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Making a marshmallow tower can teach you business skills

The Succeed in Business project is about to start its second round of training with new enthusiastic participants interested in entrepreneurship. There are about twenty young adults aged 18-25 from Finland who are expected to learn about entrepreneurship and what it takes to run a business. When we gathered with the Finnish group on 12.11.2025 in Paidia for a meeting to get to know each other, expectations for the course were also described as a desire to understand, among other things, "what it really takes to turn my ideas into something valuable".

Leading Internationalization: TAMK’s Two New Team Finland Knowledge Projects for 2025

Team Finland Knowledge (TFK) projects are designed to foster international cooperation, innovation, and excellence in higher education. Funded by the Finnish National Agency for Education, these projects support the development of global partnerships, enhance the quality of teaching and research, and promote mobility for students and staff. Securing TFK funding is highly competitive, making it a significant achievement for any institution.

Kicking Off REAVES: Building Resilient Creative Ecosystems Across Europe

From September 16th to 18th, 2025, the serene surroundings of Hotel Gut Klostermühle in Alt Madlitz, Germany, provided the perfect backdrop for the kick-off meeting of the REAVES – Resilient Ecosystems for AV&M Entrepreneurial Support project. This gathering brought together project managers, researchers, and creative industry professionals from across the Baltic Sea Region and beyond, united by a shared vision: to strengthen the creative and cultural industries (CCI) through cross-sectoral collaboration and innovation.

AEQUALIS – searching for “equal, similar, or uniform” upskilling and reskilling ideals for European textile, clothing, leather, and footwear industries

Textile, clothing, leather and footwear – TCLF-branch in production has long and strong history and traditions in every nations cultures and heritage. Now this branch of skillful handicrafts, passionate creativity, traditional industry and innovative technology in designing and producing our everyday intimate skin and bodily connections with the world has very complicated challenges connected to e.g. global business with cheap mass production in developing countries, massive waste problem of used clothes, toxic production processes in the industry, problems of global social justice in working conditions of industry workers, to mention a few.

Entrepreneurial skills are important for young people - Succeed in Business starting a new round

The world is changing, and a permanent job is not a given for anyone, especially for a young person at the beginning of their career. Entrepreneurship skills can give young people the option to create their own work. Entrepreneurship is also of increasing interest to young people today. It is important that we offer young people support and skills to start their own business. This is what the Succeed in Business project is about.

Green travel in project, YES, it’s possible!

Part of project work is creation of reports, planning and dissemination. Traveling to consortium meetings is often on tight schedule and there isn’t always time to cocreate. Projects, besides the substance related goals aim at scaling cooperation, acquiring knowledge, building new and cementing existing networks. How does it relate to green travel?

At the Heart of Collaboration and Creativity – TAMK at the Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society Matchmaking Event

At the beginning of June, the Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society Matchmaking Event brought together leading European researchers, project professionals, and representatives from higher education institutions at the historic campus of the University of Greenwich in London. The event aimed to build new international consortia to respond to the themes of culture, creativity, and an inclusive society in the Horizon Europe 2025 call.

Tampere and Proakatemia inspired the participants when TAMK hosted the meeting of the "Succeed in Business" project

EU Interreg Central Baltic Project "Succeed in Business" continued in Tampere 4.-5.12.2024. Project gathered together students from TAMK, Tartu region in Estonia and Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies to learn more about general management and business development, and human resources.

Theses for International Travel (A Survival Guide for the Bold)

International work-related travel is not just about hopping on a plane and “seeing what happens.” Oh no—it's a delicate dance of meetings, delegation dynamics, unexpected surprises, and perhaps a suitcase full of goodwill (and hopefully, snacks). Here are some “theses” for surviving, thriving, and occasionally laughing your way through international travel.

Food waste turn into valuable products and strong sustainability

During our trip to Namibia as a part of the Circular Economy Models in Namibia: Capacity building project we had an opportunity to visit a local training centre in Swakopmund. In our visit we discovered a circular economy ecosystem which appears as a good example of strong sustainability covering environmental, economic and social elements. We also learned a punch of good practices on how to create value for local actors and communities from circular economy.

TAMK and NSCU - 15 years together and going stronger than ever

There has been a unique cooperation between TAMK and North Carolina State University (NCSU) for over 15 years. The cooperation has included, among other things, a double degree agreement already in the very early days of the cooperation. This co-operation has since then turned into active student and staff exchanges, both as guest lectures and project-related visits. In the future, the intention is to focus on cooperation in research as well.

Kick-Off Event in Riga for the EU Interreg Central Baltic Project "Succeed in Business"

On November 11th and 12th, 2024, the EU Interreg Central Baltic project Succeed in Business started with a dynamic two-day event in Riga, Latvia. The Succeed in Business project aims to encourage young people to become entrepreneurs by providing them with practical skills, international networks, and continuous mentorship. This project offers a platform for students to turn their business ideas into reality, supported by coaches, mentors, and an engaged network of peers from across the Baltic region.

Youth Employment and TVET in Kenya: Progress and Future

The collaboration between Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), Finn Church Aid (FCA), and Kenyan Technical and Vocational education and training (TVET) institutions is creating new opportunities for youth employment and education in Kenya. This partnership aims to improve vocational education and address youth unemployment by combining Finnish expertise in education with local Kenyan needs where the emphasis on collaboration with workplaces is expressed in the notion of “Dual TVET”. Project called Youth Employment and TVET in Kenya is funded by the German development cooperation organization Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

Succeed in Business – opportunities, internationality and expertise for young adults' entrepreneurial dreams

Tampere University of Applied Sciences' Succeed in Business project aimed at young people aged 18–25 in the Pirkanmaa Region interested in entrepreneurship to participate in international training that strengthens networking and competence. The Awareness Rising Conference organised at TAMK was attended by 22 participants. I was particularly pleased with the young people's sociability and openness to talk to each other and share experiences and questions about entrepreneurship right from the start.

Finnish Pedagogy in Santiago de Chile

Pedagogy experts from TAMK, Mikko Turunen and Henri Annala, gave Chilean teachers an intensive training week on Finnish pedagogy and teaching methods. The week was arranged as part of the Play and Learn project funded by the Government of Santiago and Fundación Entrepeneur on the 27th – 31st of May, 2024.