New eLearning Materials for Adult Students of the Retail Trade

Science journalist Kalle Heiska reports about the EU RetAil (Retail Management for Adults in Lifelong Learning) that now is completed. The aim of the project was to transfer and implement an existing written material for teaching retailing management into an ICT-based learning material based on modules for open learning environment targeted for adult learners.

As a part of the project, eLearning materials have been created for adults working in the retail trade. Tampere UAS (TAMK) was involved in the design of the materials as an expert in adult education and on-line education. The partners included two Icelandic and one Scottish educational institution and the work was mostly financed by the EU Leonardo da Vinci transfer of innovation programme.

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Pictured: Senior lecturer Hanna Torp (left) and project manager Marianna Leikomaa of TAMK have developed new eLearning materials designed for adult students in the retail trade.

Happy Holidays!

The blog wishes everybody easy and happy holiday season!

On January 1st Tampere University of Applied Sciences will be bigger and cover more fields of study due to the merger of TAMK and PIRAMK. (More about that beginning of next year.)

Most TAMK lecturers will begin the new working year on Thursday, January 7. The students begin the spring semester on Monday January 11 with the exception of the new exchange students, who have their orientation January 7-8.

The application period for the international degree programmes also starts on January 11.

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Photo: Tampere Christmas Market

Cross cultural project management and marketing - a hot topic!

Our partner university in Gijon, Spain (University of Oviedo) has been awarded the title of "Campus of International Excellence" by the Spanish Ministry of Education. TAMK congratulates!



Our colleagues in Gijon have been very active in developing a 10 ECTS credit study module together with the international coordinator of our degree in business administration at Virrat campus, Mrs Pirkko Varis (photo below). In spring 2010 students from 7 European universties will gather again at TAMK and in our virtual learning environment to develop something new and exciting!



Pirkko Varis
TAMK / Virrat

Danko Pantovic created the logo for Karate European Championships 2014

Finland and Tampere are to host the Karate European Championships in 2014. The Finnish Karate Federation contacted TAMK in order to have a competition for the logo of the event. The competition was organized as a part of the visual design course for International Media Programme.

Finnish Karate Federation rated highest an entry by Danko Pantovic.
Congrats Danko!

Read Danko's interview here.

Degree Programme in Media

Interesting Innovation Conglomerate Building at Tampere

The Hub is an initiative to build a network of places around the world where entrepreneurs, innovators and changemakers can meet and work together to tackle the world's most pressing social, cultural and environmental challenges. A place is needed to inspire and support imaginative and enterprising initiatives for a radically better world.

In the historical Finlayson district at the heart of Tampere a unique innovation environment is being born. Purpose of this innovation environment is to create social innovations by connecting companies needs and ideas with extraordinary student and professional talents across disciplines. Finlayson also hosts TAMK School Art and Media and Proacademy, a unit for entrepreneurship students bringing diversity and business thinking into the mix.

We saw that The Hub would be a perfect match for this environment. It would build sustainability and social entrepreneurship into the innovation initiatives and new enterprises, it could act as an interface between the parties and facilitate ambitious people and start-ups to work together.

Hub Tampere is currently being established by TAMK Proacademy in cooperation with Hermia and the Creative Tampere programme. Our goal is to open Hub Tampere in spring 2010.

Story: Jukka Siltanen

Hub Tampere Blog

Photo: The planned home of the Hub at Finlayson