News and press releases

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  Towards the skills competitions of 2020

  Skills Finland's Executive Manager Eija Alhojärvi's new blog explains what new measures the new decade brings with it and orients itself towards the skills competitions of 2020.

  24.1.2020

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  Strategy 2030 – Skills Finland towards the world's best vocational expertise

  Skills Finland's ordinary meeting has approved of Skills Finland's new strategy "Skills Finland 2030". The chairperson of the board, Seija Rasku writes about the new strategy and the changes it brings with it.

  22.1.2020

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  Abilympics in Moscow – joy and hard work

  Dozens of colorful flags, shirts, sweaters and caps swayed during the opening ceremony of Russian Abilympics in Moscow on November 20th, 2019.

  19.12.2019

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  From tinkling wine glasses to the top of the world – the story of Suvi Minkkinen

  Suvi Minkkinen is a waitress who won gold in Taitaja2017 in Helsinki and earned Medallions for Excellence in EuroSkills Budapest 2018 and in WorldSkills Kazan 2019. Read Suvi's story about how she grew into a rock solid professional through Skills competitions.

  13.11.2019

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  About VET in Finland

  Vocational education and training (VET) in Finland is an attractive educational option.

  30.10.2019

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  Markku Vengasaho – Teacher vol. 2.0

  "I am no longer the same teacher as I was five years ago. My role as a teacher and teaching methods have changed", Teacher Markku Vengasaho says.

  21.3.2019

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  How do companies benefit from vocational skills competitions?

  Festo Didactic has taken part in vocational skills competition activities from 1991. The compa­ny is a WorldSkills Global Industry Partner. Its Finnish subsidiary Festo Oy has participated in the Taitaja and Taitaja9 competitions from the 1990s.

  28.2.2019

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  Networking, Exchange and Export – The Many Facets of Competitions

  Exchange students to Singapore, competitions in China and education export to Brazil. This is what occurs when the growth in skills and competitiveness is recorded in the strategy of a school.

  21.2.2019

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  Taitaja is Much More Than Just a Competition

  A lot more people participate in the Taitaja competition than just competitors and those who promote the competition.

  14.2.2019

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  Why send an expert to international competitions?

  International experience improves the quality of education. Networks may also result in education export.

  7.2.2019