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As we move further into the 21st century, we need to renew our understanding of what it means to learn, teach, and develop new knowledge. Education systems and learning processes for people of all ages are needed to navigate uncertainty, address known problems, identify new ones, and be able to detect and make the sense of emergent issues and opportunities. The roles of education and learning are also becoming more essential in solving the pressing global ecological, cultural, societal and economic challenges.

Åbo Akademi University and the University of Turku are piloting a powerful and easy-to-use patent database Teqmine Patent Similarity during the year 2019. The current pilot period at the University of Turku will end on 31 December, 2019. Negotiations for continued licence are ongoing. You have now the opportunity to attend a Teqmine seminar where you will learn more about patents in general, how to use the Teqmine program and how to evaluate and explore the patentability of your research, invention, or idea with the program.

An international team of astronomers has used the optical HiPERCAM camera of the Gran Telescopio Canarias in La Palma and NASA’s NICER X-ray observatory aboard the International Space Station to create a video of a growing black hole system at an unprecedented level of detail. The study has increased scientific understanding on the immediate surroundings of black holes.

The 24/7 study area at the Turku School of Economics Library was renovated into a spacious and bright K-Lounge this autumn. Furnished in collaboration with the K-Group, the space offers a variety of work options. Desk sets of various sizes, sofas, rocking chairs and standing tables.

At the beginning of 2020,Turku University Library will replace its library system to a new one. Your checked-out items, reservations and fees will be moved to the new system automatically, but the information you have saved in the current Volter, like favourites or saved searches, will not. So, please, save your information 19.12.2019 at the latest.

The Turku Collegium for Science and Medicine (TCSM) is the University’s multidisciplinary and dynamic research platform for scientists at the beginning of their career in science and medicine. The Collegium opens a new call for applications for the fixed-term positions of postdoctoral researchers in November 2019.

Turku Bioscience Centre, or Turku Bioscience in short, a joint unit of the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University offering technology services and producing top research in biosciences is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. On Wednesday 2 October, the Centre celebrated this with a seminar showcasing its achievements throughout the years.

The strategic planning process of the University of Turku 2021–2030 has now reached the third phase in which the University community is requested to give suggestions for concrete actions under the strategic goals.