Eduten Playground developed at the University of Turku is a learning platform where educators share and further develop teaching materials. The platform offers a possibility for students to do tasks and exercises at their own pace regardless of the location and provides a wide range of learning analytics methods for educators.
The winner of the University’s Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) 2018 was Khalil Shahramian. He will represent the University of Turku in the international 3MT competition organised by the Coimbra Group.
Khalil Shahramian (left) was the favourite of both the judges and the audience. Pablo Perez came in second.
CEO Aleksi Randell received the Alumni of the Year award at the 98th Anniversary Celebration of the University of Turku on Wednesday, 28 February.
The University of Turku Graduate School (UTUGS) has a call for applications for study rights in 16 doctoral programmes.
The international QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks altogether 500 universities in 48 different disciplines. In the 2018 ranking, the most successful disciplines from the University of Turku were Nursing Science (44th) and Education (151–200).
How can a doctoral candidate summarise their doctoral dissertation research in just three minutes? Come and see for yourself at the Three Minute Thesis final of the University of Turku! Ten competitors try to win over both the judges and the audience with their presentation. The event is held in English and it is open to everyone.
Academy Professor Riitta Lahesmaa’s research group from Turku Centre for Biotechnology of the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University has discovered a new regulator of the immune system, a key factor that controls development of regulatory T cells. The discovery provides basis for new strategies for the treatment of both cancer and immune-mediated diseases.
Researchers of the University of Turku, Finland, have studied a timber elephant population in Myanmar and discovered that Asian elephant personality manifests through three different factors. The personality factors identified by the researchers are Attentiveness, Sociability and Aggressiveness.
A new research report shows that a high ranking in the Human Development Index (HDI) is connected with the availability of mental health services. In a comparison between 17 European and Asian countries, Norway, Switzerland and Finland had the highest ratio of child and adolescent psychiatrists. The report was compiled by the Eurasian Child & Adolescent Mental Health Study (EACMHS) network established by the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku, Finland. The report was published as an editorial in the European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry journal.
Researchers from the Faculty of Humanities are developing methods for facilitating language learning and cultural education through art. In addition, the Centre for Language and Communication Studies is developing a mobile app for supporting international students in Finnish language learning.
