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“When I applied to TAMK, I took the Pre-Task very seriously. I planned it for numerous amount of days and talked with my friends and family on how I should execute it and what their thoughts on the overall product was. Their opinions were more valuable than gold, and even though I got some harsh feedback (“Why are you using green as a colour and not red” or “That font looks stupid”), it gave a whole new perspective to what I was actually doing. Sometimes you can get stuck to a certain idea, and might think it is great, but remember to ask around! This way you can get new opinions, fresh point of views and a different approach to the whole execution. If something isn’t working, move on and try it differently. I remember submitting the Pre-Task and feeling that I have sincerely done all I could. I was proud of what I had achieved and knew deep down that I would get an invitation to the entrance exam. If you feel the same way, you’ll get it too!” -Noora, Interactive Media student since 20

The Pre-Task is the first step in your application and the most challenging one. Also for us the Pre-Task has been really, really exciting! But there is no need to panic if you don’t have an awesome idea right away! Some of our students will provide you here with some useful tips and tricks for the Pre-Task. Remember when you applied for TAMK! How did you get prepared for the application? “I prepared for the application by relaxing and consuming culture from different sources. Opening your mind in whatever way works best for you is, in my opinion, really the best way to prepare, since the task of applying is going to ask for both effort and creativity.” – Markku, Interactive Media student since 2012 “I started preparing for the task a lot of time in advance, because I wanted to make the Pre-Task perfect. I got inspired by different webpages, movies, books, comics, whatever, and then brought all that inspiration together for an amazing results (at least in my opinion hehe). They key is

Friday 21st November Morning sessions with keynote speakers and workshops. Learning new in empowerment workshops Students listening to Mathias Haas from Supersocial. (Photo by: Ida Tokola) Ida To: Many of us took part in Social Media Marketing workshop in the afternoon. It was held by Mathias Haas from Supersocial, who has worked as marketing consultant for many large companies like Red Bull. Our afternoon session flew by very quickly and we were amazed by his knowledge of every social media channel. Haas for example told us how the Facebook algorithms work, which was very eye-opening since Facebook doesn’t really give out this information on their web page. We learned that if you want everyone to see your Facebook posts, the best thing to do is to post statuses with different formats (photo/link/text) and try to awake responsive conversations in the comments.  Felipe: Just complementing what Ida said about Haas workshop. Other key point for sharing posts on Facebook is the timing. He

Following blog post summarizes the day two, 20th of November, at European Youth Award festival in Graz. Tweet wall was used with great responsibility. Photo by Tarina Tommiska. Web of Needs, Vision Hunting and Innovation Camp Defining trends for web of needs for Healthy Life | Smart Learning | Connecting Cultures | Go Green | Active Citizenship | Money Matters | Future Living | by Christina Maria Busch, Florian Kleedorfer and other members of Research Studio Chrystal: The morning workshop which was conducted by the Research Studio (?) was split into three major parts: A presentation to introduce “Web of Needs” is about A collaborative session with all the participants by choosing 3 out of the 8 categories of own interest and discuss possible topics which concerns the “Web of Needs”. Followed by another round of discussion of the top 5 most voted topics from the second part. Overall, I find that it assuring that people from different backgrounds and countries in all over Europe (and oth

 A Portfolio Review took place for the third year Fine Art students. The review was a part of the Professionals Studies II and English Language courses.  In the review, there were three reviewers: MinnaSuoniemi from Aalto University, Kalle Turakka Purhonen from GalleryHuuto and Juha Suonpää from TAMK.  After 20 minutes one-on-one reviewing, the reviewers made a portfolio walk and chose the best presentation and decided who will get the prize. But don´t tell this to the third year students, because they don´t yet know that somebody's getting a prize! Text and image: Antti Haapio 2014 Edits: Carita Forsgren

On top of Graz! (Rolands Tiss. Photo by Felipe Santana.) This is the story of TAMK Media students' trip to European Youth Award festival in Graz, Austria. Following blog posts take place in 18th–22nd of November. The trip was part of Networked Media Culture course. According to EYA's own description, the festival is "a pan-European contest to motivate young people to produce socially-valuable digital projects that address the goals defined by the Council of Europe and Europe 2020. It demonstrates their potential to create innovative solutions with Internet and Mobile technology. The EYA Festival is an established platform for international knowledge-exchange and a widely recognized networking-event for future cooperation. EYA is organized by the International Center for New Media, a Non-Profit Organization based in Salzburg, Austria." (http://eu-youthaward.org/)   Team 13 Media! (Sami Lindfors, Sohvi Sirkesalo, Ida Tokola, Tarina Tommiska, Chrystal Giam, F

Are videogames your passion? Without music you couldn’t live anymore? Do you love to paint every single moment of your life? Are you creative and want to study? Then TAMK is the perfect choice for you! The University of Applied Sciences of Tampere is one of the most popular universities in Finland. The creative department can be found in the Mediapolis-campus which is located in the wonderful Tohloppi-area of Tampere. With the three study paths Interactive Media, Fine Arts and Music Production - all taught in English - TAMK offers international students a great opportunity to study abroad! Mediapolis Campus. Photo by Carita Forsgren Not sure which study path would be the right one for you? Don’t worry, within the next weeks we will introduce each path and help you to make the right choice. Stay tuned and visit this blog regularly! For the moment these are the most important dates you should keep in mind for your application: DECEMBER: The pre-task is published! Find it