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Finnish universities to launch major teacher professional development project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

23.04.2025

University of Helsinki HY+ jointly with the University of Turku and the University of Eastern Finland will launch a new three-year teacher development project in Saudi Arabia starting in April 2025. The initiative, in collaboration with the National Institute for Educational Professional Development (NIEPD) and Tatweer for Educational Services (Talemia), supports the implementation of the new nationwide strategy for the teachers’ professional development (TPD) in the public-school sector. This optimization of the education system is a part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030.

Engaging training programme equips teachers from India with new pedagogical skills

16.04.2025

As part of an ongoing collaboration between the Punjab state in India and the University of Turku, a group of 72 teachers from Punjab participated in an intensive three-week training programme in March 2025. Following a similar professional training organised last autumn, the Through Joy and Play training programme continued to build on the fruitful collaboration between Finnish and Indian educators.

University of Turku and Polar Partners Ltd. Boost the Export of Finnish Educational Expertise with New Online Courses

15.09.2022

The University of Turku and Polar Partners Ltd. collaborate to develop online courses which encapsulate the Finnish educational expertise in an easily adoptable manner. The courses of the Top Teacher programme are aimed at teachers and education specialist around the world who wish to deepen their existing professional skills with the Finnish education model and know-how.

University of Turku Organised Grant Writing Training for Nigerian Researchers

01.09.2022

Altogether 143 researchers from Nigeria took part and completed a grant writing training organised and coordinated by the University of Turku’s Global Education Services in May and June 2022. The training sessions focused on the Horizon Europe research and innovation funding programme and were led by research funding specialists from the University’s Research Funding Unit.

University of Turku Participates in Developing Principal Training in Chile

07.02.2022

Within the framework of the University’s global education services, the University has made a significant, multi-year partnership agreement with the Chilean Plus Finland education sector company. Teachers from the Teacher Training School of the University of Turku planned and will be organising a training programme for the Plus Finland’s selected trainers, after which these trainers who have received training in accordance with the programme will put it into practice in the local schools to train the Chilean principals.

University of Turku Participates in Education Finland Days at Dubai Expo

17.12.2021

The Education Finland cluster organised a three-day event for invited  Dubai Expo guests on the VIP floor of Finland’s Snow Cape Pavilion in mid-December 2021. The University of Turku Global Educational Services team, the University management and experts on teacher education participated in the event and programme.