Events, thought and goings-on at Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK)
A week of international collaboration, hands-on learning, and shared expertise brought Finnish nursing educators to the University of Málaga, strengthening partnerships and exploring new possibilities in simulation-based teaching and clinical practice.
Two TAMK English teachers attended the Language Teachers’ BiP organised by Kauno Kolegija in Vilnus. The attendees contained language teachers from the other UNINOVIS universities, but also others. During the 5 intensive days we learned and shared a lot!
The Hague Network (THN) has once again demonstrated its strength as a flexible, trust-based higher education network. In April 2026, the coordinators’ meeting and the Board meeting held at the same time both highlighted concrete results of collaboration and clarified the network’s strategic direction for the coming years. At the core are the development of education, experimental collaboration, and visible, low-threshold pilots.
Every great business starts as a spark — an idea born from curiosity, frustration, or a bold dream of doing things differently. But what happens next is what truly separates dreamers from doers. Turning Ideas into Action is about taking that first rough idea and shaping it into something real through prototyping, smart production choices, and clear financial thinking. For young aspiring entrepreneurs, this journey is not reserved for “someday” or “when you’re ready” — it starts now.
From 23 to 25 March 2026, I attended the European Robotics Forum (ERF) in Stavanger, Norway, together with colleagues from Tampere University of Applied Sciences / FieldLab. The event offered a valuable opportunity to explore current developments in robotics, meet industry representatives, and reflect on what kinds of ideas could be useful for our own work.
Bringing together physics, pedagogy, AI and internationalisation highlights critical questions for education.
The competence, experience and work motivation of older employees will be a resource for the future working life. Career management, updating skills and support for well-being determine how people over the age of 55 stay in work and can thrive in the change.
The transformation towards responsible packaging systems requires more than technological upgrades—it requires new skills, shared understanding, and the ability to collaborate across sectors and cultural contexts. As Lah (2025), highlights systemic disconnects between sectors and actors can undermine even the most promising sustainability initiatives. Because of this, the ResPa project embraces responsible packaging as a collective societal task that demands insights and cooperation across multiple communities.
In March 2026, experts from Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) facilitated a pedagogical workshop for administrative, quality assurance and teaching staff of Rwanda Polytechnic’s Rwanda TVET Teacher Training Institute (RTTI) in Kigali. The workshop was organised as part of the HEP-TED project (Higher Education Pedagogies for Teacher Education), a collaboration between Finnish and Rwandan higher education institutions that aims to strengthen teacher education and pedagogical capacity in Rwanda.
YRGO–TAMK | 10 March 2026 Today marked an exciting milestone for the AV Growth cross border pilot as more than thirty higher education students from TAMK’s Games Academy and YRGO’s TV and Film Production programme came together for the first hybrid session of our film to game collaboration pilot. With students joining both online and on site (pizza boxes included at TAMK) the atmosphere matched the project’s core aim: creative exchange across disciplines, borders, and most importantly, media formats.
As the ResPa – Consumers' role in responsible packaging project launched in Tampere two weeks ago, partners from across Europe stepped into a shared mission that stretches far beyond improving packaging materials or fine-tuning recycling systems. At its core, responsible packaging is not simply a technical challenge. It is a social, behavioural, and cultural transformation that touches the daily lives of individuals who choose, use, return, reuse, and engage with packaging throughout its entire life cycle.
