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Editorial 19.6.2012

A sprinting or a steady pace?

To put it simply, from the point of view of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the mission of the universities is to turn the basic funding it receives into results through research and education. The funding for each university is based on its performance during the three previous years, as well as that of the whole university system.
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Kuva

Bridging between Cultures by Coaching

A culture coach is a person who helps businesses and organisations develop their international operations by providing information about the culture coach’s country of origin and its culture.

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Strategy 2012–2015:
Aiming for a successful and international research university

The University of Oulu aims to be a successful and internationally attractive research university by the year 2020. The proposed basis for the University’s success will be founded on internationally high-level research and a mode of operations based on networking.
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Kuva

Welcoming Newcomers Through Orientation

When over half of a department's staff comes from other cultures, efficient practices for welcoming and introducing newcomers to the University community are called for.

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Face to face

A Builder of Pyramids

Pekka Tervonen is facing a challenging spring. During the next few months, he must survive a succession of springtime tasks in his yard and building projects at his summer cottage.
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Kuva

Good feedback, high goals and scarce resources

The University of Oulu has received mainly positive feedback from the Ministry of Culture and Education in this year’s performance negotiations. However, in terms of euros, the results of the negotiations would seem to predict belt-tightening times for the University of Oulu for the period 2013–2016.
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Blog 19.6.2012

Towards overall research assessment

According to its new strategy, the University of Oulu wishes to portray itself as an internationally high-level research university, and the institution aims to develop its research towards even higher quality and international prestige.
The first overall Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) was conducted at our University for the first time in 2007.
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Oulu.fi

At the Cradle of Quality Science

In the summer of 2011 I went to Oxford to get new perspectives on machine vision research. I didn't have to start from scratch since I'd visited the city before.

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At work

International Co-operation in Aurora Research

Long distances are commonplace in space physics and they do not hinder active cooperation between scientists here on Earth either. Online meetings are an everyday occurrence.

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EDITORIAL

A sprinting or a steady pace?

BLOG

Towards overall research assessment

AT WORK

International Co-operation in Aurora Research

FACE TO FACE

A Builder of Pyramids

kuva

OULU.FI

At the Cradle of Quality Science

   

 

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