The national main event of the European Day of Languages was organised in the Hansa shopping centre, Turku, on 25 September. In the event, pupils had a chance to speak different languages at the language café, try out audiovisual translation, and learn languages through movement and active learning methods. The European Day of Languages also offered music and discussions on the importance of language skills.
Introduction to the Theories of International Relations – the name of the course is challenging, but the participants convince that Associated Professor Dmitry Lanko has a unique capability to open the topic with an understandable way. Thanks to the FIRST-programme, The Baltic Sea Region Studies of the University of Turku can offer Lankos’ course to students.
Researchers who are active in social media should present themselves as individuals and show their human characteristics. Sharing only research results is not interesting, says Tero Karppi who researches Facebook.
According to the advance information from the faculties, 162 doctors graduated from the University of Turku last year. In addition, 1632 Master’s degrees and 1456 Bachelor’s degrees were completed.
The faculties celebrate the new Masters with Graduation Ceremonies. Masters from the Faculty of Humanities gathered at the Old Academy Building in December.