Non-teaching staff track

Location: TAMK Main Campus, address: Teiskontie 33, B building entrance hall

Location: TAMK main campus

Location: TAMK main campus

Presenters: Piia Tienhaara, Development Manager, Tampere University of Applied Sciences & Pekka Kähkipuro, Chief Information Officer, Tampere University 

Internationalization is a key strategic goal in many higher education institutions, including TAMK. We want to be the most international university. What does it mean for services and infrastructure? What kind of challenges are encountered in a multicultural environment (e.g. information management services, facilities, service encounter, processes)? What kind of solutions have been developed in higher education institutions? What kind of measures have been taken to strengthen the service experience of international students, staff and visitors?

Presenter: Katarina Panic, Quality Assurance Coordinator, Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, Belgium

While including intercultural and international aspects in a curriculum can undoubtedly help to improve the quality of study programmes, it often also brings along various challenges in the area of quality assurance. In addition to their many benefits, international collaborations such as COIL, virtual exchange and study or internship abroad also imply that as an institution, you hand over part of your quality management. This, in turn, may present challenges during programme reviews and accreditations. Therefore, the suggested topic for discussion is ‘how to balance quality assurance with global citizenship within a curriculum’.

Departure from Kuntokatu 3, TAMK main campus

Location: TAMK main campus

Programme to be confirmed

Location: TAMK main campus

Programme and location to be confirmed

Kindly remember to bring your bathing suit, towel, and shower supplies!

Location to be confirmed

Programme to be confirmed

Location: TAMK main campus

Programme and location to be confirmed

Programme and location to be confirmed

Place: To be confirmed

Time: 9.30-10.30

Round-table discussion: Blended Intensive Programmes – A New Possibility of Short-term Mobilities

Steffen Greuling, Dean Mechanical and Systems Engineering, Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany

At Esslingen UAS we organised our first blended intensive programme (BIP) on “Materials Technology and Processes” which consisted of a blended phase for the preparation prior the arrival in Esslingen, an on-site phase with lectures and lab activities as well as a social programme and a post-processing phase, in which the lab goups, consisting of students coming from different universities, had to prepare their final presentation. The preparation, the execution, the challenges as well as the conclusions will be presented in order to motivate the participants of the round-table discussion to contribute their thoughts and to think about the possibility to offer a BIP at their home university. More details can be found at www.hs-esslingen.de/ms-bip

Time: 10.30-11.15

Presentation: Sustainable development and joy

Jussi Hannunen, Designer, Tampere University of Applied Sciences

The presentation concerns a statement or belief related to sustainable development. The thought process behind the statement is explained. In the process the presentation will touch upon the concepts of Joy, Fear and Self-doubt and connect it all to design thinking. Plenty of time will be reserved for dialogue.

11.15-11.35 BREAK

Time: 10.35-12.00

Presentation: How to MOU?

Beate Maleska, Head International Office, Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Presentation about process flow of International MOUs and Exchange Agreements (non-EU)

Time: 12.00-13.00

Presentation: Forecasting and regional collaboration at Pirkanmaa area

Päivi Puutio, Development Manager, Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Maria Virtanen, Project Manager, The Council of Tampere Region and Johanna Kirjavainen, Analyst, Business Tampere

 The objective of this session is to open the value of collaborative forecasting at university and regional level. Presentation will start with some ideas of future thinking, future data management, scenario work and future capability of organizations. As a concrete case will be TJANSSI-project, which goal is to move towards an innovative knowledge management and foresight collaboration/alliance model at Pirkanmaa (Tampere region) by 2025, in which future information is produced, processed and shared as an ecosystem together with both public sector service providers, universities and companies. Result is bringing added value to all parties, as shared data and scenarios will help universities (and other training providers) to act as a pioneer in both training and RDI activities and thus support more change-ready, innovative and open-ended business activities at the area.

Presentation will be help together with all TJANSSI partners, The Council of Tampere Region and Business Tampere.

Place: to be confirmed

Time: 14.00-16.00

Workshop: Talent Boost programme boosting international students at TAMK

Programme and location to be confirmed

Location: TAMK main campus

Location: TAMK main campus