Spica is a network funded by Nordplus, with participation from Greenland University, Ilisimatusarfik, Sámi University of Applied Sciences, University of Iceland, University of the Faroe Islands, Malmö University, University of Oulu, UCL University College and University of South-Eastern Norway (coordinating institution).
The Spica-network is a professional development platform for student teachers and teacher educators in the key areas of sustainable development, diversity, democracy, and citizenship. The network focuses on interdisciplinary perspectives and innovative methods in education.
Together, we contribute to strengthening the culture of internationalisation in teacher education across the Nordics through mobility (virtual and physical) and the organisation of a Blended Intensive Programme (an intensive course).
A central part of Spica is the implementation of a 5 ECTS Blended Intensive Programme for Nordic student teachers. Every year the intensive course changes its form and content, adapting global questions and challenges to the characteristics of a local Nordic context. Under the title “Greenland Insight: Exploring Culture, Nature, and Language for Sustainable Futures,” participants in the Spica course (2026) will examine Greenlandic contexts to highlight the wide range of challenges and opportunities facing society. The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide direction and are interconnected, complex, and interdisciplinary. The course will explore culture, nature, and language in Nuuk and its surroundings to seek meaningful answers to local, regional, and global challenges, and the tensions between them. We will examine and challenge current understandings of social sustainability and explore perspectives on quality of life, resource distribution and access to goods, cultural expressions and language practices, education, and industries.
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