The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 13 September 2024 and, among other things, decided on the Union’s key objectives regarding collective bargaining for the university sector.
The ministers of the European Higher Education Area defined the fundamental values of higher education in their declaration approved at the Tirana Ministerial Conference in May 2024. The fundamental values are academic freedom, academic integrity, institutional autonomy, participation of students and staff in higher education governance, public responsibility for higher education, public responsibility of higher…
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 15 August 2024 and, among other things, discussed the MEC-funded Doctoral Education Pilot and European higher education policy.
In the view of the Finnish Union of University Professors, the multiannual plan for the use of government R&D funding and its policies includes many issues essential for R&D activities. However, the plan does not address the core funding of universities at all. Yet, raising the level of ambition of innovations and securing high-quality research…
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 Finnish Union of University Professors thanks the Finnish Government for its significant allocation of R&D funding. The Union would like to emphasise, however, that the funding for RDI activities should be directed to universities in the form of basic funding for free research. Free research funding would enable universities to respond faster to the…
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…
Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Government convenes for the government discussion on spending limits on 15–16 April. The Government’s objective for the spending limits discussion is to decide on new adjustment measures amounting to around 3 billion euro. Funding for education and research must be ensured even in financially difficult times. Such funding facilitates rising competence…