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For those interested in global education policy/politics, save the date and the link!
Join us for this public lecture hosted by the Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies (AMCHES) at the University of Johannesburg.
Date: 15 August 2024
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 (SAST)
Hybrid Link: Join via MS Teams https://lnkd.in/eAZuevRC

✅Six offers for 3-year PhD positions are now open in the Interdisciplinary Sustainability Transformations Doctoral Pilot Programme at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

✅The programme produces knowledge and understanding about global, social, cultural, organizational and individual-level change processes with the aim of creating a sustainable and just society that supports planetary well-being, in the context where complex social-ecological challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and global social inequality require in-depth investigations on dynamics and potentialities of sustainability transformations, across all sectors, scales and actors.

✅Each position is linked to a specific project. For detailed information about the projects, supervisors' names, and contact details, check the link👇

https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/doctoral-education-pilot-6-doctoral-researchers-sustainability-transformation/ZN12Kq

✅Apply by 16 May!

Doctoral education pilot / 6 Doctoral researchers, Sustainability Transformation We are seeking to recruit six (6) Doctoral Researchers to the Doctoral Training Pilot in Sustainability Transformation for a fixed term of three years starting on 1.1.2025. The positions will be filled in different faculties and departments based on the candidate’s background and topic of the diss...

🌱At this year's International Society of Comparative Education, Science and Technology, Nigeria virtual conference, we are ‘Rethinking Sustainable Education for Sustainability in a Pandemic Age’.

⏰The deadline for abstract submission is 30th October 2022.
Submit your abstracts of 150-250 words to [email protected]

📝Papers presented at the conference will be published in ISCEST’s official journal, Current Studies in Comparative Education, Science and Technology (CSCEST).

🌿Looking forward to seeing you all at the conference!

1️⃣The way you think about your thesis is not the same way your supervisor does.
2️⃣The work is yours, be in control. 3️⃣Remember your supervisor is only there to guide you.
4️⃣ And don't underestimate the input of your peers in the process

The application period for salaried full-time doctoral candidate positions opens today at the University of Helsinki.

Best of luck to all the applicants!

University-funded doctoral researcher positions | University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki (UH) annually allocates funding to doctoral programmes for salaried positions (employment contract). These doctoral researcher positions are designated as full-time work. The aim is that doctoral researchers employed by the University will pursue a post-graduate doctoral d...

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🎯As an editorial team member of the journal ‘Current studies in Comparative Education, Science and Technology, we have observed that postgraduate students and even early career researchers face difficulties establishing ‘comparativeness’ in their research papers (submitted for publication).

✅This webinar is an attempt to address this challenge. We will discuss and provide useful tips on methods and principles of conducting comparative education, science, and technology research; case selection, and units and levels of comparison among other topics.

❗️The webinar is free but registration is required. Register here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdlxor9RkoWwfGhn940RDYU4MiY39etqKn5Ln_Hx6U59gcyg/viewform?usp=pp_url

🌿Internationalization strategies of universities emphasize “ethical”, “responsible” and “sustainable” global partnerships, but what do the terms really mean in practice for higher education institutions?

💫In this article, my colleague and I provide insights from the GINTL launch.

https://lnkd.in/eKRBKuQS

Understanding Responsible & Sustainable Partnerships in Education: Insights from GINTL’s Public Launch - GINTL The online launch event of the Global Innovation Network in Teaching and Learning (GINTL), on 30 March 2022, hosted by the coordinating universities in Finland—the University of Helsinki and the University of Jyväskylä—was a step towards building a common understanding of “sustainable partne...

Join us for a discussion on academic and non-academic career paths for internationals in Finland. The speakers are two internationals who have been in the academic and non-academic labour markets. We will address the possibilities and challenges for internationals in these sectors.

The discussion will take place this Friday 10th June 2022 at 19:00 Finnish time.
It will be hosted in the Finns and foreigners club here:

https://www.clubhouse.com/join/the-finnsforeigners-club/vWhvffdG/MKz2A2zJ?utm_medium=ch_invite&utm_campaign=72fkAaMacManepdwvndLTw-225093

-No event registration required.
-It is audio only,you can join from your phone easily.

Our guests are:
Elizabeth Agbor Eta
PhD in Education, Post-doctoral researcher, University of Helsinki
Founder, Els Academic Pathfinder

Sevcan Hakyemez-Paul
PhD in Education
Scrum Master, Nordea-One Digital
Community Manager, Nordic Inclusify

A brief history of Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees in Finland (Turku)


💥This ceremony which confers scholars into the academic community dates to the Middle Ages in Europe with the conferment of bachelor’s and master's in Paris and Bologna.

💥The tradition later spread to Sweden where the first ceremonial conferment was organized in 1600 at the Uppsala University. During that time, Finland was part of the Swedish Kingdom and the Royal Academy of Turku. Founded in 1640 and situated in Turku until the Great Fire in 1827, the Royal Academy was the first university in Finland. After the Great Fire, the Royal Academy was moved to Helsinki.

💥In Finland, ceremonial conferments used to be celebrations of master’s degrees as they were considered more important than doctoral degrees. Conferment of doctoral degrees took place in Turku for the first time in 1781 and was organized by the faculty of Medicine.


💥Following Finland’s independence in 1917, and the creation of the University of Turku in 1920, the first ceremonial conferment was organized at the University of Turku in 1927 as part of the inauguration of the university.

💥Given the growth in the number of students, ceremonial conferments are now reserved only for doctoral degrees. The last ceremonial conferment of master’s degrees at the University of Turku was held in 1977 (faculties of Humanities and Mathematics and natural sciences)

💥Unlike most countries where the academic attire is a robe, In Finland, it is a hat and a sword. The hat symbolizes ‘freedom of thought and research’ and the sword symbolizes the ‘sharpness of the mind’.

💥It is worth mentioning that ceremonial conferments, in Finland, are not yearly events. At the University of Turku, in the 1960s and 1970s, they were organized twice per decade. Now, they are organized once every two or three years

💥Although the events marking the celebrations have evolved, today, the celebration includes:

1️⃣ A sword sharpening ceremony (which is held the day before the actual conferment ceremony),
2️⃣The conferment ceremony – a celebration of the academia, scientific achievements, science and scholarship, and academic rite of passage
3️⃣ An academic procession
4️⃣ A service – divine and secular
5️⃣A banquet

🤔What did I omit/misrepresent? How has the tradition evolved in your university?

✅️Pictures 👇🏾from the ceremony held at the University of Turku on 26-27.5 2022 (sword sharpening and conferment ceremony)

Reference: University of Turku. (2022). Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees (see the booklet)