FinEd Newsletter 3/2016
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Academic Celebrations and Traditions
The University of Turku was established in 1920. Funded with a public fundraising, the University of Turku was the first Finnish-language university in the world. However, the roots of academic traditions go back to the 13th century, when people left Turku for Central Europe to study at university. Initiated by Queen Christina of Sweden, the country’s first university, the Royal Academy of Turku, was established in Turku in 1640.
Imaging Makes Invisible Visible
Turku can, for a good reason, be called the imaging capital of Finland and even the entire Europe. The city is home to both the headquarters of the Euro-BioImaging research infrastructure and the national Turku PET Centre, one of the continent’s most important medical imaging centres.
Juha Laine and Timo Veromaa Appointed as Professors of Practice at the University of Turku
Docent Juha Laine has been appointed as Professor of Practice in Pharmacoeconomics and Dr. Timo Veromaa Professor of Practice in Drug Development. The appointments strengthen the operations of the InFLAMES Flagship, joint effort of the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, funded by the Academy of Finland. Both professors of practice have been offered part-time positions for the duration of the InFLAMES Flagship funding period.
The successful ENVISION_2027 project held its final meeting in Turku and kicked off a new NordPlus project, “BalticSeaBioMed”
Combined effort of six European universities, the ENVISION_2027 Erasmus+ project had its final meeting in Turku on 30 May–1 June. The project focused on digital education in bioscience studies, addressing both the current need of transitioning from conventional classroom teaching into digital remote teaching, as well as improving the current status of online teaching and e-learning course modules across Europe.
Research at the Department of Archaeology
Our research activities focus on the Iron Age and recorded history, and we conduct our research in Finland and the Baltic Sea region. Our department is also an active participant in research that focuses on the medieval era of the City of Turku. In addition, we are developing the use of methods that stem from the natural sciences in archaeological research. We also aim to integrate our students into our research projects.
University of Turku Graduate School UTUGS -Supervising a Doctoral Researcher
The University of Turku Graduate School (UTUGS) is responsible for the development of doctoral education and provides support to the doctoral thesis supervisors.
CEAS Publications
CEAS staff publishes regularly on various topics of contemporary history, international relations and transnational networks, urban governance and state-society relations. A full list of research interests can be found on the CEAS staff pages.
CEAS also publishes two series CEAS Insights and Studies on Contemporary Asia.