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The rapid start to the doctoral pilot
The doctoral education pilot is showing progress – articles have already been published and employment connections made. The three-year goal demands new practices from universities and limits what can be achieved.
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New union presidents: Fix university core funding
The Finnish Union of University Professors and The Union of Research Professionals new presidents want more core funding for universities. International staff should also be fully included in university operations. This also affects the unions’ own services.
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A more language-aware work community is everyone’s benefit
If more than one language is spoken in a work community, the use of languages should be planned and developed with intent. This is called language awareness. The Union of Research Professionals, for example, has created concrete recommendations for its development.
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What significance do new AI professorships hold?
The ELLIS Institute has been established in Finland to boost AI research, and Silo AI CEO Peter Sarlin’s foundation made a sizable donation towards new professorships.
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Heidi Kuusniemi: Professor of time, place, and space
Vuoden Professori 2025 on paikkatietotekniikkaan ja satelliittinavigointiin erikoistunut Vaasan yliopiston tietotekniikan professori Heidi Kuusniemi. Hän haluaa kehittää laajaa yhteistä hyvää palvelevia ratkaisuja ja menetelmiä. Hänen uransa aikana satelliittipaikannuksessa on otettu vallankumouksellisia harppauksia.
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How is Finnish research policymaking guided?
The Research and Innovation Council makes strategic choices to guide RDI policymaking in Finland. Academics from higher education institutions and research institutes have also been allowed to participate.
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Time to think
Scientific insights require peace and quiet, and the end result is still not a foregone conclusion. Does science still have enough time and space for insight or taking risks?
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Science (completely) without people?
Artificial intelligence autonomously formulates a research question and wades trough relevant literature. It analyses the data, writes an article, and undergoes peer review.
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Sofia Laine, Youth researcher with wild visions
Securing life opportunities for future generations should be our number one priority, says the Academic of the Year 2024, Research Professor Sofia Laine. She finds youth research essential for securing the conditions for sustainable life on our planet.
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The upcoming collective bargaining agreement for universities: negotiations and compromises
The joint university collective agreement ends in late March 2025. Preparations for a new agreement are already underway. After all, the viewpoints of many different parties must be coordinated.
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Not enough additional funding for all
Additional research and development funding is heavily channelled via Business Finland towards businesses. For the time being, free research funding for universities sees no increase.
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Doctorates in three years – how?
The first people selected for the doctoral education pilot are starting this autumn.
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Tuula Linna: “The post-truth era belongs in no society”
President of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters Tuula Linna believes in the advancement of free and independent science. She is pleased by the foothold gained by sustainable development in research. Along with striving for fact-based information, science must defend life. At the same time, she is concerned by many phenomena whittling away at the resources to allow science to happen.
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Does research misconduct go uninvestigated?
Suspicions of Responsible Conduct of Research violations are raised at universities quit often but rarely reported.
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Campus too expensive?
Universities try to control costs by modifying their facilities and abandoning premises. However, facilities are more than a simple expense – they either help or hurt academic work.
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