Pavel is setting new trends at TAMK

Pavel Mracek (in the middle) meets the TAMK colleagues Annikki Mattila and Janne Hopeela

Pavel Mracek, Lecturer of Marketing at Brno University of Technology, the Czech Republic, is visiting TAMK for the second time this calendar year, and is enjoying his stay in Tampere with colleagues from the same university.

Mr Mracek’s work assignments at TAMK include work shadowing at the School of Business and Services, in which his main interests lie in the teaching of marketing in the degree programmes of tourism and international business, studying of procedures in organizing education in the relevant fields of study, and collecting information about organization and realization of marketing education. Mr Mracek is writing his doctoral thesis about new trends in marketing, and his aim is to complete the research and defend his PhD thesis in 2011.

Mr Mracek is visiting Tampere together with a colleague of his, Robert Zich, from the same university. The visitors from the Czech Republic finish off their stay in Finland over lunch at Paakari Restaurant in Kangasala by talking to TAMK colleagues, Annikki Mattila from the Degree Programme of Tourism, and Janne Hopeela from the Degree Programme in International Business.

Story: Riku-Matti Kinnunen

Read the story about Robert Zich

Postcard from EUROPRIX Jury, Salzburg

Since Thursday I've been working with experts from all over Europe to identify the best of the 300 projects registered for the EUROPRIX Multimedia Awards. The participants are students and young professionals under 30, and they are competing in nine categories and for three special prizes.
The work has been intense and inspiring. Last night I came to my room at 2 - not from a night club but from the jury plenary. The jury has been very professional, debates have been heavy, the view points many, but the arguments always well grounded and all the jurors have learned a lot. I believe we voted almost one hundred times yesterday, but everybody seems to be happy with the decisions.

Today we make the final decisions and travel back home. Most of us will meet next time at the EUROPRIX Multimedia Festival in Graz November 11-14. All the 20+ nominee teams will be there, and the winners will be celebrated in the Gala.

This year I will travel to Graz with 20 of my international media programme students. I'm sure they will learn a lot and get loads of inspiration.

I also had the chance to discuss with my colleagues. Some of them will participate in MindTrek in October and our International Week in April, giving again our students a chance to learn and network internationally. Also talks about two European projects were successful.

Happy regards from Salzburg

Cai Melakoski
TAMK Degree Programme in Media

Photo: Every morning some jurors walked with me from our hotel to ICNM, the headquarters of EUROPRIX. Pictured here with the alps in the backgound Korash Sandijeh (UK), Dan Livingstone (UK), Gabriella Taddeo (Italy) and Nir Yuz (Israel).
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Welcome international exchange students!

The autumn semester has started in TAMK and all the exchange students have finally arrived. At the moment TAMK has approximately 150 exchange students from 27 countries. This autumn most of the exchange students come from Germany, Spain, Netherlands or UK, but TAMK has students for example from Mozambik, Japan and South Africa as well. The exchange students study in different programmes, the bulk of them in international business.

Welcome to TAMK!

Text&photo: Annika Haanpää, Trainee in International Services

Miyagi University study visit to TAMK

Six students from Miyagi University (Japan) visited TAMK. The students spent 1,5 weeks in Tampere living in host families, consisting mostly of TAMK students and staff. The visit was planned in collaboration with TAMK International Services and TAMK Research and Development (R&D) and entailed a customised programme for the group. While the region is still presenting its best end of summer scenery, the group visited Virrat and Ikaalinen (photo) campuses in addition to the main Campus in Tampere. The group presented their independent project work to the R&D staff today and tomorrow will be the last day - goodbyes and regards!



The main goal of the visit for most of the students was to get to know the Finnish culture and learn the Finnish language. One of them just wanted to see the Santa Claus (he was unfortunately 'otherwise engaged'). The students studied some Finnish in their home University before coming to Finland and are already quite good at it...
“Sinulla on ihanat silmät” they told me on their first day here. Nice!

Text & Photo: Annika Haanpää, Trainee in International Services

Part 1: Pirkkala photography exhibition by Douglas Symon is now open!

Photographs that move
Photography Exhibition by Douglas Symon
Part 1: Pirkkala
30th August - 11th September
Metso Library, Pirkankatu 2 Tampere
Opening times:
Mon - Fri 10am - 8pm
Sat 10am - 4pm

The art of making pictures with light is on show at the Tampere Main Library Metso for the next two weeks.  Having just started the Degree Programme in Media at TAMK my project Photographs that move can be seen between today, Monday 30th August, and Saturday 11th September.  The exhibition focuses on work from 2009 documenting my current home town Pirkkala.

One of the most striking aspects is the 7.5 metre panorama on display, something you probably won’t stumble upon every day of the week.  As well as other points to see the technique used is not one typically suitable for documentary photography and as a result may cross a line into art.  I have combined between 2 and 5 bracketed exposures into each image.  In the case of the panorama even more.  Hopefully you can get along to see the prints and find it interesting.  Let me know what you think!!

Story and photos: Douglas Symon

More information about the project
A book of the work is available here or directly from Douglas Symon
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