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VALOHUB – A national hub for high quality vocational education

VALOHUB is a joint project of five Schools of Professional Teacher Education. The project develops and pilots new solutions to strengthen vocational teachers’ continuous learning and the leadership of competence development, in cooperation with educational institutions and working life partners.

The objective of the project is to develop aligned, flexible and cost effective models that enable educational institutions to support the systematic development of teachers’ competence at different stages of their careers, with particular emphasis on the early career phase.

Primary target group

  • teaching staff in vocational education and training (VET) institutions and universities of applied sciences, and
  • personnel responsible for teachers’ continuous learning and competence development

Key measures

  • creating an up to date situational overview of vocational teachers’ continuous learning needs
  • developing shared structures and operating models for continuous learning
  • piloting flexible solutions such as micro credentials and digital badges
  • developing practices that support competence leadership in educational institutions

VALOHUB – A national hub for high quality vocational education

Duration: 3/2026–8/2028

Project team at Haaga-Helia: Minna Fred and Katja Wirenius

Implementing organisations: Tampere University of Applied Sciences (lead coordinator of the joint project), Häme University of Applied Sciences, Jamk University of Applied Sciences, Oulu University of Applied Sciences and Haaga Helia University of Applied Sciences

Funding: European Social Fund Plus (ESF+). The national funding authority is the Northern Finland Centre for Economic Development and Vitality.