In its statement, the Copyright Council finds that the book ‘Suomen historian jännät naiset’ (Extraordinary Women of Finnish History) was not written in accordance with proper usage as required by the Copyright Act. The Finnish Union of University Professors and the Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers feel that the publishing industry for works…
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 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…