UniPID -Virtual Studies in International Development

This post is espcially addressed to my fellow students at Haaga-Helia and friends in Finland.

To broaden my horizon and learn more about the players and regulations in international development, I will take some courses of the "UniPID- Finnish University Partnership for International Development" this autumn.

The network has launched a virtual programm in development and sustainability consisting of 25 ECTS that students of certain study programs at universities within the UniPID network can take. Additionally to those students that can take the courses for free, some courses are open to anybody interested. For those people, the 1,5 to 2 month long online-courses cost up to 80€.

Here are some of the courses and links to their descriptions:

• Globalisation and Corporate Responsibility
• International Development Cooperation
• United Nations and Human Rights
• Public Health Issues in Global Context

If you are not a student of a network university, you cannot sign up for the courses at the UniPID website but for example through the open university network of Finland. If you do not study at a partner university, you might still get the 5 ECTS (per course) accepted as free-choice studies. The registration for most courses starts soon, so if you feel that you still have some "capacities" and are interested in development aid - this is a good opportunity to get closer to an issue I know many of us are intersted in! You are invited to share this post with your friends or people you know may be interested.