There are nearly fifty open vacancies for fixed-term doctoral candidate positions at the University of Turku from 1 January 2018 onwards. The call for applications is open 1–20 September and positions are open to all the 16 doctoral programmes.
The Ministry of Education and Culture has granted Professor Christina Salmivalli the Finnish Science Award which is €100,000.
– This has been a really great day. This prestigious celebration, the many traditions and that we were conferred in the year that Finland turns 100 feels like a privilege, said Doctor of Philosophy Annika Adamsson outside the Turku Cathedral. And she was not the only one. Finland 100 celebration was mentioned dozens of times throughout the celebration.
The Faculty of Social Sciences declares an open slogan contest. The aim is to find a slogan or catchphrase in Finnish and English that is descriptive of the faculty.
Speech and Language Pathology is developing rapidly and, as a result, new information that supports practical work is available for speech therapists. One mediator of the new information is the European Clinical Specialization for Fluency Disorders (ECSF) programme, whose intensive week was organised at the University of Turku. The event was also an introduction to the first Professor of Practice of Speech and Language Pathology, Kurt Eggers, who is the Coordinator of the ECSF programme.
Ikastola Network has made a contract on purchasing the KiVa Antibullying Program to schools in the Basque area. KiVa was developed at the University of Turku, and the University will also produce the services for Ikastola.
