FiDPEL Newsletter 2013/09
26.09.2013
This is the FiDPEL Newsletter. Monthly newsletters are sent to all subscribers of the FiDPEL mailing list and published on the FiDPEL website.
Doctoral programs within the new FiDPEL
As has been previously informed, FiDPEL will continue its activities with a new kind of model. As FiDPEL used to be a doctoral program of its own, the new FiDPEL is a network of doctoral programs. The national reform of doctoral training in Finland directs universities to take the responsibility of resourcing of their own doctoral training. Each doctoral candidate now belongs to the graduate school and doctoral program of their own university. FiDPEL will continue its existence as a network of doctoral programs. The doctoral programs in the network are:
From the University of Turku
• Doctoral Programme on Educational Policy, Lifelong Learning and Comparative Education Research (KEVEKO)• Doctoral Programme on Learning, Teaching and Learning Environments Research (OPPI)
From the University of Helsinki
• Doctoral Programme of Psychology, Learning and Communication (PSYCo)• Doctoral Programme of School, Education, Society and Culture (SEDUCE)
From the University of Oulu
• Human Sciences Doctoral Programme (EUDA-DP)
From the University of Eastern Finland
• Life Course in Context Doctoral Programme (LCC)• Doctoral Programme of Educational Sciences in Interdisciplinary Context
From the University of Tampere
• Doctoral Programme of Education and Society
From the University of Jyväskylä
• Doctoral School in Education
If you are uncertain of your own doctoral program, please contact your own faculty and check which is the one that you belong to. Note that paid positions granted before the reform are still valid. If you have been granted a paid position, this does not disappear anywhere. However, your contract is to your own university which is responsible of your employment. Thus, also the maternity leaves and like have to be communicated to your own university.
Open doctoral candidate positions in the doctoral programs of FiDPEL network
FiDPEL will inform its members of the full-time positions opened in doctoral programs within FiFPEL. Now there are open positions in the doctoral programs at the universities of Turku and Eastern Finland.
KEVEKO and OPPI doctoral programs in the University of Turku call for applicants for the doctoral candidate positions. Application period is under way and will be closed on September 30th.
See the call for applications
Doctoral Programmes in the University of Eastern Finland call for applicants for doctoral candidate positions. Application period is under way and will be closed on September 30th.
See the call for applications
Shortly, there will also be a call in the University of Helsinki.
Travel grants in the subprogrammes for the last time
There is or have been calls for travel grants in subprogrammes during the autumn. One possible and also recommended target is the annual Finnish Educational Research Association (FERA) Conference on Educational Research. The conference is held in Jyväskylä, 21–22 November, 2013. The programme will include parallel paper sessions, methodological workshops and pre-conference seminars in which educational research can be presented in English, Swedish or Finnish. The deadline for abstract submission is 1st October. Please visit the conference website and get acquainted to the programme.
The travel grants appropriated now are the last ones for the subprogrammes. They will no longer allow travel grants next year. In the future, doctoral candidates can apply for travel grants i.g. from their own universities and faculties.
A national Facebook group for all doctoral candidates
There is now a Facebook group for all doctoral candidates in Finland. It might be a good place to interact, network and collaborate with other doctoral candidates all over Finland. You can find the group in https://www.facebook.com/groups/1419639641582078/
Dissertations within FiDPEL
Minna Kovalainen defended her dissertation "The social construction of learning and teaching in a classroom community of inquiry" in the University of Oulu, September 20th 2013.
Opponent was Professor Karen Littleton (The Open University, UK) and custos Professori Kristiina Kumpulainen (University of Helsinki).
Rosario Maniscalco’s dissertation “Adult education policy in the European Union during the Lisbon decade. The shift to vocational adult learning and work skills matching” will be examined in the University of Turku October 25th, 2013.
Opponent will be Professor Martin Lawn (University of Edinburgh) and custos Professor Risto Rinne (University of Turku).
Jenni Kankaanpää’s (former Koivula) dissertation ”Kohti yritysmäistä hyöty-yliopistoa. Valtiovallan tahto Suomessa vuosina 1985–2006 ja kokemukset kolmessa yliopistossa” (Towards an entrepreneurial and utilitalian university. The will of the state in Finland 1985–2006 and experiences in three universities.) will be examined in the University of Turku November 1st, 2013.
Opponent will be Docent Taina Saarinen (University of Jyväskylä) and custos Professor Risto Rinne (University of Turku).
Have a nice autumn!
The next FiDPEL Newsletter will be published at the end of October. If you have something that you wish to be communicated to the FiDPEL members, please notify the coordinator.