As the holiday season approaches we welcome you to the festival of webinars!
During December in this special edition of Staff Academy webinars the Joint Education Lab projects are showcasing their projects!
Throughout the academic year, INGENIUM organises several public Staff Academy webinars where there are 1–3 short case presentations on cutting-edge teaching practices, followed by a lively discussion and Q&A session. The webinars unfold on Zoom and are hosted by the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk).
Preliminary Schedule
12:00–12:20 Disruptive Media Lab: A Cross-Alliance Virtual Hub for Radical STEAM Innovation, Education and Public Engagement
12:20-12:30 Discussion
12:30–12:50 ASPIRE Student leadership Programme
12:50–13:00 Discussion
13:00–13:20 Micro-credential in Sustainability Reporting for SMEs
13:20–13:30 Discussion
Register to the Webinar
https://xamk-fi.zoom.us/meeting/register/u9GgWQIwQ3SUaFtpSmkCWg
Registered persons will receive a confirmation email with the joining link.
Projects in this webinar
Disruptive Media Lab: A Cross-Alliance Virtual Hub for Radical STEAM Innovation, Education and Public Engagement
Jeremiah Spillane from MTU is leading the Disruptive Media Lab (DML) project. MTU’s partners ar URN, Xamk and HIS. DML is an interdisciplinary, alliance-wide virtual STEAM lab and art movement designed to push boundaries in media innovation, education, and public engagement. Inspired by Coventry University’s Disruptive Media Learning Lab and the Science Gallery model, the DML aims to foster a collaborative environment (for both staff and students) for radical media creation that invites public interaction, engagement, and experimentation. By combining experts with lab spaces and facilities from science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM), the DML will empower participants to develop disruptive media that challenges traditional academic and social narratives, facilitating a cross-alliance network of researchers, artists, and technologists. The result of these collaborations will see new and innovative teaching and learning opportunities emerge.
DML’s aim is to promote interdisciplinarity and co-creation, to innovate how faculty share knowledge about their disciplines through disruptive artistic interventions. The project leaders will establish a “Leonardo Group”, comprising 50 members, which will include specialists and students from all INGENIUM universities from across all STEAM disciplines. The Leonardo Group will also include other experts from communities peripheral to INGENIUM’s various European campuses. These might include, but are not limited to street artists, dancers, social media influences, comedians and so on. The aim of this Leonardo Group is to foster collaborations between academics and experts within INGENIUM and other creative and thought leaders outside of academic settings in our communities. These collaborations will draw on the various facilities – media labs, science labs and so on – to create radical and/or artistic interventions to communicate knowledge and educate in new and disruptive ways.
ASPIRE Student leadership Programme
AnSEO The Student Engagement Office, Munster Technological University, Cork, Ireland.
In collaboration with South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Xamk, Finland and The Technical University Gheorghe Asachi Iasi, Romania.
The ASPIRE student leadership programme extends beyond traditional academic learning by developing essential leadership skills such as communication, teamwork, collaboration, problem-solving, and decision-making—competencies vital in today’s dynamic work environments. Through collaboration with INGENIUM partners in Iași and Xamk, students are able to engage in real-world leadership scenarios, receive personalised coaching, and strengthen their emotional intelligence to support effective leadership. The programme’s topics are designed to build an appreciation for the personal and collaborative skills required for effective leadership, including self-awareness and emotional intelligence to enhance interpersonal interactions, effective communication to inspire and motivate others, ethical decision-making to promote integrity and accountability, team collaboration and conflict resolution to support productive group work, and project management to guide students in leading initiatives from planning to execution with adaptability and resilience. Further enhancement of the programme will continue to enrich students’ academic experience and prepare them to transition confidently and resiliently into diverse workplace environments through sustained industry partnerships.
Speakers in the webinar: MTU: Angela Mc Glynn, Róisín O’ Grady, Shane O’ Mahony, Rebecca Noonan, Josh Ababon; TUIASI: Neculai Bagiu, Adriana Bujor; Xamk:Kirsi Soulamo.
Micro-credential in Sustainability Reporting for SMEs
The Micro-credential in Sustainability Reporting for SMEs provides students and professionals with practical skills to comply with the CSRD and other European sustainability regulations. Developed by the Universities of Oviedo, Skövde, Chieti-Pescara, and Crete, the program combines hands-on learning and project-based activities. By bridging theory and practice, the program fosters professionals capable of driving sustainability across European enterprises.
For the webinar, Lara Tarquinio (Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio Chieti-Pescara), Adina Popa (University of Skövde) and Irma Martínez García (Universidad de Oviedo) will be there. There is also a possibility that another member of the team may join.
