News and media releases
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The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors Meeting on 1 March 2024
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 1 March 2024 and discussed, among other things, the situation at the University of Jyväskylä.
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The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 9 February 2024
The Board of the Finnish Union of University Professors met on 9 February 2024 and discussed, among other things, the labour market situation.
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Walkout
Some of the Akava unions have decided to organise a walkout as a political demonstration on 6 February 2024 at 2.00 p.m. in Helsinki, Tampere, and Turku. The purpose of the walkout, coordinated by the trade union confederation Akava, is to oppose the weakening of working life planned by the Finnish government. According to the…
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Professor of the Year 2024, Ursula Schwab, shares studied information about nutrition in clear language
The Finnish Union of University Professors has chosen Ursula Schwab, Professor of Nutrition Therapy at the University of Eastern Finland, as Professor of the Year 2024. The appointment was announced at the Union’s public event ‘Statements from the Scientific Core’ in Kuopio on Thursday, 11 January 2024. The prize sum for Professor of the …
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The Spring Seminar on 26 April 2024
The annual Spring Seminar of the Finnish Union of University Professors will take place in Helsinki on Friday, 26 April 2024, at 12.15pm to 3.00pm. In the seminar, funding for research and development will be discussed as well as artificial intelligence in universities. It is also possible to follow the event as a live webcast. The seminar will be held in Finnish.
Professors’ blog
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When the autonomy of research is threatened, we need vigilance, integrity and solidarity
In 2018 I wrote a short column for Tieteessä tapahtuu (Science now) describing my time as a visiting scholar at Humboldt University in Berlin. I finished that column by pondering on what I learned during the visit about the multifaceted experiences and aftermaths of the Cold War, particularly about the fragility of science and how…
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Taking back control
The landscape of scientific publishing is rapidly changing. We academics need not only to keep pace with the changes, but preferably take back control of the entire process. Having been involved with the ‘industry‘ for almost 3 decades, both as author/reviewer and editor, it feels to me as if we are close to a tipping…
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Acatiimi
Acatiimi is the member and stakeholder magazine for the Finnish Union of University Professors, the Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers (FUURT) and the Union for University Teachers and Researchers in Finland (YLL). The magazine is published five times each year.