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The conciliation of the labor dispute involving 35,000 university employees to continue on Monday, 19 May
The 24-hour strike by JUKO, Pro and JHL at the University of Helsinki and Turku will begin at 00.01 on 27 May and end at 23.59 if no solution is found before then.
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Statement of the Finnish Union of University Professors on the Government’s public finance plan for 2026–2029
In the view of the Finnish Union of University Professors, the Government’s public finance plan for 2026–2029 is contradictory. It proposes additional funding for universities’ research and development activities and available student places, but at the same time it proposes significant cuts to the core funding of universities. Acco…
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Strike at Tampere University on Wednesday 7 May
The staff of Tampere University went on strike for salary increases and the preservation of teaching hour caps. The 24-hour strike began on Wednesday, 7 May at 00:01 and ends at 23:59. “Our staff has worked tremendously hard in recent years, often under very difficult conditions, for the benefit of the university and the entire…
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University labor negotiations stalled – strike notice for Tampere University
No solution has been reached for the collective agreement of 35,000 university employees. Negotiations have been ongoing since early February, and the contract period ended at the end of March. To expedite the negotiations, the Negotiation Organisation for Public Sector Professionals JUKO, the Trade Union for the Public and Welfare Sector…
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Professors’ blog
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Into darkness
It’s very hard to write about the current state of global science without getting sucked into the whirlpool of events in the United States that is perceived by most of our colleagues as nothing short of disastrous. However, so much has been written about it already. And by the time this blogpiece goes out some…
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The Right to be Wrong
Setting aside the growing threat to the scientific literature from outright fraud, wilful misinterpretation, undeclared conflicts of interest, low-quality peer review and malign pseudo- science, it is an inevitable fact that much of what is put into print today will turn out to be erroneous when revisited in the future. At the very least,…
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