The Nordic KvarkenSpaceEco project, led by the University of Vaasa, has brought the Kvarken region into a new space age. Sustainable space economy and space-based data are now offering exciting business opportunities for companies in the region.
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The proposed scoring model would ease the pressures on general upper secondary students and allow them to focus on subjects interesting them. The new scoring model for certificate-based admission will be published in autumn 2023.
Our alumna of Economics and Business Administration Juuli-Tuuli Osmo wants to become a supervisor or manager at some point. Advancing her career requires her to learn more and get to demonstrate her capabilities. This may also mean changing jobs every once in a while. Personal development, career advancement and work flexibility are important values for young people.
Elina Melgin, PhD has been invited to join the University of Vaasa’s School of Marketing and Communication as a professor of practice, focusing on strategic responsibility and social impact communication. This part-time position has a fixed term of three years.
Anupam Dutta loves research and has built a successful research career at the University of Vaasa i.e., his academic home. At the same time his family has become Finnish citizens and they all now call Finland home.
The Universities of Vaasa, Helsinki, Lapland and Oulu, and LAB University of Applied Sciences, join the Sustainability Studies Network.
Chamara Dissanayake from Sri Lanka wants to settle down in Finland with his wife. He has decided to learn both national languages, Finnish and Swedish, to improve his employability in the Finnish job market. To help him get started, he has joined the free online language courses offered by the University of Vaasa SIMHE services.
Niina Mäntylä, who started as Professor of Public Law at the University of Vaasa in April, considers citizens’ right to express their opinions and to participate in decision-making very important in a state governed by rule of law. If opportunities to do so are not sufficiently protected, the need for influence may erupt through problematic or illegal means of participation, such as civil disobedience or online targeting and shaming.