Archive: 2022

Towards well-managed, community-based universities and university democracy – university regulations and management and democracy in Finland from the point of view of professors

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…

Statement to the Education and Culture Committee on the Government proposal for an Act on Research and Development Funding for 2024–2030

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…

Statement on open access policy component for research methods and infrastructure

According to the Finnish Union of University Professors, the open access policy component for research methods and infrastructure is fairly obscure. Methods, materials and infrastructures are ambiguously stated in different parts of the document, and it is difficult to understand what is actually being referred to. The entire policy component remains highly abstract. A concrete…

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