MUrCS students Ankur Negi, Samin Poudel and Paola Zhamo successfully finished their internship on August 31^st 2023, with a final presentation for representatives from different directories of the Päijät-Häme Regional Council, see their official web Newsletter: https://paijat-hame.fi/korkeakouluharjoittelijat-selvittivat-monipaikkaisuuteen-soveltuvia-alueita-paijat-hameessa/

MUrCS Student thesis work is currently on exhibition! “The Warming City – Visual Narratives of Urban Heat Stresses in Germany” (https://www.gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/universitynews/capturing-urban-heat-struggles-through-the-lens). The Warming City depicts how German urban residents confront and cope with heat stress, especially in cities.

Last updated on April 11th, 2024

Spring 2023: MUrCS students on tour in Finland and Germany.

Dr Eeva Aarrevaara and coordinator Alexandra Maksheeva from LAB visited the event at the Finnish Agency of Education in February 2023. See link below!

https://www.oph.fi/en/news/2023/erasmus-mundus-master-programmes-challenges-and-successes-discussed-coordinators-meeting

From GCU internal newsletter Caledonian Connected.

An article by Eeva Aarrevaara and Alexandra Maksheeva from the MUrCS programme in LAB Circular Economy Annual Review 2022 (last article, p 110).

Asia-Plus article Nov 30, 2022 promoting the MUrCS Programme:

How to enroll Master’s degree program in urban environment

English: https://asiaplustj.info/en/news/tajikistan/society/20221130/how-to-enroll-masters-degree-program-in-urban-environment

Russian: https://asiaplustj.info/ru/news/tajikistan/society/20221130/kak-postupit-na-magistratura-v-oblasti-planirovaniya-ustoichivih-gorodov

The final Course Work reports in Urban and Interactive planning 2022: Niemelänranta area in Heinola.

• Group 1: The Everyman’s Home
• Group 2: Vilkas Niemelä
• Group 3: Where Urban Life Meets Nature
• Group 4: A Waterfront Dream
• Group 5: Niemelä Development Proposal
• Group 6: Flow – Waterfront in Heinola
• Group 7: Mini Finland in Heinola

MUrCS had its first-ever in-person graduation ceremony on 23 November 2022 at GCU in Glasgow! 21 people graduated with flying colours and congratulations to all!