Meeting of the Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors, 17 May 2024

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.

At its meeting, the Board

• discussed the labour market situation
• discussed local collective bargaining
• discussed Union’s budget monitoring and its investment asset situation
• received a report on the meeting of the Monitoring Group of the MEC-funded Doctoral Education Pilot
• took note of stakeholder meetings:
  • Minister of Economic Affairs Wille Rydman and Special Adviser Lassi Noponen
  • Chair of the Board of the University of Helsinki Niklas Bruun
  • Vice Rector for Research of the University of the Arts Helsinki Teemu Leinonen
  • MP Mari-Leena Talvitie
  • Minister of Science and Culture Sari Multala
  • Rector of Åbo Akademi University Mikael Lindfelt
  • Rector of Aalto University Ilkka Niemelä and Chief Human Resources Officer Riitta Silvennoinen
  • President of the Academy of Finland Paula Eerola and Director Liisa Savunen
  • the stakeholder meetings of the University of Helsinki and the Society of Scientists and Parliament Members TUTKAS
  • the RDI stakeholder meetings of The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
• took note of the Union’s Statement on the Government Report of the Government’s public finance plan for 2025-2028