The majority of entrance examinations will be held in May–June. Changes to the manner of administering the examinations are made only if required by regulations issued by the authorities.
Why are universities holding on-location entrance examinations during the pandemic?
After carrying out careful assessment and risk analyses, Finnish universities have concluded that holding entrance examinations which require applicants’ physical presence and also involve careful safety arrangements is the best way to implement a fair student admission procedure that takes into account subject-specific special requirements and treats all applicants equally.
On 12 March 2016, Helsinki GSE published a report which, with the help of Finnish register material, analyses the connection between the transition to distance education in the second stage and the prevalence of coronavirus infection in Finland at the end of 2020.
Jesper Haga (to the right in the picture) and Dennis Sundvik (to the left in the picture) wanted to offer something new to their students in finance and accounting with their Swedish-speaking podcast After Class.
During the corona epidemic, it has been clear that the municipalities often do not have an exact idea of, for example, the development of the municipality's wage bill. The Helsinki GSE situation room will present its latest report on the topic in connection with a webinar open to everyone in Zoom 4.3.2021 at 8:30.
Anders Löflund, Professor in finance, has been elected Lecturer of the Year by the Student Union of Hanken. The award was announced during the Student Union’s Annual Ball the 24th of February.
The number of bankruptcies last year in Finland was lower than during the years leading up to the crisis. Thus, it has previously been predicted that a wave of bankruptcies could strike in the spring of 2021.
In its meeting on 1.3.2021, the Board of Hanken appointed Charlotta Collén, licentiate in social sciences, as the new director of the unit at Hanken that is responsible for research, corporate connections and international affairs.
Would you benefit from getting some tips and support and having the opportunity to discuss a theme related to study habits, motivation or for example stress management? Or would you perhaps want to take the opportunity to ask the study coach a question or share tips and ideas with other students?
There are differences among countries in Europe in how the care work is organized. Care work has traditionally often been regarded as an internal question for families in many countries in Europe.
Niklas Bruun, Professor emeritus of commercial law at Hanken, has been elected as one of the five external members of the University of Helsinki 's Board for the period 2022–2025.
The fifth and last blog post in the blog series is out! The blog post is written by the team representing Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. Team Los Andes was the winning team of the entire competition.
MOT Kielipalvelu® includes the language tools you know from MOT – but completely modernized and with a lot of new content. You will be able to use the service easily on all of your devices, also outside of the university network.
The fourth input in our blog series is out! This week, Team_WU from Vienna University of Economics and Business presents their Sars Cov2 Testing Solution in Vienna, Austria.
With recent demographic trends towards ageing populations in many Western countries, issues of older age, ageing and ageism are now higher on some political and organizational agendas than in previously. One central question of policy interest on different levels of decision-making has been to prolong working and employed life.
Neither the corona pandemic nor distance learning affected the autumn exchange students' experiences of Hanken. According to a recent survey 98% of the respondents would recommend Hanken as host university for exchange studies,
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management has published a free virtual issue on logistics and supply chain management for pandemic response. The virtual issue is free to access at Emerald-portal until April 30th.
The third input in our blog series is out! This week, Team Houston from University of Houston, Texas presents their solution on PPE Shortage Solution in Harris County.
