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…
In its ruling of 1 June (H45/2023), the Labour Court of Finland stated that the tenure track career path system may, in individual cases, constitute a justified reason for making a fixed-term employment contract as referred to in the Employment Contracts Act. According to the Labour Court, the system cannot therefore be regarded as contrary…
The material for the Union salary survey for 2022 is comprised of the statistics provided by employers on the salaries paid in September 2022 to full professors, associate professors and assistant professors at universities as well as statistics provided by research institutes concerning the salaries of professors, research professors, those on the tenure track and…
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…
It is the view of the Finnish Union of University Professors that the multi-annual plan for the use of research and development funding plays a key role in assuring that Finland can achieve its goal to increase the share of RDI investment activities to four per cent of the GDP by 2030. The Act on…
According to the Finnish Union of University Professors, the English translation ‘Associate Professor’ cannot be used as a translation for the title of docent (dosentti in Finnish). It is the Union’s opinion that the appropriate translation is Docent.
The Finnish Union of University Professors has chosen Aki Mikkola, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at LUT University, as Professor of the Year for 2023. The nomination was announced at a Union event during the Science Forum in Helsinki on Thursday, 12 January 2023. The award amount for the Professor of the Year is €20,000. “Professor…
In its judgement of 10 January 2023 (diary number S2021/66), the Supreme Court considers that the University of Helsinki had the right to choose whether to dismiss, on production-related and financial grounds, a person who had served in the position of a permanent lecturer and had been called to the fixed-term position of a tenure…
Jari Stenvall’s report examines the significance the university regulations governing university administration have had on professors’ possibilities for influence in terms of management and university democracy. The report is based on interviews with professors from different universities. The report is a continuation of Stenvall’s university regulation report, in which he reviewed the regulations in place…
Finland’s goal is to raise the research and development expenditure to four per cent of GDP. This means an increase of EUR 1.8 billion in State research and development funding over the years 2024 to 2030. The annual increase in authorisations and appropriations would amount to approximately EUR 260 million compared to the level of…