Our members

Lahdelma & Mahlamäki architects (LMA) is an internationally acclaimed architecture office especially known for their museum projects and education buildings. Renowned for their deep understanding of the impact of history, location and the human touch, LMA architecture stretches far beyond materiality. The founders, Professor Ilmari Lahdelma and Professor Rainer Mahlamäki, have been working together since the 1980s and they have won over 100 prizes in architecture competitions, which makes LMA one of the most experienced and successful Finnish offices. Their principal works include, for example, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews (2013), the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences Myllypuro Campus (2019) and the Kastelli School and Community Centre (2014).

Cesim is a globally operating educational technology company that helps educators improve student engagement and employability with online business simulations. Cesim provides a broad portfolio of fun, easy-to-use simulation games that enable individual accountability, spoiler-free implementation, and work on any device. Cesim’s simulation platform supports synchronous and asynchronous learning formats and virtual teamwork

Tiimiakatemia Global is a training and consulting company that trains professional team coaches. It has been established in 1993 by teamwork, team coaching and team learning experts.

The mission of Tiimiakatemia Global is to boldly coach team coaches. They are  professionals who have the knowledge, skills, attitudes and experiences to coach individuals, teams and communities to work and learn together. To certify the competencies of team coaches the company trains, Tiimiakatemia Global upkeeps and develops team coaches’ competency certification system.

The company offers both short and long-term coaching programs to progressive and inspired professionals from educational and business worlds. Also, the company consults organizations to use team coaching methods and develop as learning organizations.

Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, SAMK, is a multidisciplinary, internationally oriented university of approximately 6,000 students from 100 countries. SAMK is located on the west coast of Finland, in the Satakunta region. In its operating area, it is a significant creator of experts as well as a developer, a propeller of internationalisation and a promoter of entrepreneurship. SAMK offers both Bachelor's and Master's Degree Programmes taught in English. At SAMK you can study to become an expert in business, engineering, health care, and tourism.

Elias Robot by Utelias technologies is a language learning app based on a voice user interface and artificial intelligence, which helps to practice languages and communication skills in a fun and engaging way.

Elias Robot allows students to learn languages by having conversations with human-like robots and smartphones. Elias Robot has been developed by teachers and the method it uses is based on scientific research. This is a revolutionary and powerful way to learn languages!

INTO SCHOOL is a unique Finnish education concept & a complete teacher training package with the global goal of having technology-supported creative STEAM learning as an integral part of ECEC and K-12 education. This cross-curricular and passion-based learning approach enables more versatile education in diverse learning environments leading to better results. On a mission to Unlock Creativity in Everyone!

GRADIA is a recognized and awarded large-scale provider of general and vocational education in Finland, with around 20, 000 students, and over 90 qualification programmes. Gradia is determined to share its knowledge and know-how of successful Finnish education system by helping its global partners to develop innovative operational models for improved performance in TVET.

Gradia have concluded numerous successful projects all over the world being the first in Finland to provide accredited Finnish vocational and professional qualifications abroad. It offers expertise in entrepreneurship, pedagogical training, developing curricula and working life co-operation in addition to assessment in education in co-operation with its partners.

Kindiedays helps your preschool to manage your Playful Learning Environment. With Kindiedays Pedagogical Management Solution you can improve children’s learning progress by following the curriculum of your choice. Recognize each child’s needs, plan, implement and follow individual learning paths efficiently. Collect automatic reports about learning progress and export authentic learning portfolios. With Kindiedays, you increase parent confidence in their child’s education. We also provide Experiential and Playful Lesson Plans as well as Online, Interactive Workshops for the teachers’ professional development. Kindiedays Pro is an affordable and interactive program tailored for preschools with the ambition to grow and be successful.

Novia University of Applied Sciences is the largest Swedish-speaking UAS in Finland with about 4000 students and a staff of 300 in five campuses along the Finnish coastline.

Through its Industry Collaboration model, Novia UAS combines R&D with flexible mechanisms for innovation within its areas of expertise. The university co-creates flexible global education services with focus on skills and competencies for the future. Its Maritime Academy, Aboa Mare in Turku, hosts the largest maritime simulator center in Northern Europe and Novia UAS also offers maritime training in the Philippines and Greece.

STAR LESSONS by House of Leading & Learning Ltd is a Finnish online practical pedagogy curriculum for teacher training. The objective is to enhance the knowledge and competence of teachers in 21st century pedagogies, pedagogical models, practices and digital learning skills.

Teachers can take ideas to their classrooms  to create pedagogically meaningful learning opportunities for their students, and promote their capacity to learn. The curriculum has a strong emphasis on self-reflection. Star Lessons courses suit well K-12 teachers and teacher students; even university teachers benefit from them.