Editorial 20.12.2011

Pattern for internationalisation

The Academy of Finland observed in its report The State and Quality of Scientific Research 2009 that Finnish scientific publications are least quoted compared to the other Nordic countries. A study called Research Policy: Tools and Practices – A Five-Country Comparison was published by the Academy one year ago, examining the number of scientific publications in relation to the population in those countries. Read more >

Finnish language and culture – internationally

The Finns are a peculiar people: We love ice-hole swimming, spend a lot of time in the sauna, and endure inhuman below-zero temperatures. We also use suspiciously large amounts of alcohol and our food costs fortunes. These are well-known pre-conceptions that Anne Koskela, lecturer in Finnish, encounters in her work.

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Social media for personnel –
get involved!

Facebook and other social media channels have become everyday phenomena to many, but they are rarely used as professional tools. Nowadays, this is encouraged by experts in both communication as well as social media, for new interactive channels offer possibilities for developing not only communication and marketing but also work communities.

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The most comprehensive steel expertise in Finland is situated in Linnanmaa

The University of Oulu Centre for Advanced Steels Research (CASR) is a one-of-a-kind unit in Finland, because its competence spans the entire steel manufacturing chain. Good connections with Rautaruukki and Outokumpu guarantee functional relations with the industry, which gains immediate benefit from the steel research results. Read more>

Student Center is the beating heart of Linnanmaa

In the future, all students can visit one office regardless of their business. All education and further education services will be centralised to the Student Center on the Linnanmaa campus. The Student Center will begin operations in early spring 2012.
The student service point will become the living and breathing centre of the campus.

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Face to face

Dream job for super teacher

”Where have you heard that?”, wonders Birgit Åberg-Karvonen, Swedish teacher at the Language Centre, with slight discomfort when she hears about the praises from her colleagues and students. In her class, Swedish is no obligation, but even the most Swedo-phobic students are happy to come and talk in the second national language.

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Crossing boundaries with new subject pairs

Eighteen new training programmes across faculty boundaries provide the students with unforeseen possibilities to make use of what the multidisciplinary University has to offer. New study paths are formed, among others, by technology and natural sciences, as well as economic sciences and humanities.

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At work

At your service!

Human Resources Planning Officer Elina Komminaho guides foreign employees in their adjustment process to the University of Oulu community. She also works as a Cultural Coordinator.

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International Vancouver

A girl from the Finnish North, I got a stroke of luck  a year and a half ago when the Academy of Finland granted me funding for a two-year post-doc research period at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. This is how the adventure started in April 2010.

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Christmas Greeting from the Rector

I give my Christmas Greetings to all the members of our scientific community in the University of Oulu, and I thank you for the passing year.
The year 2011 was the second year into the new University Act. The functions of the University have been developed and made more efficient according to the renewed strategy. Lue lisää >