Education

Narrow is Wide – On the Future of Finlandssvensk Film

18.12.2019 Alumni, Education, Events

Jan Nåls, Principal Lecturer, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS The Swedish speaking minority in Finland has its own unique film culture – commonly referred to as Finlandssvensk film. Historically, it has been an unruly child who has demanded a little bit too much attention and money, a troublemaker with identity issues, part of a relatively civilised cultural family whose members are accustomed to other, more traditional, modes of…

Fake it till you make it: envisioning the end product with design artefacts

13.12.2019 Education, Research

Kate Glushkova, Media Management MA student, department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor: Tomas Träskman Examiner: Dr. Owen Kelly Arcada’s Media Management programme responds to the creative and managerial challenges posed by modern technology and changing user behaviour. It does so by fostering a multidisciplinary understanding of business, technology and culture. My study looks into managing the collaborative design process, where all these components find their place. Research focus:…

Nytt i biblioteket och julinfo

13.12.2019 Education, Projects, Student Life

Vi har tagit i bruk en självbetjäningshylla för reserverade böcker. Hyllan finns vid lånedisken. Alla har fått en automatiskt genererad nummerserie som reservationskod (exempel: 1234-1234-1234). Du ser din reservationskod i ankostmeddelandet, och i din profil i Arcada Finna. Byt gärna koden till något självvalt via Arcada Finna. Kom ihåg att låna boken i låneautomaten! Vi har fått två nya grupprum. Det ena är stort och luftigt och rymmer en betydligt…

Leadership in change – YLE News and Current Affairs renewing project 2018-2019

11.12.2019 Education, Research

Janne Mällinen, Media Management MA student, department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor Dr. Nathalie Hyde-Clarke Examiner: Dr. Mats Nylund My Master’s Thesis investigates the concepts of leadership and to what extent the perceptions about leadership changed during a studio and content renewing project at YLE’s News and Current Affairs in 2018-2019. Leadership style plays a significant role when predicting organization performance or outcomes. It also enhances employees’ well-being. According to previous research, leaders…

Self-publishing in the digital age

11.12.2019 Education, Research

Bryan Dollery, Media Management MA student, department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor: Dr. Matteo Stocchetti Examiner: Dr. Nathalie Hyde-Clarke Improved accessibility to computers and the internet means lower entry barriers for many sectors. For some writers, this means that the dream of getting their story, comic or poetry out into the world is much closer to becoming a reality – as made by evident the…

Reflecting on Arcada’s Social Impact in the Finlandsvensk Film Industry

10.12.2019 Alumni, Education, Events

Nathalie Hyde-Clarke (PhD), Head of the Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Social impact is understood to be the influence and effect an organisation has on the well-being and development of its community. It can be measured in a variety of ways. For the purposes of this discussion on the effect of the BA in Film och Media (previously Mediekultur) offered by Arcada in the Finlandsvensk community, we…

Key issues and strategies for implementing the Lean Methodology in organizations

27.11.2019 Education, Research

Thomas Djupsjö, Media Management MA student, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor: Dr. Owen Kelly Examiner: Dr. Mats Nylund My Master’s Thesis investigates lean principles, application strategies and what organizations are challenged with when implementing lean. An additional objective has been reviewing how lean may benefit teams within various organizations that function in different industries, cultures, and areas. The media industry today is digital,…

A new study module up and running

19.11.2019 Education, Projects

Monday morning started in Arcada’s simulation center, where students in the study module My Future Work Life 1 experienced learning in a different environment than usual. The brand new study module is open for all students in all programmes, however it just so happens that the participants this first time are all engineering students. This was one workshop out of five, and the topic was communication, verbal as well as…

Ocean Exchange 2019

11.11.2019 Education, Projects, Student Life

Hi and greetings from Fort Lauderdale, Florida! Its been warm and sunny. This blog post is continuing the intelligencehunt #5 blog post. Those who know, the team I was part of won the intelligencehunt competition in Oslo this summer, and our prize was to attend the Ocean Exchange as VIP guest in Fort Lauderdale. This happened a few weeks ago. Our team travelled to Miami and enjoyed a couple of…