NLL - Nordisk Netværk for Livslang Læring

NLL - Nordisk Netværk for Voksnes Læring

NLL är ett nordiskt nätverk för vuxnas lärande som VIA University College administrerar på uppdrag av Nordiska Ministerrådet (NMR), som också finansierar verksamheten. NLL:s vision är att: Arbeta tvärsektoriellt inom vuxnas lärande i ett livslångt lärande-perspektiv. Visa mångfald, främja gemenskap och stärka den nordiska LLL dimensionen. Främja dialogen i Norden, skapa innovation och mervärde genom att främja samarbete och miljöernas engagemang i frågor kring vuxnas lärande.

  1. Episode 7: Navigating the green transition in career counselling

    10/22/2025

    Episode 7: Navigating the green transition in career counselling

    How can career guidance professionals support a sustainable future? In this episode, host Hrannar Baldursson leads a conversation with guidance experts from across the Nordic region about the growing importance of green guidance. The discussion explores what the green transition means for education and labour markets, and how counsellors can prepare to guide individuals toward greener career paths. The guests share experiences from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and Åland, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities of including sustainability in lifelong guidance. Together, they reflect on the skills needed for this new era and how collaboration across the Nordic countries can lead the way forward.

    24 min
  2. Episode 6: Grøn vejledning - erfaringer fra Grønland og Færøerne

    09/16/2025

    Episode 6: Grøn vejledning - erfaringer fra Grønland og Færøerne

    I denne episode deltager Maiken Skardenni fra Færøerne og Augustine Berthelsen fra Grønland i en samtale om grøn tænkning, bæredygtig udvikling og vejledning. Med afsæt i deres egne kulturelle og personlige erfaringer belyser de emner som lokalt forbrug, genbrug og klimaforandringernes betydning for hverdagslivet. Gennem en dialog præget af storytelling illustrerer de, hvordan bæredygtige praksisser kan integreres i både individuel livsførelse og i vejledningsmæssige sammenhænge.

    24 min
  3. Episode 5: Opportunities and challenges in green guidance

    09/10/2025

    Episode 5: Opportunities and challenges in green guidance

    How can career guidance support the shift towards a sustainable future? In this episode, NLL’s Icelandic coordinator Hrannar Baldursson is joined by Fredrik Berglund (Sweden), TomasIversen (Norway) and Klaus Ernst Hansen (Denmark) to explore the role of guidance professionals in the green transition. Together, they discuss the challenges counsellors face, such as rapid labour market changes, resistance to new industries, and climate scepticism, alongside the opportunities that arise from growing green sectors, lifelong learning, and community initiatives. The conversation highlights how career guidance can empower individuals to make sustainable choices, adapt transferable skills, and contribute meaningfully to a greener society.

    34 min
  4. Episode 4: Navigating Career Development in Island Communities

    05/08/2025

    Episode 4: Navigating Career Development in Island Communities

    In this podcast, Åland career counselors Lillan Soleby, Sonja Signell and Johanna Björkvall describe the unique challenges and opportunities that exist in island communities when it comes to career development. How are Ålanders' career choices and educational paths affected by the fact that Åland is a rural and island community? The interviewer in this podcast is Annette Rumander from NLL's guidance network for Åland. This episode is part of the “NLL podcast series on validation and guidance in the Nordic countries”.

    36 min
  5. Episode 3: Guidance fostering green transition

    02/11/2025

    Episode 3: Guidance fostering green transition

    In this episode,Nanna Heinø Mortensenputs into words some of the current trends in Nordic working life and the importance of lifelong career guidance. Nanna discusses how our working lives are evolving and how we can navigate a world with longer careers, more job transitions, and new skill requirements. Nanna talks about why lifelong career guidance has become more relevant than ever. We dive into some of the major trends shaping working life in the Nordics, from stress and digitalization to the green transition. Nanna Heinø Mortensen is part of the Guidance Network within the Nordic Network for Lifelong Learning and is also a consultant at the Danish Nursing Council (Dansk Sygepleje Råd). This episode is part of the “NLL podcast series on validation and guidance in the Nordic countries”.

    19 min
  6. Episode 2: Validation of general employability competences

    01/24/2025

    Episode 2: Validation of general employability competences

    In this episodeSteinunn Björk Jónatansdóttir, head of department in MSS lifelong learning center andFjóla María Lárusdóttir, R&D at the Education and Training Service Centre, describe how transferable skills are identified and validated in adult learning in Iceland. The benefits of the process are highlighted and why it is important for individuals to be aware of their transferable skills. The interviewer in this episode isHrannar Baldursson, NLL coordinator for Iceland. This episode is part of the “NLL podcast series on validation and guidance in the Nordic countries”.

    21 min
  7. Episode 1: Microcredentials in a Nordic perspective

    01/21/2025

    Episode 1: Microcredentials in a Nordic perspective

    In this episode,Bodil Lomholt Husted andThomas Nylund present the aim of and results from the NLL investigation "Microcredentials in a Nordic perspective". The study was carried out in the five Nordic countries and three self-governing areas from 2023-2024. In the first part of the episode, the overall frame of and findings from the investigation on microcredentials are presented by Bodil Lomholt Husted, who has led the investigation. In the second part, Thomas Nylund talks about the results of a Swedish pilot project on microcredentials. Interviewer: Mélanie Lindbjerg Machado-Guichon, Communications Officer, NLL. This episode is part of the “NLL podcast series on validation and guidance in the Nordic countries”.

    27 min

  8. 04/26/2024

    PIAAC in Finland: Aaro Harju on impact and challenges

    Interview with Aaro Harju, Secretary General for the Finnish Adult Education Association, summer 2014

    19 min
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NLL är ett nordiskt nätverk för vuxnas lärande som VIA University College administrerar på uppdrag av Nordiska Ministerrådet (NMR), som också finansierar verksamheten. NLL:s vision är att: Arbeta tvärsektoriellt inom vuxnas lärande i ett livslångt lärande-perspektiv. Visa mångfald, främja gemenskap och stärka den nordiska LLL dimensionen. Främja dialogen i Norden, skapa innovation och mervärde genom att främja samarbete och miljöernas engagemang i frågor kring vuxnas lärande.

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