Meeting of the Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors, 15 August 2024
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.
At its meeting, the Board
- discussed the recommendation of the Council of Rectors of Finnish Universities Unifi for the development of doctoral education and summarised the Union’s views on the progress of the doctoral pilot
- received a report on the activities of the Working Group on Funding Open Science and Research
- discussed the decisions taken at the meeting of ministers of the European Higher Education Area. The EHEA Ministerial Conference was held in Tirana in May 2024, and the declaration of the meeting defined the fundamental values of higher education
- took note that a report on academic freedom is being prepared in Nordic co-operation.