Sustainable society is an important part of the University of Vaasa’s strategy, as a prosperous and equal society is built on decisions based on carefully researched and verified knowledge.
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Once again, a rushed shopper adds minced meat and cold cuts to their shopping basket. They are curious about meat substitutes, but the high prices drive them away from the vegan options. And would they even have the time or interest to learn new recipes?
One of the corner stones of our strategy is sustainable business. The University of Vaasa is a leading business-oriented university, and we promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
Multi-factor authentication will be deployed at the University of Vaasa Open University during spring 2024. This means that all services used by open university students (e.g. Moodle, Peppi and library Tritonia services) will require in the future, in addition to HAKA log-in, to verify log-in either with a Microsoft Authenticator application installed on their own mobile device or with a number code received as a text message. This makes it possible to reliably identify the users of the university's services and to better prevent phishing and misuse of user accounts.
The University of Vaasa has been part of the University Consortiums of Seinäjoki and Kokkola since 2004, when the university consortiums in Finland were established. In the University Consortiums, the University of Vaasa organises Master's degree programmes, open university studies and research activities serving the regions.
University of Vaasa is opening 12 doctoral researcher positions as part of a national pilot to reform doctoral education. These investments in doctoral researcher positions are part of the Ministry of Education and Culture's pilot project on doctoral education which aims to raise the level of doctoral education and research skills.
Students will soon be able to take one entrance exam and use it to apply to several universities and fields of study. The reform will significantly reduce the number of entrance exams. This will make it possible to adjust the schedule of admissions so that those selected through certificate-based admission do not need to prepare for the entrance exams.
As the growth of large companies fades and there are not enough successful medium-sized companies in Finland, attention is turning to young Finnish companies that are looking to international markets for growth from the start. However, the challenge of internationalisation for these companies is their newness, small size, and unfamiliarity with international markets. Overcoming these challenges has usually required considerable resources and skills that young companies lack.
Successive and overlapping crises can lead to a lack of information, a flood of information that overwhelms essential information, or even distorted information. Society needs to be information resilient, that is resistant to crises, including disruptions related to information. According to Aino Rantamäki's doctoral dissertation, we need a culture that accepts uncertainty and imperfection of knowledge.