The direct and indirect employment impact of the Turku Shipyard continued to grow in 2021 by over 13 percent, according to a regional impact study of the shipyard conducted by the University of Turku.
Read the blog written by Ulla Tapaninen in From land and Sea Blog of Brahea Centre, University of Turku.
The Centre for Maritime Studies at the University of Turku (CMS) finalized a three-year project GET READY. The CMS’ main outputs were a curriculum for short-term professional training and examination of best practices on sustainable spatial planning in the Eastern Gulf of Finland. The training course provides a general level introduction of the principles and practices of sustainable spatial planning. It was based on the best practices identified by the project consortium.
At the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, in spring of 2020, universities in Europe moved to distance learning with very short notice and from different situations. The InCompEdu project collected experiences of teachers with an extensive survey: which challenges the sudden change created, solutions found and how online teaching methods developed during the pandemic.
Pros and cons on online teaching were discussed in an international workshop. The event gathered together over 50 academic teachers and experts of online teaching.
The Eastern Gulf of Finland hosts a variety of human activities as well as sites of cultural, historical and natural values. The geographically small coastal and marine area is rich with major ports, busy waterways, blue economy businesses activities, and a wide variety of leisure activities. Inevitably, environmental challenges cannot be avoided. Therefore, the needs and interests of different actors need to be considered and balanced, natural and cultural values should be preserved, environmental impacts mitigated, and efforts made to improve the state of the environment where needed.
The InCompEdu project is seeking an answer to this question: which kind of challenges there are at the European universities. The aim is to identify success stories and best practices, and to learn from each other. Please share your experiences on online teaching!
The policy agenda of the ECOPRODIGI project for making the maritime industry more efficient and sustainable through digitalisation is published.
The first round of EU’s maritime spatial planning (MSP) is about to be completed in Finland. It also calls for dissemination of information between neighbouring coastal countries. GET READY project is doing its share to boost cross-border cooperation with Russia.
The event focuses especially on the benefits digital tools and solutions can offer for industry end-users. Findings from ECOPRODIGI’s industry cases on digital performance monitoring, optimisation of cargo stowage and shipyard processes will be presented as concrete examples of how digital technologies can be utilised and what kind of advantages they can provide e.g. in terms of: