Press releases
Deadline for joint application to education after comprehensive school extended until 7 April
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2.3.2021 15.12
Report on administrative autonomy in Finnish universities: No need for amendments to the Universities Act; university rules of procedure can be used to develop activities
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1.3.2021 14.00
Working group: Placing gambling proceeds within the Budget and beneficiaries under the spending limits procedure
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26.2.2021 10.46
Monitoring study interim report on the student admissions reform published
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17.2.2021 13.01
Draft government proposal for family leave reform completed
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16.2.2021 10.30
Research and Innovation Council discusses importance of research-based knowledge and role of RDI activities as a foundation for competitiveness
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10.2.2021 15.33
Digivision 2030 project implementation in higher education institutions launched
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3.2.2021 13.00
Guidance on group leisure activities for children and young people
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2.2.2021 13.18
International evaluation of the Academy of Finland to commence
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2.2.2021 11.13
Proposal to enter Alvar Aalto's architecture on the UNESCO World Heritage tentative list
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1.2.2021 11.23
EU Sports Ministers: Human rights must be ensured at all international sporting events
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27.1.2021 16.57
Action plan to prevent bullying – resources, education and legislative amendments at the centre
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26.1.2021 14.05
Government decides to supplement action plan for COVID-19 hybrid strategy
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25.1.2021 16.07
Finland to promote digitalisation during its 2021 Presidency of Nordic Council of Ministers
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21.1.2021 10.31
Generic skills of undergraduate students can be strengthened throughout their educational paths
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21.1.2021 9.15
Working group: The growing diversity of the Finnish population needs to be taken into account in the planning and decision-making procedures in arts and cultural policy
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20.1.2021 11.02
Publication of recommendations for developing education and training provision and programmes in early childhood education and care
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14.1.2021 12.00
Architecture must react to changes in society
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12.1.2021 14.30
Anna-Mari Vimpari appointed State Secretary to Centre Party ministerial group
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7.1.2021 13.52
Common principles for event industry to organising events during COVID-19
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21.12.2020 14.15
Finland’s sauna culture inscribed on UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List
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17.12.2020 15.20
Jussi Saramo appointed Minister of Education
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17.12.2020 14.41
Pupil and student survey 2020: Girls are interested in visual arts, cooking and hobbies involving animals; boys are interested in mopeds, games, parkour and football
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17.12.2020 11.46
Common policies adopted for reforming continuous learning – securing the future with competence
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17.12.2020 9.43
Consultation round for the education policy report, aiming to ensure access to education and educational quality and equality
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10.12.2020 13.43
Strategy: Lifelong guidance to support people on educational and career paths
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3.12.2020 12.00
Updated Roadmap: New innovations in the health sector aim at wellbeing and competitiveness
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1.12.2020 8.20
Honorary title of Academician of Science conferred to Kari Aaltalo and Kaisa Häkkinen
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27.11.2020 12.00
EU Competitiveness Council to discuss Member States’ investments in research and development
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26.11.2020 9.19
New flagships selected – research funding for Finnish competence clusters in line with the RDI Roadmap
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17.11.2020 16.00
News
Extension of compulsory education – information available for young people in social media and in Education Minister’s Q&As
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11.2.2021 9.22
Client fees for early childhood education and care will decrease from August onwards
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18.1.2021 12.30
Volume of legal copying has decreased
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13.1.2021 10.51
The Finna.fi service places educational resources at the disposal of those thirsting for knowledge
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25.11.2020 9.59
More equality and parity in higher education deemed important – accessibility plan for higher education Webinar attended by 360 participants
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10.11.2020 13.03
Discussions in subgroups on Developing the Copyright infrastructure have begun
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27.8.2020 12.00
Expert panel’s pre-selection report on the Finnish candidates for European Capital of Culture 2026
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10.8.2020 13.26
Excellent results for Finnish higher education institutions in the second application round of the European Universities Initiative
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10.7.2020 13.14
Instructions to support the safe organisation of contact teaching and the use of premises
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12.5.2020 16.09
Open online brainstorming on promoting cultural diversity in arts and culture
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8.5.2020 7.38
Contact teaching commences on Thursday 14 May
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4.5.2020 17.41
Sustainable development policy in the administrative sector of the Ministry of Education and Culture
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16.4.2020 14.30
17 Recommendations for Making Higher Education and Research More Internationally Oriented
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11.2.2020 12.54
An online survey opened to collect feedback to report on education policy
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17.1.2020 9.53
2021 declared as Year of Research-Based Knowledge
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9.1.2020 12.04
First Eastern Partnership Ministerial Meeting on Education
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27.11.2019 10.03
Creative sectors as part of the data economy
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26.11.2019 10.40
EU conference focuses on safety in children and young people’s sports
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16.9.2019 11.43
Experts from the European audiovisual sector convene in Helsinki
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6.9.2019 12.16
Ministers Andersson and Kosonen to exchange views with European Parliament committee
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2.9.2019 8.49
According to the 2019 survey, the total amount of private copying in Finland has slightly grown
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11.7.2019 10.37
How culture and creativity can contribute to a sustainable and democratic EU
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4.7.2019 12.04
EU Youth Conference launches Finland’s Presidency
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28.6.2019 11.53
“Sexual Violence against Women and Children in Sports”: international conference in Helsinki
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26.4.2019 10.44
Finnish sauna tradition nominated for inscription on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage
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29.3.2019 12.48
Survey on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances
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10.1.2019 15.56
Private copying in Finland is at the same level as last year
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3.7.2018 15.23
The Economic Contribution of Copyright based Industries in Finland
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1.12.2017 15.55
52 elements included in the National Inventory of Living Heritage
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23.11.2017 15.14
Minister of Education: Imparting strong general knowledge is the key task of general upper secondary school
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15.11.2017 12.43