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Demonstration against University of Helsinki budget cuts

As a result of the government decisions, on 16th of September the University of Helsinki communicated the large saving measures that will be launched at the university. Because the cuts will strike heavily on those who work for science in Finland, the board of the Association of Doctoral Students at the University of Helsinki has decided to support the workers‘ demonstration that is to be held tomorrow, Friday 19th September at the Railway square at 11 am.

In practice the saving measures will result in co-determination negotiations that will concern the entire staff. The goal is to reduce the staff by a maximum of 1200 persons by the year 2020. The university is also preparing to introduce tuition fees for students from non EU and EEA countries. The basic funding of the universities is likely to be permanently cut which means research results will be increasingly controlled by business interests as the pressure to commercialize results increases.
The entire message is available on the intranet Flamma

Despite the cuts, the goal is for the University of Helsinki to remain a top university. However, the measures the university is now forced to take are completely inconsistent with this goal as it is clear that cuts of this magnitude will jeopardize both teaching and research. For example LERU’s recent report pointed out that universities have a key role in creating jobs also outside the public sector and that they thus contribute to the welfare of society and therefore should not be seen only as an expense for the state.

By participating in the demonstration, the association wants to show its opposition towards the government’s short-sighted and ill-judged cuts.

The board of the Association will meet up at the entrance of Kirjasto 10 (Library 10, Elielinaukio 2) at 10.30 – you are most welcome to join us!

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Demonstration mot universitetets sparprogram

Som följd av regeringens beslut har Helsingfors universitet onsdagen 16.9.2015 gått ut med ett meddelande om ett omfattade sparprogram. Eftersom de här nedskärningarna hårt drabbar dem som arbetar för vetenskapen i Finland, har Styrelsen för Doktorander vid Helsingfors universitet rf beslutat att stöda arbetstagarnas demonstration som ordnas imorgon, fredagen 19.9. på järnvägstorget kl. 11.

I praktiken betyder sparprogrammet bland annat att samarbetsförhandlingar som gäller hela personalen kommer att inledas. Målet är att minska personalen med maximalt 1200 personer fram till år 2020, vilket innebär en minskning på 15 %. Universitetet förbereder sig också för att införa terminsavgifter för studerande som kommer från andra än EU och ETA-länder. Grundfinansieringen kommer sannolikt att minska permanent och forskningsresultaten kommer i framtiden att styras allt mer av näringslivets behov då trycket att kommersialisera resultaten ökar.
Hela meddelandet kan läsas på Flamma.

Trots inbesparingarna är målet att Helsingfors universitet också i framtiden ska vara ett toppuniversitet. Det här är helt motstridigt med åtgärderna universitetet tvingas till då det är klart att sparåtgärder av den här kalibern kommer att äventyra undervisningen och forskningen. Dessutom har bland annat LERUs rapport påpekat att universiteten har en viktig roll i att skapa arbetsplatser också utanför den offentliga sektorn och att de således bidrar till samhällets välfärd och inte bör ses som bara ett minus statskassan.

Genom att delta i demonstrationen vill föreningen visa sitt motstånd mot regeringens kortsiktiga och ogenomtänkta nedskärningar.

Styrelsen träffas i morgon kl. 10.30 utanför ingången till Kirjasto 10 (Elielplatsen 2) – du är varmt välkommen att sammanstråla med oss där!

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Autumn get-together Wednesday 23.9

Our next get-together will be organized on 23.9 (18.00-) in Helsinki Think Company (Vuorikatu 5). This is a great opportunity especially for new PhD students and future members of the association to get to know with other PhD students in our University, and to learn what the PhD association actually does behind the scenes.

The association will provide some snacks and refreshments for the fastest people. Note that the possible strike on Friday may limit public transportation options available.

The Facebook event can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/471005899674954/

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Presentation of board members!

15 September 2015:

Presentation of board members continues:

To get to know us and the association a little better we decided to tell you, members of the PhD association, who we in the board are.

Together we are 9 persons who all have at least one thing in common – a big dream of gaining still one more title, Doctor of Philosophy/Science/Medicine… A bunch of different mother tongues and nationalities are also things that describe the group.

But let me introduce you our third AND fourth member, the two power girls Julia and Fanny. Both bilingual, or Fanny even trilingual! :) These girls are fluent speakers of Finnish, Swedish AND English and this is also why they often are the ones writing the associations official documents. But, they are also much more. Let´s read what…

Julia von Boguslawski: Jag är doktorand i historia sedan hösten 2014 och forskar i de alternativ till kristendomen som började sökas efter vid sekelskiftet 1900 både runt om Europa och i Finland. Mina fall är tre nya rörelser på det andliga fältet: fritänkare som kämpade för religionsfriheten, samt den första vågen av österländsk andlighet som nådde Finland i form av teosofi och antroposofi.

Min studiebakgrund är en kandidatexamen i filosofi och en magisterexamen i historia, båda vid Helsingfors universitet. Till mina andra intressen hör religionsvetenskap, konsthistoria och italienska.

Jag gillar att dansa salsa, läsa allt möjligt (för tillfället Pratchetts Soul Music), lata mig hemma med min katt och man, lyssna på bl.a. Leonard Cohen och se på Montalbano. Dessutom intalar jag mig att jag joggar regelbundet.

 

Fanny Johansson: My name is Fanny and I am in my second year of my doctoral studies at the Doctoral Programme for History and Cultural Studies. My research is focused on the effects of theology and religion on the visual language in church decoration in mid-17th century Rome. I got my MA in Art History from the University of Aberdeen. When I’m not working or in the library I enjoy sailing, travelling and my collection of Moomin-mugs.

4 September 2015:

Presentation of board members continues:

To get to know us and the association a little better we decided to tell you, members of the PhD association, who we in the board are.

Together we are 9 persons who all have at least one thing in common – a big dream of gaining still one more title, Doctor of Philosophy/Science/Medicine… A bunch of different mother tongues and nationalities are also things that describe the group.

 

But let me introduce you our second member, the most active lady of the board, Sonja Trifuljesko!

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I am a doctoral candidate in the Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences, with Social and Cultural Anthropology being my major. I have started my PhD studies at the University of Helsinki in the autumn of 2013, after completing my MA studies in Ethnology and Anthropology (2011) and in Art History (2008) at the University of Belgrade. My doctoral project investigates contemporary university transformations by specifically focusing on the intersection of ‘internationalization’ and doctoral education at the University of Helsinki.

Thus, I serve in this board as a ‘doctoral education coordinator’. In addition to that, I am also a secretary of Tsemppi (an association of international students at the University of Helsinki), a vice-chair of the Tsemppi group in the Representative Council of the Student Union, and a deputy member there.

Yes, you got that right – no leisure activities whatsoever at the moment. :)

Sonja Trifuljesko
.Sonja Trifuljesko

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2 September 2015:

To get to know us and the association a little better we decided to tell you, members of the PhD association, who we in the board are. Together we are 9 persons who all have at least one thing in common – a big dream of gaining still one more title, Doctor of Philosophy/Science/Medicine… A bunch of different mother tongues is also one thing that describes the group. But, let´s start with our chairperson. Now without a picture, but that will be changed in the near future :) 

Let me introduce you Tommi Tenkanen, the chairperson of the Association of Doctoral Students at the University of Helsinki:

Hi all! I am a doctoral student in the Doctoral programme in Particle Physics and Universe Sciences. My major is theoretical physics and I study how dark matter was generated in the early universe. I took my MSc in the end of 2013 and started as a doctoral student in the beginning of 2014. I am expecting to graduate some time next year. I am also a member of the ‘Iso pyörä’ university degree renovation project group and a member of the board of the Finnish Physical Society.

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Hei! Olen tohtorikoulutettava Hiukkasfysiikan ja maailmankaikkeuden tutkimuksen tohtoriohjelmassa. Pääaineeni on teoreettinen fysiikka ja tutkin kuinka pimeää ainetta syntyi varhaisessa maailmankaikkeudessa. Valmistuin maisteriksi loppuvuodesta 2013 ja aloitin jatko-opintoni vuoden 2014 alussa. Odotan valmistuvani ensi vuoden aikana. Toimin lisäksi Iso pyörä -tutkinnonuudistuksen projektiryhmässä ja Suomen Fyysikkoseuran hallituksen jäsenenä.”

Tomorrow we´ll meet a new person. Who will that be…..?

 

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Presentation of board members!

15 September 2015:

Presentation of board members continues:

To get to know us and the association a little better we decided to tell you, members of the PhD association, who we in the board are.

Together we are 9 persons who all have at least one thing in common – a big dream of gaining still one more title, Doctor of Philosophy/Science/Medicine… A bunch of different mother tongues and nationalities are also things that describe the group.

