News and media releases
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Meeting of the Board of the Union on 13 December 2024
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 13 December 2024 and received, among other things, a report on the general labour market situation.
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Meeting of the Union Council on 22 November 2024
The autumn meeting of the Council of the Finnish Union of University Professors was held in Helsinki on 22.11.2024.
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Meeting of the Board of the Union on 1 November 2024
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 1 November 2024 and, among other things, approved and decided to submit the Union's Action Plan and Budget for 2025 to the Council for approval.
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Nordic Academic Freedom Under Threat – Time for Governments to Act
As the Nordic Council convene in Iceland this October, they must confront a growing and urgent challenge: the preservation of academic freedom. For decades, the Nordic region has been a global example of how to protect academic institutions from political, commercial, and ideological pressures. Our universities have thrived as places of i…
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The Office of the Finnish Union of University Professors is closed for Christmas on December 23–26. We are not taking calls during the days between Christmas and the New Year, but we do read our email. The Union office is open again normally on January 2, 2025.
This year our Christmas donation was made to support the education of girls via Plan International.
Best wishes for a happy holiday season!
Schedule
2:00pm Start of the event
2:05pm The scientific and societal impact of research, Captain of UNITE flagship, Professor Heli Peltola, University of Eastern Finland
2:35pm The Announcement of the Professor of the Year 2025
2:40pm Professor of the Year presentation
3:00pm End of the event
The event will be held in Finnish. Free entry. Welcome!
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Professors’ blog
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The Right to be Wrong
Setting aside the growing threat to the scientific literature from outright fraud, wilful misinterpretation, undeclared conflicts of interest, low-quality peer review and malign pseudo- science, it is an inevitable fact that much of what is put into print today will turn out to be erroneous when revisited in the future. At the very least,…
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An internal market for higher education in Europe?
In March 2024, the European Commission presented its new higher education package. The package includes initiatives on a European degree, a European quality assurance and recognition system, and careers in higher education. The package builds on earlier initiatives ranging from a European strategy for universities to micro-credentials. Th…
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Acatiimi
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