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About FUN
Locations
Cost and timeline
Learning goals
Assessment
Contact

The FUN Programme (Finland, U.K and Netherlands) is the result of a conversation between three lecturers one from each country at a conference in Triesdorf in July 2016. They realised that their teaching programmes complemented each other and there was potential to collaborate to produce a course of interest to students capitalising on the strengths of each institution.

Why FUN?

We as passionate lecturers, who initiated this unique programme, strongly believe in a cross-cultural and international approach, by mixing students from different disciplines and countries, to have the most beneficial and exceptional learning experience. This way we can help you to develop your curiosity, talent, critical thinking and intercultural competences the most. That is our deepest believe!

What do we do?

  • The programme combines the business and market research of Fontys, with the agricultural and horticultural production at Writtle and the commercialization and sustainability at JAMK.
  • Students working in multinational groups research, develop a agricultural product investigate its production, sustainability & propose how it should be launched.
  • The groups compare the market in each country, evaluate different production systems and propose a strategy for its commercialization

Locations

The minor takes place at three different University’s of Applied Sciences in Finland, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

Writtle University College

Writtle University College is one of the largest land-based university colleges in the UK. It was founded in 1893 and is one of the oldest in the country. It is situated in the Essex countryside on a 220-hectare estate and is 40 minutes by train from London. As well as offering courses in agriculture & horticulture other programmes are offered in Animal Science & Management, Bio veterinary science, Business, Equine, Landscape Architecture & Design and Sports Science.

JAMK

In JAMK you may train as an agrologist and work for the good of living countryside. You will acquire versatile knowledge in domestic animal production, crop farming and forestry, among others. The studies may be directed towards environmental care, agricultural services, bioenergy or towards production systems and technology of agribusiness.

Fontys

Fontys is the biggest University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, with 28 schools at main locations in Eindhoven, Tilburg and Venlo with 44,000 students, of which 10% are from abroad. The Campus in Venlo hosts 3500 students, of which 70% are from abroad. The Business School in Venlo features 4 International bachelor degrees and has an network of 105 partner universities in 47 countries.

Cost

Approximate costs for students are as follows, please consider on top your travel expenses from one University to another and potential day, weekend or holiday trips. This has been quite popular among former participants and is a great benefit of this programme, that you get the exciting opportunity to see many different places in one term.

AccommodationFood
Fontys€450 total€300/month
Writtle£180 /weekIncluded (6 days)
JAMK€300-500/month€300/month

Timeline

Detailed dates will be published in September 2021.

InstitutionStart
FontysFirst intro session February 2022
WrittleMarch/April 2022
JAMKMay 2022
Holiday – Carnival break (during Fontys period)To be announced
Holiday – Easter break (during Writtle period)To be announced

Learning goals

The students are able to…

Fontys

  • Conduct primary research (e.g. compile & conduct a questionnaire).
  • Process information in accordance with an analysis plan drawn up beforehand, making use of statistical techniques that are relevant for the research, possibly with the aid of a statistical package.
  • Identify the market opportunities for a food or fresh food product on the basis of advanced market research.
  • Identify consumer segments and select a target group, based on consumer/buying behaviour patterns
  • Identify strategic options (of new product) based on an integrated analysis.

Writtle

  • Identify and evaluate different agricultural production systems
  • Understand the requirements in the growing of specific crops and production of livestock products
  • Assess the sustainability of inputs into different farming systems
  • Evaluate and understand post harvest issues in a variety of crops and livestock products

JAMK

  • Implement a product developing project in the bio-economy product or service.
  • Enhance their own capabilities to conduct user-centered research and design in a bio-economy sector context.
  • Take advantage of JAMK GENERATOR services in making their own productization work.

Students´experience comes first!

This is a unique, interdisciplinary & international course. F U N means as well having a different approach and also insight to companies in all 3 countries.

Assessment

The assessment takes part in all three universities, each testing at the end of the block, resulting in an overall grade for the Minor.

Writtle University College

  • Report individual and presentation in a group
  • 25% of the overall Minor grading
    – 20% (individual) are a portfolio regarding a product and its production conditions and issues; related to the product selected by the group
    – 5% (group) are the grade for the presentation of the findings

JAMK

  • Group presentation of the whole project incl. written report
  • 50% of the overall Minor grading
    – 35% of those 50% overall are individual grading via learning diary and a report
    – 65% are group grading via presentations and a report

Fontys

  • 1 individual written exam, 120min
  • 25% (individual) of the overall Minor grading
    – This is an exam covering all subjects incl. consumer behaviour, research skills and project (results research)
    – Purely individual grading

We hope to see you soon!

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