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The Autumn Forum for Higher Education Institutions’ International Issues was held in Oulu on 16–17 August 2022. The event brought together more than 250 experts of international cooperation from higher education institutions around Finland.

This innovative research-based practice of Youth and Social Circus Pedagogy is based on the Erasmus+ project Youth and Social Circus Arts – an Innovative and Inclusive education for Europe (Circus++)...

The second application round of TFK programme and its target areas Southern Africa, Latin America, China, India, and Southeast Asia received wide interest among the Finnish HEIs. Finnish National Agency for Education granted in total 1 816 408 euros for 30 projects. Funding amount per project varies between 46 400 and 72 000 euros and project period is 1.8.2022-31.12.2024. Most of the funding was reserved for projects in Southern Africa and Latin America.

Finnish National Agency for Education has opened an EDUFI Fellowship for doctoral students from Ukraine -call for applications for doctoral students currently fleeing the war in Ukraine.

The purpose of the TFK funding programme is to create and strengthen cooperation between Finnish higher education institutions and the selected TFK target countries as well as to design new operating models. The programme funds educational cooperation between higher education institutions through cooperation- and mobility projects.

Due to the crisis in Ukraine, the force majeure clause can be applied to ongoing projects and mobility activities funded by the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes.

In eTwinning, it is also possible for teacher students to learn essential future skills: project planning and guidance, international interaction, teamwork and an inclusive teaching approach. With these skills, they will be able to work in international teaching, education and research networks.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to restrict student mobility in higher education as the number of outgoing and incoming students in Finland remained clearly lower than normal in autumn 2021. The spring term is anticipated to be slightly better.

Unexpected virtual and blended mobility According to the Erasmus+ programme’s EU Survey participant reports filled in by students after their mobility, many felt like this move online happened...