But let me introduce you our third AND fourth member, the two power girls Julia and Fanny. Both bilingual, or Fanny even trilingual! :) These girls are fluent speakers of Finnish, Swedish AND English and this is also why they often are the ones writing the associations official documents. But, they are also much more. Let´s read what…

Julia von Boguslawski: Jag är doktorand i historia sedan hösten 2014 och forskar i de alternativ till kristendomen som började sökas efter vid sekelskiftet 1900 både runt om Europa och i Finland. Mina fall är tre nya rörelser på det andliga fältet: fritänkare som kämpade för religionsfriheten, samt den första vågen av österländsk andlighet som nådde Finland i form av teosofi och antroposofi.

Min studiebakgrund är en kandidatexamen i filosofi och en magisterexamen i historia, båda vid Helsingfors universitet. Till mina andra intressen hör religionsvetenskap, konsthistoria och italienska.

Jag gillar att dansa salsa, läsa allt möjligt (för tillfället Pratchetts Soul Music), lata mig hemma med min katt och man, lyssna på bl.a. Leonard Cohen och se på Montalbano. Dessutom intalar jag mig att jag joggar regelbundet.

 

Fanny Johansson: My name is Fanny and I am in my second year of my doctoral studies at the Doctoral Programme for History and Cultural Studies. My research is focused on the effects of theology and religion on the visual language in church decoration in mid-17th century Rome. I got my MA in Art History from the University of Aberdeen. When I’m not working or in the library I enjoy sailing, travelling and my collection of Moomin-mugs.

4 September 2015:

Presentation of board members continues:

To get to know us and the association a little better we decided to tell you, members of the PhD association, who we in the board are.

Together we are 9 persons who all have at least one thing in common – a big dream of gaining still one more title, Doctor of Philosophy/Science/Medicine… A bunch of different mother tongues and nationalities are also things that describe the group.

 

But let me introduce you our second member, the most active lady of the board, Sonja Trifuljesko!

:
I am a doctoral candidate in the Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences, with Social and Cultural Anthropology being my major. I have started my PhD studies at the University of Helsinki in the autumn of 2013, after completing my MA studies in Ethnology and Anthropology (2011) and in Art History (2008) at the University of Belgrade. My doctoral project investigates contemporary university transformations by specifically focusing on the intersection of ‘internationalization’ and doctoral education at the University of Helsinki.

Thus, I serve in this board as a ‘doctoral education coordinator’. In addition to that, I am also a secretary of Tsemppi (an association of international students at the University of Helsinki), a vice-chair of the Tsemppi group in the Representative Council of the Student Union, and a deputy member there.

Yes, you got that right – no leisure activities whatsoever at the moment. :)

Sonja Trifuljesko
.Sonja Trifuljesko

..
2 September 2015:

To get to know us and the association a little better we decided to tell you, members of the PhD association, who we in the board are. Together we are 9 persons who all have at least one thing in common – a big dream of gaining still one more title, Doctor of Philosophy/Science/Medicine… A bunch of different mother tongues is also one thing that describes the group. But, let´s start with our chairperson. Now without a picture, but that will be changed in the near future :) 

Let me introduce you Tommi Tenkanen, the chairperson of the Association of Doctoral Students at the University of Helsinki:

Hi all! I am a doctoral student in the Doctoral programme in Particle Physics and Universe Sciences. My major is theoretical physics and I study how dark matter was generated in the early universe. I took my MSc in the end of 2013 and started as a doctoral student in the beginning of 2014. I am expecting to graduate some time next year. I am also a member of the ‘Iso pyörä’ university degree renovation project group and a member of the board of the Finnish Physical Society.

—

Hei! Olen tohtorikoulutettava Hiukkasfysiikan ja maailmankaikkeuden tutkimuksen tohtoriohjelmassa. Pääaineeni on teoreettinen fysiikka ja tutkin kuinka pimeää ainetta syntyi varhaisessa maailmankaikkeudessa. Valmistuin maisteriksi loppuvuodesta 2013 ja aloitin jatko-opintoni vuoden 2014 alussa. Odotan valmistuvani ensi vuoden aikana. Toimin lisäksi Iso pyörä -tutkinnonuudistuksen projektiryhmässä ja Suomen Fyysikkoseuran hallituksen jäsenenä.”

Tomorrow we´ll meet a new person. Who will that be…..?