Changing tartu team2
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This document outlines three key challenges facing the city of Tartu, Estonia and proposes solutions to address them. The first challenge is making vocational schools more attractive to students by guaranteeing jobs after graduation to improve their status and perception. The second challenge is increasing tourism by expanding Tartu's attractions, improving accessibility through the airport and train lines, and boosting international cooperation and advertisement. The third challenge is attracting more foreign students to the University of Tartu by making tuition cheaper or free, offering more courses in other languages, expanding exchange programs, conducting high-profile research, and increasing international advertisement of the university.
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- 1. ChallengesforTartu Team 2 T: The epic intro Thisis our visionof changingTartuintoa more sustainable andgreatcity.Here are some of the challengesTartuhasto face in the future.While some of these are easiertosolve thanothers,we decidedtofocuson the mostchallengingones.Here are the mostimportantones. S: Making vocational schoolsmore attractive We focuson the problemof vocational schoolsbecauseTartuhasa highdemandof employee,such as grocerystore workersetc.,butnotenoughpeople are interestedinthose jobs. What do vocational schoolsoffer? The vocational schoolsoffertuitioninspecial skillsneededforaparticularjob. The vocational schoolsare veryflexible,andhave the upsideof beingable tobe accessedevenif youare working.If youhave job experience, youalsogeta differentcurriculum, since youalreadyhave the knowledge. Whydon’t people go to vocational schools? Consideringthereare 5 vocational schoolsinTartu,itshouldn’tbe a problemgettingintothem. However,the reasonforpeople notgoingtovocational schoolsisbecause inourtime andage, people thinkthatitisnecessarythattheygo to university. Alsothe factthatit isextremelyeasyto getintothe university,makesthe vocationalschoolssecondrate education. How do we make vocational schoolsbetter? We couldpushstoresor corporationstosignagreementswiththe vocational schoolstoofferjobsto the graduates.Withthe guarantee of gettinga jobaftergraduationitwouldmake the education much more valuable. The mainproblembeingthe low statusof the educationandoccupationthey leadto meansthatthismindset iswhatneedstobe changedfirstof all. T: MakingTartu more popular What can Tartu offer? Tartu offersmanyhistorical sites,suchasthe firstuniversityinthe Balticregion,the Universityof Tartu. Tartu is alsofilledwithculture.Tartuoffersmanyattractions,suchasthe AHHAA Science Centre,the numerousstatues,the architecture,andmultiplemuseums,manyrestaurants,aswell as amazingpeople. Whyaren’t there more tourists?
- 2. Estoniaitself isasmall country,the inaccessibilitythatthe cityhas,witha small airport,notmany trainlines,resultsinthe lackof huge numbersof tourists. How can we make Tartu more popular? More attractions…Tartu shouldgetmore involvedwithdifferenttravel companies,other international andnational companieswithinthe tourismsector.Therebythe citywill getmore renowned.Theyshouldalsogetmore sistercities,sothatthe internationalco-operationwill increase.The advertisementbudgetshouldalsoincrease,spreadingthe wordonseveral different medias. R: Whyaren’t more foreignstudentsstudyinghere? AlthoughTartuis the secondlargestcityinEstonia,Estoniaitself isn’tthatlarge,therefore notmany people knowaboutTartu.The universityitself isinthe top500 universitiesof the world,however, people usuallytrytoget intothe top 100 universitiesand don’tevenlookasfaras 500… Pros: Free forcitizens Many programs to choose from There are topendscientificfacilitiesinplace already. The students’ researchisfundedbythe school Studentlife isextremelyfunsince Tartuiscomprisedof around25% students,and50% of Tartu is belowthe age of 35 Cons Notverypopular Most coursesare taughtonlyin Estonian The coursesare mostlytheoretical,meaningnotasmuch fieldwork. How do we get more foreignstudentsto study here? We can do thisbymakingTartu and the universityitself more popularinthe world.We can dothisby for instance,makingthe tuitionfee cheaperorfor free forforeignstudents. Tomake the university more accessible,we canhire more foreignteachersthatofferthe coursesinadifferentlanguage, one otherthan Estonian Alsogettingthe universitymore involvedintoexchangeprogramssuchas Erasmus.Therebythey’ll startspreadingthe wordandthe universitywill be more renowned and sooneror laterrank higheronthe listsof the bestuniversities. The facilitiescanbe usedtodo some majorprojects,bringingPRto the university. If especiallyco-operatingwithotherforeign
- 3. universities,the Universityof Tartuwill be more renownedthatway. We couldadvertise the university,bothnationallyandinternationally.Havingthe internettoadvertise these things,we couldattract studentsfromall overthe world. S: Conclusion Tartu is alreadya verysustainablecity,butwe thinkthatitcan be evenmore sustainable.Therefore, we focusedonthese challengestomake itjustthat. We askedourselves questionsthatwouldinturn helpusfindsolutions.Inconclusion,byfindingtangible solutionsforthe challengesathand,we are alsogettingsolutions forotherchallenges.