Written Language Learning Difficulties and School Burnout: What Often Goes Unnoticed?
For many young people, upper secondary education leaves a lasting mark: a memory, a direction, or a sense of their own abilities. At the same time, it shapes the learning experience and how demanding studying feels. Yet we rarely stop to consider how difficulties with written language, for example, may quietly place a strain on […]
Greetings from a new Doctoral Researcher
This is Aya Elkholy, from Cairo, Egypt. I have recently gotten accepted in the FILOTO program. I have a multidisciplinary background; a bachelor’s degree in dentistry, but only practiced for 3 years as a dentist, then I shifted my career to teaching in k-12 for over 9 years following my passion for teaching. I then […]
New EU-funded SUPPORT-Y project launches to strengthen youth mental health across education, training and work
A consortium of twelve partners from eight European countries will co-create, pilot and scale mental health interventions for young people aged 12–25, backed by a five-year Horizon Europe grant. A new five-year research and innovation project, SUPPORT-Y (Supporting the Mental Health of Youth in Education, Training and Work), is launching this autumn with funding from […]
Supporting the Well-being of Children and Families
It has been a privilege for me to engage in long-term research collaboration with Professor Emeritus Juha Hämäläinen (Juha Hämäläinen – UEFConnect) and Professor Riitta Vornanen (Riitta Vornanen – UEFConnect) on themes that are both academically and societally significant: children’s and families’ well-being and sustainable development. Our collaboration has been based on a shared interest […]
Formation of SuLLe research group
We founded the research group because we share an interest in studying and supporting learning, participation, and well-being. We examine these themes broadly across different stages of the life course and in various environments, covering both formal and non-/informal learning settings. Our research interest lies in supporting everyone’s learning, participation, and well-being, with particular attention […]