The Maritime Innovation Camp organised at Singapore in autumn 2018 is based on the concept created by Turku School of Economics of the University of Turku. The innovation camp organised together with the Singapore Maritime Institute is related to the Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Turku and the Singapore Maritime Institute.
The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Finland, Soo gwon Kim, visited the University of Turku on Tuesday, 3 April. The guest lecture on Finland–South Korea relations was a part of the Korea-related theme week organised by the Centre for East Asian Studies.
Ambassador Soo gwon Kim after the lecture.
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) has commissioned the University of Turku to deliver a three-year Bachelor's degree programme in cyber security technology and management. The degree programme in cyber security is first of its kind in Finland realised as transnational education.
CEO of Finland University Pekka Saavalainen (left) and VNUHCM Vice President Vu Hai Quan at the signing ceremony in March.
A new research-based point-of-care test has been developed in Finland for detecting the Lyme neuroborreliosis spread by ticks. The test makes rapid initiation of antibiotic treatment possible for patients with borreliosis, which reduces the post-treatment symptoms related to the disease. At the same time, unnecessary antibiotic treatments can be avoided.
Turku Summer School offers students an excellent opportunity to combine studying with an active social programme and to enjoy the best of the Nordic summer. We invite participants from all over the world and also provide an excellent head start for exchange students to their study-abroad period in Finland.
All the presentations that were held in the Three Minute Thesis competition 2018 of the University of Turku are available on YouTube. Khalil Shahramian won the competition and he will represent the University of Turku in the 3MT competition of the Coimbra Group.
Winner Khalil Shahramian represents the University of Turku in the 3MT competition of the Coimbra Group.
Researchers from the Faculty of Law of the University of Turku, The Institute for Human Rights of Åbo Akademi University, and the Non-Discrimination Ombudsman have conducted an empirical study on the changes that have taken place in the decisions regarding international protection. In the internationally unique study, the researchers compared the decisions of the Finnish Immigration Service on asylum seekers in 2015 and 2017.
Cultural models of sense-making shape our views about who we are and who we could be – what is possible for us as individuals and as communities. Hanna Meretoja’s new book, The Ethics of Storytelling, provides us with tools for analysing cultural narrative models and understanding the power of literary narratives to expand our sense of the possible.
A new application developed at the University of Turku, Finland, can detect atrial fibrillation that causes strokes. Atrial fibrillation can be detected with the mobile phone application without any extra equipment. The mobile application can save lives all over the world as timely diagnosis of atrial fibrillation is crucial for effective stroke prevention.
Acquisition and active use of two languages have been suggested to train executive functions in the brain, such as focusing one’s attention, suppressing interference from the environment, and switching from one task to another. A new study, however, shows that these statements have been too optimistic.
