Blog: A large proportion of people are not interested in exercise at all – and that’s perfectly understandable

The debate over exercise has been overshadowed in recent years by horror. Horror has been caused by physical inactivity, also known as the new public disease, and especially by the number of physically inactive people. Most Finns do not exercise enough for their... Lue lisää

Blog: Paid or unpaid internship, or the one that costs?

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences has the most graduating social and health professionals of all Finnish University of Applied Sciences. According to Vipunen – Education Statistics Finland, 1029 people completed a bachelor’s degree in health and... Lue lisää

Blog: What does a county council do?

Let’s get to know the county council from the basics which means the health and social services reform. This reform together with regional government reform means that health and social services are being reformed so that the responsibility of health care services is... Lue lisää

Blog: What are the county elections about?

County elections, i.e. social- and healthcare elections or wellbeing elections, are elections in which 21 different county councils are elected. County councils decide on matters related to social and healthcare, such as social assistance, mental health services,... Lue lisää

#siksiAMK: On the way without stopping- Why University of Applied Sciences?

Every student knows that in Finland you get accepted to a university with hard work. You can’t buy a study place with money, and you can’t buy a degree with money. In Finland, everyone carves their own study path, but there’s also the possibility to... Lue lisää

#siksiAMK: I didn’t choose UAS studies, UAS studies chose me

The spring of 2018 is engraved in my mind as highlighter pens, color-coded post-it maps and spending study breaks between library shelves. Later, I was accepted to study Social Sciences in Metropolia, which was actually my fifth alternate overall, and the only UAS... Lue lisää