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  • Business Model Canvas Week: Students from Russia, Finland, and Germany Join Forces on Sustainable Business and Recycling

    Business Model Canvas Week at ITMO University is now over. This year, it was dedicated to sustainable business and recycling. Experts from Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) have organized an intensive program on the model for the third year in a row. The event was held as part of First+ program for Russian-Finnish educational cooperation. Read on to find out how it went, what cases the participants solved and what they gained thanks to the course.

    10.03.2020

  • University of Oulu Experts on Teaching, Finland-Russia Cooperation and Joint Projects with ITMO

    What’s the most effective way of teaching English for research and academic purposes? How best for scientists to develop their communication and presentation skills? And why shouldn’t you shy away from speaking English in unfamiliar environments? ITMO.NEWS sat down with Satu Rusko, Karen Niskanen and Magdalini Liontou, English language tutors at the University of Oulu who have recently visited ITMO as part of the Russian-Finnish university cooperation program FIRST+, to learn their takes on all this and more.

    23.04.2019

  • Business Model Canvas: Visualizing Your Business Ideas

    What is Business Model Canvas and how can it help startupers in forming and developing their business ideas in the shortest amount of time possible? This was the focus of an intensive workshop recently hosted by ITMO University, the participants of which included over 20 students from Russia and Finland. The workshop was delivered by experts from Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), who also shared about other tools for management of business processes and the difference in business approaches in Russia and Finland.

    12.04.2019

  • Russian and Finnish Students Learn About Business Together with FIRST+

    30 students from Finland and Russia are currently attending the “Project-Based Approach to Business Canvas Model” intensive program in St. Petersburg. They learn about the use of business process engineering tools and work on cases of major companies like Valio, SOK and Bonava. ITMO University was chosen as one of the program’s main venues. The week-long course was made possible thanks to collaboration between ITMO University and the Tampere University of Applied Science, and a grant from the FIRST+ program, which promotes collaboration and partnership between universities of Russia and Finland.

    22.03.2018