Tamko Topics is a weekly newsletter of The Students’ Union of Tampere University of Applied Sciences.
ENGLISH SUMMARY
1. Vote in council elections!
2. Tamko’s evening 1 November
3. Council’s autumn meeting 9.11.
4. Student association and club day 4 November
5. Wellness Week 1 – 5 November
6. Ghost tour 23 November
7. Council’s inaugural meeting 17.11.
8. Remote studying and working recommended during entrance examinations on 1 – 3 November
9. Tolu’s weekly sports shift 2nd of November (badminton)
10. Meet Up – new group for TAMK international students!
11. “Asking for a friend” – workshop
12. Tolu ry mandated fall assembly
13. Tamperen entrepreneurship society – Show up 18 November
14. Feedback weeks in TAMK
1. Vote in council elections!
Tamko council elections’ voting will be carried out 20th of October, starting at 10am and ending on 3rd of November at 3pm. Council elections’ ballot box voting will be carried out on 3rd of November at 9am – 3pm. All Tamko members who have paid the membership payment and registered as an attending student for the study year, are eligible to vote in the Council elections.
The ballot box voting takes place on TAMK campuses and the ballots are handed out at the voting place. Please note that student card or official ID are required to prove your identity for the election supervisor.
Ballot box voting takes place on these campuses:
Main campus (Kuntokatu 3, 33210 Tampere)
Mediapolis (Tohlopinranta 31, 33270 Tampere)
Proakatemia (Finlaysoninkuja 21 A, 33210 Tampere)
Voting ID and the link for the electronic voting system has been sent to members’ formal TUNI email addresses and in some exceptions to some other email address which the member has informed to Tamko member register. Members who have joined to Tamko during the electronic voting period will receive the voting ID and link right away to their email.
A total of 48 candidates are standing as a candidate in the Council elections on 7 different lists: Tradenomit, Ville tahtoo leiman, Oikeisto-opiskelijat, Soittomediapolis, SoTen Valitut Palat, Insinöörit and Palveluliiketoiminta. More information about the Council elections, lists and the candidates can be found from Tamko’s website.
Council elections will be held as an proportional representation of a list. The voter thus votes not only the candidate but also the list. The composition of the selected Council depends on the popularity of the lists.
2. Tamko’s evening 1 November
Tamko´s evening is an event where to get to meet new people, play games or sew overall patches. There’s also some snacks to enjoy. See you at Solu’s Sauna on 1st of November at 4 pm! Do not come to the event if you feel sick.
All Tamko’s events are strictly free of harrassment. We have trained contacts, so if you face any kind of harrassment during the event, please do contact harassment(at)tamko.fi
If you want more information about the accessibility of the event, please contact accessibility@tamko.fi.
3. Council’s autumn meeting 9.11.
Welcome to Council’s autumn meeting on Tuesday 9th of November at 5pm! The meeting will be held at TAMK’s Main Campus. All Tamko members are welcome! You can also get a stamp on your Tursaspassi from this event. More info in the Facebook-event. Please note that the meeting is held in Finnish.
4. Student association and club day 4 November
Welcome to get to know TAMK’s student associations and clubs on Thursday, 4th November to TAMK main campus Teiskontie side lobby area at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Parvi community and TAMK pastor Jussi Houttu will also be present in the event.
5. Wellness Week 1 – 5 November
Welcome to TREY and Tamko’s joint wellness week on 1st – 5th November! During Wellness Week, Monday through Friday, all university campuses have a nice program to support student well-being!
This year, the theme of Wellness Week is sexuality and sex positivity. The week’s program includes a wide variety of wellness activities! Wellness Week is a great way to meet fellow students. Bring your old friends or come to events to make new friends! Read more about the event and the programme from TREY’s website.
6. Ghost tour 23 November
Tampere is a city of ghosts! Who is looking for eternal peace at the Tampere theater, also known as the tragic stage of Finnish civil war? Is the red leader Hugo Salmela still analyzing attack strategies at night in third floor of old polytechnic building? What ghost sightings have been made in Finlayson’s weaving hall, spinning mill and service tunnels? Who walks upstairs in Milavida mansion at night?
Come and hear about the colourful human destinies and history of Tampere in Tamko and Tresilienssi’s Ghost tour on 23rd of November at 5 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. We’ll meet at Tampere old church (Puutarhakatu 4). The tour is made by Tampere ghost guide. The tickets (5€) are now available at Kide.app. (Please note that weather is getting cold, so be sure to wear warm shoes, jacket and trousers as we might stand still for a while during the tour.)
