”If ambition is the driver, inspiration is the fuel.” In Proakatemia,we work in teams, and according to many articles, teams are one of the best ways to get things done in any business. When you are working with independently talented people together, the results are...

Some might say that we Finns are great listeners. To be honest we ourselves think that we just don’t handle the small talk. It’s easier to be quiet and listen and when you’re not thinking the same way about some topics, it’s not necessary to say it out loud. This is...

What is courage? Oxford dictionary defines it as “the ability to do something that frightens one; bravery”. This is the kind of courage that we’ve heard about when we were kids: from fairytales and Disney films. However, being courageous can mean also a lot of other...

During the last couple of years, Finland has become famous of it’s big amount of Start Up -companies. This is mostly the result of Finnish entrepreneurship education, which has grown a lot. A big actor behind the spreading of entrepreneurship in Finland is JA Finland...

Internationalism is not a new concept to anyone. It has been around us for at least  20 years. It is not a concept limited to only business and economy. It is present in our everyday life. We watch, listen, read, eat and breath things coming from other countries....

Here at Proakatemia our studies consists of these four main themes: seminars, literature, training sessions and projects. Now I'm going to tell you more about projects and what kind of projects I have been doing during my studies. When we talk about projects it means...

I knew that I will go for Erasmus exchange even before I knew what I would like to study in university. On my third year of BBA studies in Proakatemia, Tampere University of Applied Sciences, I finally moved to the Netherlands to study for one semester. When I arrived...

Our school existed for 18 years now and team learning as a way of studying has slowly gotten more known around the world. We as the international team sometimes get to travel and visit different academies abroad. Just last week we were visiting a team academy in...

Since you are born you learn new things out of pure curiosity. Once you get a bit older you are expected to study and learn new things at school. But has anyone ever taught you how to learn? I have always loved school and the idea of learning and acquiring new skills....