News and media releases
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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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Meeting of the Board of the Union, 11 October 2024
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 11.10.2024 and discussed, among other things, the plan of activities and budgets for 2025. In addition, the Board discussed the Union’s collective bargaining objectives for the next round of negotiations and took note of publication by Akava Works Gender distribution wit…
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The General Meeting of the Union was held on 11.10.2024
The General Meeting of the Union was held on 11.10.2024 – on the 55th Anniversary of the Union. In connection with the meeting, Professor Vili Lehdonvirta from Aalto University gave a presentation in Finnish titled Where does artificial intelligence live? Global political geography of data centers. The meeting elected the Union Council fo…
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Are you using the Union calendar?
We will be sending members the calendars for the year 2025 later this autumn. Some members have expressed that they no longer need to receive the calendar. If you no longer wish to receive the Union calendar, please let us know. Thank you for your effort, nature thanks you too.
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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
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).