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The BUP Award 2021 is open for nomination

[email protected]2021-03-09T09:29:58+00:00March 9th, 2021|News|

The Baltic University Programme (BUP) PhD Award for best thesis, supports high quality research promoting sustainable development in a Baltic Sea region context. The award is established in two research areas, one award for each area: Natural Sciences, Technology and Engineering. Social Sciences and Humanities. The Baltic University Programme PhD Award is a distinction given to the author of what is judged to be the most qualified PhD thesis, defended at any of the BUP Participating Universities. The thesis will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria: inter-/multi disciplinary approach novelty (the quality of being new and unusual) [...]

Webinar series: Implementing sustainability at universities

[email protected]2021-02-24T10:40:31+00:00February 16th, 2021|Events, For teachers, News|

How can we implement sustainability at universities in respect of teaching, research and campus greening? Baltic University Programme (BUP) is organizing a webinar series where these topics are discussed. The main target group for the webinar series is teachers in higher education, especially within the BUP, however the webinars are open for everyone interested. Each webinar is arranged at 14–15 CET. The programme: 08 December 2020: Arjen Wals, Professor Transformative Learning for Socio-ecological Sustainability, Wageningen University, the Netherlands. 12 January 2021: Shepherd Urenje, Specialist in teacher education at SWEDESD – Swedish International Centre of Education for Sustainable Development, Uppsala university, [...]

Take part in a photo competition for the Baltic Sea

[email protected]2021-02-23T10:36:58+00:00January 26th, 2021|Events, News|

The Seaher research project arranges a photo competition with the Baltic Sea as theme. Do you live or recreate in the Baltic Sea Region? Is the Baltic Sea changing and has this affected your activities in relation to the Sea? Answer these questions in the way you see it through your camera and understand it with your own words, through your living experiences with the Baltic Sea. Stay open to your ideas of all forms of actions and experiences, modes of doing and ways of being, or skills and knowledge related to coastal areas and archipelago of the Baltic Sea. [...]

Call for BUP student ambassadors 2021

[email protected]2021-02-12T12:10:02+00:00January 22nd, 2021|For students, News|

The BUP Coordinating Secretariat calls for students and PhD students at BUP participating Universities, who are interested in becoming Student Ambassadors 2021. The Baltic University Programme aims to develop its communication and cooperation strategy with each of its 89 participating universities all over the Baltic Sea Region. As students and PhD students make up a large part of the target group, BUP is now establishing a BUP Student Ambassadorship. This new position functions in addition to the BUP Student Representatives and the Student Parliament. The role of Student Ambassadors will be to, on the one hand, cooperate with these other [...]

BUP is hiring students or PhD students for digitalization project

[email protected]2021-01-22T13:49:57+00:00January 21st, 2021|For students, News|

Would you like to work extra on the side of your studies, digitalizing lectures and developing interactive online courses? Baltic University Programme is hiring e-tutors for it's digitalization project. The applicant needs to be a student or PhD student at a BUP participating university, with the intention of maintaining the status as a student/PhD Student for the full year of 2021. The work as an e-tutor involves assisting researchers and university teachers concerning the digitalization of course materials for the project Baltic Sea Region Climate Change Curriculum and the BUP module pool. Check out the detailed information on BUP's web [...]

Revisiting BUP’s past through on-line seminars

[email protected]2021-01-27T15:12:15+00:00January 13th, 2021|Events, News|

In 2021 we revisit Baltic University Programme's past with a series of on-line seminars. The series is called Space Bridges 2.0. In the 1st session of the seminar series, focus is on the post-Cold War environmental development of the Baltic Sea. Among others Assistant Professor Anna Törnroos-Remes from Åbo Akademi University will participate in the programme. Date and time: 28 January 2021, 14.00-17.00 (CET) Host: Södertörn University, Sweden Programme: Welcoming notes and the "Baltic University Programme 30 years" - Assoc. Prof. Madeleine Granvik. 14.15 How the BUP started, discussion with former BUP director - Prof. Emeritus Lars Rydén. 14.30 Changes [...]

Keke-foorumin etäkokous

[email protected]2020-10-14T07:53:04+00:00September 25th, 2020|Keke-foorumi, News|

Korkeakoulujen KEKE-foorumi kokoontui etänä 9.10.2020, järjestäjinä Oulun Yliopisto ja Oulun amk. Kokouksen esitykset ja muut materiaalit on luettavissa tämän linkin kautta.. *** Forum for sustainable development in higher education in Finland (Keke-foorumi) is meeting on October 9, 2020. Tervetuloa korkeakoulujen Keke-foorumin etäkokoukseen Ouluun 9.10.2020, klo 10.00–12.00. Järj. Oulun Yliopisto ja Oulun amk. Ohjelma (Pj. Outi Virkkula, Oamk) 10:00 Tervetulosanat, professori Elina Lehtomäki (OY) 10:05 Esittelykierros 10:15 Rehtorineuvostojen terveiset Unifin Kestävyys ja vastuullisyys -työryhmä, erityisasiantuntija Meri Löyttyniemi (Aalto yo) Arenen Kestävyys ja Vastuullisuus -työryhmä, tutkimuspäällikkö Mervi Friman (Hämeen amk) 10:45 Climate University esittäytyy, tutkijatohtori Laura Riuttanen (HY) 11:00 Oulun korkeakoulujen vastuullisuusyhteistyö (Oamk [...]

Register now: EU’s Annual Forum for the Baltic Sea Region

[email protected]2020-09-22T13:05:12+00:00September 22nd, 2020|Courses for students, News|

Join the BUP ONLINE student delegation to the EU's Annual Forum for the Baltic Sea Region! Each year the EU is organizing a forum for the Baltic Sea Region. The forum is an event where business, politics, academia, civil society and state organizations meet to discuss the future of our region. This year, the meeting is held online. BUP students at the 8th Annual Forum for the Baltic Sea Region in Berlin 2017. Photo: Sylwester Nagórka Aim The aim of this student event is to give students the possibility to take part in the international forum and [...]

POSTPONED | BUP SAIL for Teachers 2020 connects to the BUP Symposium in Visby

[email protected]2020-11-16T10:25:48+00:00April 3rd, 2020|Courses for teachers, News|

Due to the current situation regarding the coronavirus covid-19, BUP SAIL for Teachers 2020 will be POSTPONED to August 2021. More information about application deadline and other details coming up later on. The plan was for the course to start in Mariehamn, Åland Islands, on the sailing vessel, the galeas Albanus, and arrive in Visby, Gotland to connect to the BUP Symposium 2020 in Visby. Also the BUP Symposium is postponed! *** BUP SAIL for Teachers 2020 – Sustainability Applied in International Teaching and Learning Are you active and open minded, inspired for a new experience and adventure? SAIL combines teaching [...]

BUP Finland welcomes two new members

[email protected]2020-02-13T11:14:50+00:00February 13th, 2020|News|

Baltic University Programme welcomes two new member universities in Finland; Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) and Åland University of Applied Sciences. These two are now also members of the BUP Finland's total of nine university members. Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu, SAMK) offers both Bachelor's and Master's Degree Programmes taught in English. At SAMK one can study to become an expert in business, engineering, health care, maritime management and tourism. Satakunta UAS web page https://www.samk.fi/en/# Åland University of Applied Sciences (Högskolan på Åland) UAS offers degree programmes in Swedish in business administration, navigation, hospitality management, engineering (marine, [...]