The Ministry of Foreign Affairs granted €12 million from the HEI ICI Programme to the development co-operation of higher education institutions in 2017–2020. Altogether 20 projects that strengthen higher education in developing countries will be realised with the funding in 16 countries.
The Entrepreneurial Act of the Year award at the University of Turku is €30,000. For the academic year 2016–2017, the main partner in awarding the act is OP Turun Seutu, OP Financial Group.
According to Rector Kalervo Väänänen from the University of Turku, extending the educational responsibility of Masters of Science in Turku best serves economic growth.
U-Multirank evaluates universities in five sectors: Teaching & Learning, Research, Knowledge Transfer, International Orientation, and Regional Engagement. The ranking funded by the European Union aims to offer information about universities that differs from other university rankings.
The article was originally published in the Mercurius Magazine 2017.
A happy welcoming ceremony was organised in the City of Rauma on Thursday for students who arrived from Namibia in February to study a three-year Bachelor's degree.
Every tenth employee increases their alcohol consumption to risky levels at the time of retirement from full-time employment. However, the increase seems to be temporary as risky drinking often decreases during the retirement. For most pensioners, alcohol consumption remains below the risk levels before and after retirement. The results of the new Finnish study were published in the esteemed Addiction journal.
Researchers from the Turku Centre for Biotechnology (BTK) in Finland have discovered that a cellular fuel sensor, known to control energy processes in the cells, is involved in the regulation of the contact of cells with their surrounding environment. This unexpected link could help scientists better understand life-threatening diseases, such as cancer and tissue fibrosis.
