

The Project is coordinated by Tallinn University and funded by the European Union.

101079237 — FEWL — HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the European Research Executive Agency (REA) can be held responsible for them.
 

Publications

  • Kärkkäinen, K.; Virolainen, M.H.; Virtanen, A.; Tynjälä, P. (2025). Work-Based Learning in Migrant Education: The Case of Finnish Vocational Education. Soc. Sci., 2025, 14, 275
    https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14050275

Presentations

  • Conference presentations related to FEWL 

    2023

    Nygren, H. & Virolainen, M. (2023, June). Adults’ conceptions of technology. Paper. NordYrk Conference 2023, Bergen, Norway.

    Virtanen A., (2023, June). University of applied sciences teachers’ perspective into workplace learning. Paper. Pedaforum Conference 2023, Tampere, Finland.

    Moodie, G. & Virolainen, M. (2023, August). The Finnish UAS: Towards Enhancing Regional and National Collaboration. Symposium Paper. ECER 2023. Glasgow, Scotland.

    Tynjälä, P. (2023, October). Tulevaisuuden pedagogiikka (Future pedagogy). Keynote lecture. Conference on Future Work and the Development of Pedagogy, Joensuu, Finland.

    2024

    Kärkkäinen, K. (2024, August). Integrating workplace learning in migrant education: A case of Finnish vocational education. EARLI SIG 14 Conference, Jyväskylä, Finland.

    Kärkkäinen, K., Tynjälä, P., Virolainen, M., Virtanen, A. & Pitkäranta, E. (2024, November). Co-creating knowledge on migrant students’ learning at work. Paper. Tampere. Finland.

    2025

    Virtanen A. & Tynjälä, P. (2025, June). Assessment of Work-related learning in Higher Education. A scoping review. Paper. Pedaforum 2025. Espoo, Finland.

    Kärkkäinen, K., Tynjälä, P., Pitkäranta, E., Virtanen, A. & Virolainen, A. (2025, June). Applying arts-based approaches in the study on migrant students’ learning in workplaces. Paper. SLIMIG 2025, Sestri Levante, Italy.

Other project-related outcomes

Project team