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  • New application round for ULapland

    New application round for ULapland

    University of Lapland main facilities

    New application round for University of Lapland’s European Master in Tourism, Culture and International Management (EMACIM) master’s program will be open from December 2nd to January 31st 2014.

    The two-year master’s degree program at the University of Lapland provides graduates with the opportunity to gain knowledge and education in international business and international management as well as cultural experience and heritage, tourism being seen as a modern link between them. To apply, visit ULapland Admissions.

    The degree program has been created to respond to the needs of cultural and tourism industries, and the EMACIM curriculum will increase the competitiveness and employability of the graduates and promote their entrepreneurial spirit.

    During two years of studies, the students will learn to develop and manage international cultural productions and services; to work in an intercultural and professionally diverse environment; and to understand and follow the principles of sustainability.

    In cultural industries, there is a strong demand for new professionals with a diverse set of management skills and an extensive understanding of the changing needs of the modern society. The EMACIM degree will open the graduates a diversity of career paths in cultural industries, such as entrepreneurship, production, management, tourism and research.

    The program consists of tourism research studies (60 ECTS), EMACIM studies (30 ECTS) and a specialization study module which can include an internship, exchange studies or minor subject studies (for example, the Intercultural Communication Programme or minor studies at an art faculty).

  • Flying barbeque helps reindeer herders

    Flying barbeque helps reindeer herders

    Minicopter, Flying barbeque

    Reindeer herders in Lapland are using new technology to find lost livestock, a flying barbeque. It may seem strange but when looking at the picture, one can understand the name.

    The flying barbeque is actually a minicopter, a flying object with an attached camera. The machine is designed in France and can fly as high as 150 meters.

    It can survey the landscape in hunt for the reindeer for up to 10 kilometers. Many reindeers have radio transmitters around their necks and if the herders lose their reindeers to predators, they can be found via the transmitter.

    The remote control steers well and testing has been good. “All our experiences up to now have been positive,” said project director Jari Nykänen of Eastern Lapland technical college.

    “The neck transmitter has been found further away than when searches are conducted at ground level,” he says but lost reindeers can be very costly for the reindeer herders.

    Every year herders lose up to 20,000 reindeer to predators. On average, just a fifth of these are found.

    “Even one lost reindeer that isn’t found represents a loss of several thousand euros,” said Heikki Härmä of Kallioluoma Reindeer Owners Association.

    Despite the losses, few businessmen currently operate small ‘minicopters’. The sector is expected to explode over the next few years. The devices are especially suited to aerial filming.

    Other parties are also interested in the object; both filmmakers and the police have shown an interest.

    Sources

    Yle