News and press releases

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  Noora Salo, Taitajien Taitaja, wants to be a good role model

  Noora Salo, a student at the Perho Culinary, Tourism & Business College, was selected as the new ambassador for vocational skills competitions and vocational education and training in the Taitaja2021 Oulu competition.

  16.6.2021

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  A big thank you from Eija Alhojärvi

  CEO of Skills Finland Eija Alhojärvi retires after a long and successful career.

  24.3.2021

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  Taitaja competition challenges the teacher’s vocational and pedagogical competence

  In the article Ritva Kipinä, a Beauty Care teacher from Valkeakoski Vocational College, talks about how vocational competence is developed through skills competitions.

  2.12.2020

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  World Champion Sofia Sundqvist takes advantage of competition experience in working life

  Practical Nurse Sofia Sundqvist works within community care, an area that the coronacrisis has had a clear impact on. Sofia has previously won gold at WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017.

  19.5.2020

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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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  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