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 some history of professorship. The purpose of the Directory…
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.
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 and the…
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 contract (full) and 7,322 euro…
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 22 March 2024 and, among other things, approved the financial statements to be presented to the Council. At its meeting, the Board
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 1 March 2024 and discussed, among other things, the situation at the University of Jyväskylä.
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 9 February 2024 and discussed, among other things, the labour market situation.
Some of the Akava unions have decided to organise a walkout as a political demonstration on 6 February 2024 at 2.00 p.m. in Helsinki, Tampere, and Turku. The purpose of the walkout, coordinated by the trade union confederation Akava, is to oppose the weakening of working life planned by the Finnish government. According to the…
The Finnish Union of University Professors will organise a webinar series on the funding model for universities during autumn 2023. The webinars are scheduled for 4 October, 11 October, and 10 November. The Webinars Yliopistojen rahoitus ja kannustimet (in English: University funding and incentives)Wed., 4 October, at 2-3pmHannu Vartiainen, Professor of Microeconomic Theory at the…
The collective bargaining parties have approved the general collective agreement for universities. The collective agreement will enter into force on April 1, 2023, and will continue in force until March 31, 2025. The new collective agreement contains a salary increase result, but no changes were made to the other content. “There is a broad consensus…