News and media releases
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The Directory of Professors has been published
The Directory of Professors is a digital service that contains information about professors starting from the founding of Turku’s Old Academy in 1640. The Directory includes full professors from the universities and research institutes, tenure-track professors and those academic leaders and research institute management personnel with som…
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Meeting of the Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors, 17 May 2024
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 17 May 2024 and, among other things, discussed local collective bargaining and received a report on the meeting of the Monitoring Group of the MEC-funded Doctoral Education Pilot.
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The Spring Meeting of the Council on 27 April 2024
The spring meeting of the Council of the Finnish Union of University Professors took place on 27 April 2024. In addition to the statutory matters, the Meeting discussed, among others, the general labour market situation, and the salary development of professors. Furthermore, the Council received reports on the economic status of the Union…
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Salary survey of the Finnish Union of University Professors for 2023
The Finnish Union of University Professors has conducted its annual salary survey concerning professors’ salaries. The number of full-time (full) professors increased slightly over the year and totalled 1,997 in 2023. According to the employer survey, a professor’s full monthly salary in September 2023 was 7,781 euro on a permanent contra…
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Union Office during summer
The Union Office is open in the summer from 9am to 3pm. The office is closed on Midsummer Eve. Due to summer holidays, the office will be closed 1.–28.7.2024. After the holidays, the Office is open again on 29 July 2024.
After Midsummer and until August 2, 2024, members of the Finnish Union of University Professors may call to Eversheds Attorneys in matters related to terms of employment during weekdays from 10am to 4pm in number +358 10 684 1300. Please, inform that you are a member of the Finnish Union of University Professors and the matter concerns terms of employment. Also present your membership number when calling.
Varying Akava membership benefits
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Professors’ blog
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Remote or real
When I first joined the faculty in Tampere, a high-point of every working week was the institute seminar. Except when they were away at some other meeting, all PIs attended every time, and so did their PhD students, postdocs and other associates. Nobody was formally compelled to attend. They did so because that was what…
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Current issues in copyright legislation
The EU directive on copyright in the digital single market and online transmission directive were decreed as part of the Finnish Copyright Act in the manner hoped by the Finnish Union of University Professors, that is, according to the directives. The partial update of the Copyright Act was completed early last year, with the updated…
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Acatiimi
Acatiimi is the member and stakeholder magazine for the Finnish Union of University Professors, the Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers (FUURT) and the Union for University Teachers and Researchers in Finland (YLL). The magazine is published five times each year.