Lego Man in Helsinki Times
Published 20 January 2010
Kalle Antniemi, a BSc Business Studies from the Estonian Business School partnership, who's splitting his degree between Lancaster and Estonia, decided to spend his winter break in a rather unusual way. Having studied in two different academic cultures – Estonia and the UK, Kalle realised that he had a lot to offer to potential employers and decided to let them know about his achievements.
He explained: “My goal was to get into the newspapers and use this as a free advertising to attract employers! I told them I was worried about the current employment situation for young people. I made a Lego-man costume to attract attention and promised to work for free during the summer. I posted my CV on the body of the Lego-man. My tactic worked and I managed to get the biggest general newspaper in Finland - the Helsinki Times - to write a story about me. I've already got over 10 contacts from companies in Finland!”
Kalle joined the BSc Business studies degree in the second year in October 2009 as one of the EBS 2+2 scheme students. So far he has been an excellent student and applied himself very proactively throughout his studies in Lancaster. Not only is he doing well in academically, but he has also joined a number of Lancaster University societies, including the gliding club.
On his winter break he visited his “old” university – Estonian Business School – where he was questioned about his experience in Lancaster. Students there were curious to know what the greatest difference between EBS and Lancaster is. Kalle explains:
Morecambe Bay - a picture taken from Kalle's glider
“We get less homework, but a lot more independent learning. Actually, one of the greatest differences is in the amount of extracurricular activity. There are societies for everything! I have already joined the entrepreneur, marketing, investment, Nordic and snowboard societies. The students have organised really interesting events including speakers from big industry players during society meetings. I also joined the Lake District Gliding Club and learned how to fly a plane yesterday: that was amazing! I think one reason for this is because the students are ‘stuck’ here on campus, we have the time to do this and getting many people involved isn’t that hard.”
We wish Kalle all the best in his studies and we hope his summer internship will be as exciting as gliding above Morecombe Bay.
