More than 27,000 degree-granting institutions of higher education are included in the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). This year, the University of Turku rose in the ranking to the 359th place. The University was ranked 366th in 2016.
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In comprehensive school, the age difference between the oldest and youngest pupil in the same school year can be 12 months. The immaturity of younger children can lead to a mistaken diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), shows a new study by the University of Turku and University of Nottingham.
PhD Tadhg O'Mahony has worked as a Marie Sklodowska Curie postdoctoral fellow at the FFRC during 2015-2017. His forthcoming book, co-written with Professor Peadar Kirby, will be published by Palgrave Macmillan on 11 January 2018.
Association of Professional Futurists (APF) is a global community of professional futurists. It has a Student Recognition Programme awarding annually papers by graduate and undergraduate students. The association has announced its 2017 awards.
Professor Martin Thrupp spoke at the Department of Education about a New Zealand primary school assessment policy called National Standards which was first announced in 2007 and was expected to improve the achievement of children. According to Thrupp, the policy has been a failure in many ways.
Taiwanese NTU Ranking has listed the best 500 science universities. The University of Turku placed 323rd in 2017. NTU Ranking compares universities by their scientific publications, using bibliometric evaluation to compare the number of publications, excellence and impact.
How will the collaboration between different actors bring Turku region another step closer to the social welfare and health care reform? The question was discussed in the Health Campus projects seminar and the social welfare and health care service structure reform seminar, which were organised by the Health Campus Turku and the polytechnic Master's degree students of the Turku University of Applied Sciences at ICT City on 2–3 October 2017.
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