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Autumn announced its official presence by a short one-week break from my Erasmus exchange studies in The Hague University of Applied Science (THUAS), The Netherlands. Half of the study term had swiftly passed by with time packed with lectures, discussions, mind-mappings, visits to design companies among many others activities on and off campus. Making The Netherlands as my Erasmus exchange destination is no trivial as THUAS offers great academic design subjects such as Service Design, Information Visualization, and the very interesting Sustainable Design. One of the many 'shocks' that students usually thrive to adapt during exchange studies is the new learning environment. The Hague University of Applied Science has a rather huge campus located in Laakhaven and easily 10,000 of students and staffs passed by in this 8-floor mega campus every day. To navigate around and find the classroom was my main tasks during the first week! Another shock I experienced during my first week wa

It is now more than one week ago that five of the music students have been to Leeuwarden/Netherlands to experience one of the greatest weeks in their music career. Within one week they wrote together with five Dutch students 25 songs which differ from Ballad to EDM. The whole writing process was a huge success for each participant and most of them learnt a lot from this intensive time. Now it is time to continue the great spirit. Step by step songs will be fully produced and pitched to publishers. It is still a long way to go but all students are still excited that it seems the best time is still ahead! Highlights of the upcoming months will be the Eurosonic Festival in Groningen in January and the visit of the five Dutch students in May for the International Week. Three involved people reflect their impressions of the last week: “ I found this a very special week. I watched all writers and producers collab in such an amazing way. They all seemed to love each other after 3 days of writ

The media and art faculty will move soon from the very central Finlayson Campus to Mediapolis, in Tohloppi. Tohloppi is a very pretty area, with trees and a lake just close by, and it's easily reachable by bus. We will share the space with Y LE , and hopefully this might also be the start of a good collaboration between the Media and Art students and the Finnish broadcasting channel.   The building is not yet ready(it will officially open to the public the 6 th of October)but I went to have a little preview, and I wasn't disappointed! Lots of windows, lots of light, and brand new equipment!   The building is owned by T echnopolis, and both TAMK and Yle have a 20 years rent agreement for the premises, and moreover, more firms and start-ups are expected to find a new home in Mediapolis, the centre of storytelling and digital industry here in Tampere. Let the new adventure begin! Text and images b y Lavinia Colzani, Fine Art student