The IWBAS final dinner

International week: Farewell dinner at Restaurant Eetvartti on Thursday 29 November

The idea was to arrange a dinner for teachers of Tampere University of applied sciences and their international guests. Number of participators was 70. Dinner’s theme was to spread some Finnish Christmas spirit and give a good sample of high quality Finnish food ingredients. The project team and working staff were hospitality management students.

As a group (2^nd year students of Degree Programme in Hotel and Restaurant) Management)  we first started to plan our theme and the atmosphere we wanted to create. It was important that we had enough space and supplies to organize dinner for 90 persons (number of participators at the beginning). The most important task of the dinner was to sufficiently inform the staff in order to be sure that everybody was on the same page.

Our menu was:

Amuse bouche:

White fish tartar and malt bread

Starter:

Beetroot soup and goat cheese mousse

Main course:

Turkey breast, cranberry sauce, potato-mushroom press and vegetables

Dessert:

Chocolate cake, sea buckthorn parfait, sea buckthorn syrup, lingonberry-vanilla jelly and lingonberry sauce

The IWBAS final dinner also offered some entertainment. First the students welcomed the visiting professors and TAMK staff. After a brief slideshow the guests were ushered downstairs to have dinner. There were some more welcoming speeches and a band playing Christmas songs in both English and Finnish. In the end the guests were also invited to join in and sing some Christmas carols. Judging by the applause and "We want more!" shouts the band was a huge success. 

After all our dinner succeeded beyond expectations. Because everything was precisely planned and our project team was very motivated from the beginning, it was easy to make the grade. Happy faces and empty plates of the guests were a proof of our good team work.

 

Text: Emmi Vihersaari ja Lauri Ronkainen

Photos: Riitta Brännare

Tiina Säilä wins TAMK Erasmus prize for staff

Lecturer and student counselor at TAMK Radiography programme Tiina Säilä won the Erasmus-prize for TAMK's staff exchange for her teacher exchange to Tartu and Tallinn in Estonia in June 2012.

The prize was given to one staff member and one student by TAMK International Services to commemmorate the 25th anniversary of the Erasmus exchange.

Erasmus is the largest university exchange programme in Europe. In addition to student exchanges, it also supports exchange of teachers and staff, as well as cooperation both between universities as well as between universities and companies. Over 2,5 million students have so far done their exchange in another European university. The Finnish universities joined Erasmus 20 years ago.

It is easiest to market a place you have seen

- The most important reason why I applied for an international teacher exchange is that we don't have many partner universities in the Radiography programme for students to go for traineeships. I would be great if our students would go to Tartu, too. It is much easier to encourage students to go for an exchange to a university where I have personally visited and found a good place, Säilä says.

- I was very surprised to find out that the university in Tartu was renovated and had e.g. brand-new X-ray machines!

- The staff exchange process is easy at TAMK. The instructions are clearly written in Intra. It is also ok to go for an exchange even if your English is not perfect: English is often the second language for the hosts, too.

Säilä has since then been to another exchange: a European nuclear medicine conference in Milan, Italy, in October-November!

A great example of a teacher exchange

TAMK International Services used the following reasons for selecting the best staff exchange candidate:

"Säilä actively internationalises her degree programme. She took part in the staff info on staff exchanges. The Radiography programme does not have many exchange partners, so the internationalisation of the programme start from individual teachers' networks. Säilä was proactive and arranged a teacher exchange for herself in Tartu, Estonia.

Arrangements with Tartto Tervishoiu Körgkool in Tartu were well organised: Säilä contacted the university directly, which made it possible to arrange for a programme best suitable for her. The active communication strengthens the relationship from the start. Säilä listed many aims for her exchange: more cooperation, internationalizing the Radiography programme, and increasing exchange places for students and staff.

In addition to visiting Tartu, Säilä also had a chance to visit the nuclear medicine unit in Tallinn.

At TAMK, Säilä also did all arrangements exceptionally well: she filled in all necessary documents, including clear aims. Also her teacher exchange report was clear, indicating achieved results. She communicated actively with the International Services, asking about the possibilities, reading about the process and communicating of last-minute changes (e.g. email about adding Tallinn into the travel plan). She also sent all necessary documents to International Services after her exchange.

Säilä's exchange is a great example of how to plan and arrange a teacher/staff exchange smoothly and effectively: everyone takes care of his/her part of expertise.

Most of all, the exchange was beneficial and lead to deepened cooperation."

Text: Mirja Onduso & Noora Kahra, International Services
Photo: Mirja Onduso

Admission 2013: Media Programme pre-task available

Next application period for our four Bachelor's programmes run in English - Environmental Engineering  International Business, Media and  Nursing - starts on January 7. Applicants for media have to prepare and send a pre-task in addition to the regular application. The pre-task is now online.
(The story originally posted on TAMK Art&Media Blog)
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Available seats are now 30 (+10) and Music Production  is a new option!

• In 2009 they planned a global tenth anniversary celebration of mankind’s presence in Mars.
• In 2010 they created a concept for a digital sports game.
• In 2011 they designed a campaign to fight overweight and obesity.
• In 2012 they arranged a global 24 hour party before the disastrous asteroid hit Earth.
• In 2013 they will be the first to report from the newly found Atlantis!

They are applicants of IMP, our international media programme.

This year there will be more free seats and more options, the Music Production education in Virrat will merge with Media Programme in Tampere.

There will be 30 seats available for new students instead of the 20 until now. After the merger and the new curriculum the areas of study of IMP will be: Event Production, Game Design, Motion Graphics, Music Production, Music Business, Sound Design, Visual Design, Web Design.

FIND the pretask here

Application Period Jamuary 7 to February 12
Here please find the time table and the resources to do the application:

• TAMK application web pages are complete, see www.tamk.fi/jointapplication
• November 30: December 1st: The pre-task to be submitted with the application will be published
• December: The national joint application web site will open at https://www.admissions.fi/
• December: Our new curriculum featuring Music Production will be launched
• January 7th application period kick off
• February 12th application closed
• Early March: invitations to Entrance Exam sent
• April 9 and 10 Entrance Exam
• The final results of the student selection will be sent to the applicants by post on May 28th at the earliest.

Read more about the Media Programme
Read about the activities of IMPs, the Media students
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