7. Council’s inaugural meeting 17.11.
Welcome to Council’s inaugural meeting on Wed 17th of November to TAMK’s Main Campus! New elected Council has their first meeting and chooses new chairpersons for the Council and elects Tamko’s new board members for the year 2022. All Tamko members are welcome and eligible to apply for the board (fluent Finnish required). More info in the Facebook-event.
Note that the Council’s working language is Finnish.
8. Remote studying and working recommended during entrance examinations on 1 – 3 November
The national UAS entrance exams will take place on the first week of November. At TAMK’s main campus we will have four exams on Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd, Monday the 1st of November is for preparations. Please avoid unnecessary traffic on campus during those days.
TAMK is expecting more than 1700 applicants taking part in these four exams during two days. The main auditorium as well as classrooms in H and B buildings are being used.
Like in previous exams, our aim is to arrange well-organised and safe exam days for all applicants. Therefore, about one hundred members of the TAMK community, staff and students, have been recruited for supervision and guidance.
9. Tolu’s weekly sports shift 2nd of November (badminton)
Tolu’s drop-in sports shift again at 2nd of November from 17:00 to 19:00. We’re going to play badminton! You don’t need SportUni membership in order to attend, just say you’re coming to Tolu’s weekly sport shift at the customer service desk. All TAMK students and faculty are welcome.
10. Meet Up – new group for TAMK international students!
Meet Up is a small group for the international students of TAMK, where you will get some tips and guidance for helping with your well-being, stress management, studying methods and support from your fellow students. The group meets on Wednesdays 10.11.–8.12. The meetings will be 1.5-2 hours long and we will meet 5 times total.More information: Meet Up – group for the international students of TAMK (tuni.fi)
11. “Asking for a friend” – workshop
We would need a couple of ideas: what would get you and your friends interested in doing things together with other people? How would you cheer up your studies? What things are difficult and how could you help with them? Would you have a specific skill that you could teach others? Lets find everyone a group!
Tamko and Tresilienssi are organizing worshop together in Parvi (C2-03) on the 4.11. at 16-17.00, so this does not take long! All degree students are welcome, whether you are studying an bachelors or a masters. Event is part of the Wellness Week. We will provide some snacks so enroll for the event here.
12. Tolu ry mandated fall assembly
Tolu ry will have the mandated fall assembly 29th of November at 17:00. The assembly location on the campus will be informed later.
All TAMK students are welcome to participate. A new board will be chosen for the 2022-2023 term in the fall assembly.
13. Tamperen entrepreneurship society – Show up 18 November
Hey all entrepreneurial-minded students! Tampere entrepreneurship society is hosting an event called “Show up”! At the event you will have the opportunity to meet like-minded people and learn more about the opportunities that Tampere ES has to offer! Food and drinks will be served courtesy of event partners. Drinks are sponsored by Pyynikin Panimo and the after party for this event will be hosted at Bar Passion!
The event will be hosted at Tribe Tampere (Åkerlundinkatu 8, 33100 Tampere) on 18.11.2021 from 16.00 to 20.00. We will send a calendar invite to everybody who signs up for the event. You can find more information about this event from the google forms application. More about Tampere Entrepreneurship Society: Tampere ES is a student-run entrepreneurship society that encourages inspired people to take action. We want to cultivate a fearless environment where people aren’t afraid to chase their dreams. Social media: @tamperees
14. Feedback weeks in TAMK
Please help us to find out what it’s like to study at TAMK nowadays, after these prolonged, quite exceptional times! How have we succeeded during this autumn or last year? Is your study ability and well-being okay? We need feedback from students to develop our operations and education. Feedback is utilized, for example, in reforming the curriculum and in the development of degree programs and services. In addition to course feedback, we collect the following feedback every autumn:
Feedback survey for new students who started their studies in the autumn
Annual feedback survey for second- or third-year students
Feedback survey for masters’ degree students who started their studies in spring 2021
If you belong to the above-mentioned target groups, you will receive a survey by e-mail during this week from studentfeedback.tamk@tuni.fi. If you can’t find the mail, check your spam folder as well.
The answers are dealt with in absolute confidence. The results are reported statistically in such a way that individual respondents cannot be identified. Your feedback is important! Please answer the survey and participate in the feedback session for your degree program next spring.