Innovation competence as part of the new hybrid professions

Authors

• Taru Penttilä Turku University of Applied Sciences
• Juha Hakala Kokkola University Consortium, University of Jyväskylä

Keywords:

Innovation competence, hybrid profession, higher education, educational policy, curiosity

Abstract

The competencies provided by higher education must be relevant from the viewpoint of working life, i.e. education should meet the needs of the working life and also develop it. The challenge is how to be able to react promptly on the changes and challenges of the society. The objective of this paper is to examine how educational policy could be developed in order to observe these development pressures. Innovation competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for innovation activities to be successful) and how to develop them in higher education are discussed from the viewpoints of educational policy and the working life.