Keyword: Global educational services

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.

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.

In September 2024, the Punjab Government in India and the University of Turku in Finland signed an agreement to promote the exchange of expertise in education. As part of this collaboration, a group of 72 teachers from Punjab participated in a three-week training programme in Finland.

A group of teachers from Hong Kong embarked on a five-week professional development programme at the University of Turku, gaining first-hand experience of Finland’s renowned education system. 

Jeff Applegate, an American teacher and actor, recently completed part of his teacher training at the Turku Teacher Training School. During his stay in Finland, he had the opportunity to immerse himself in the Finnish education and teacher training system, gaining valuable insights into its methods and philosophies.

The partnership between Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University and the University of Turku has spanned over five years. Throughout this time, the collaboration, aimed at improving teaching and learning practices for the academic community, has evolved and led to notable advancements in pedagogical approaches and educational outcomes. 

The Innovation and Enterprise Development training programme organised by the University of Turku aims to provide understanding of the key principles of innovation and enterprise development as well as ideas and motivation for implementing entrepreneurship and innovation strategies in higher education.

In February 2023, a delegation of teachers from the Czech Republic spent two weeks in Finland as part of a training period during which they observed the Finnish teaching and education system.  

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.

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.