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Strengthening institutional capacity of ethiopian universities: The road to sustainable collaboration
Africa
Tampere University’s long-standing collaboration with universities in Ethiopia, Uganda, and South Africa serves a compelling example of the transformative potential of international cooperation and educational development. Beyond the initial HEI-ICI funding period of the project ”Building Institutional Capacity in Leadership and Management of Ethiopian Universities (LMEU)”, Tampere University has continued its support for Ph.D. students, thanks to the Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL).
GINTL FAQ: Funding opportunities for Indo-Finnish education research partnerships
India
GINTL India network coordination often receives inquiries on potential funding sources for Indo-Finnish research collaborations in educational sciences. In this post, we list the sources known to us. The text is the first one to appear in the new GINTL FAQs series, where we respond to some of the questions that are frequently addressed to us. For most updated information on the funding sources, refer to the individual funding website.
Learning to Design – Designing to Learn: Report from an exchange from South Africa to Finnish classrooms
Africa
The Learning to Design – Designing to Learn (LDDL) project is part of ongoing education research collaboration between the universities of Helsinki and Johannesburg, initiated in 2017. It received GINTL project funding from the University of Helsinki for the funding period 2022-2024. A team of teachers and experts visited the Viikki teacher training school in Helsinki to experience STEM learning. As South African schools are introducing a subject of coding and robotics to the general education curricula, the visiting educators reported some observations on how these topics are integrated in the practices of STEM education in Finland.
Conference abstract submission: “Reimagining Teachers and Teacher Education for Our Futures”
Africa, China, India, Global
The University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences has opened the abstract submission for its conference “Reimagining Teachers and Teacher Education for Our Futures” (18.6.-20.6.2024). Submissions are welcome for research papers / symposia / panel discussions / workshops / best practices submissions from researchers, teacher educators, teachers, representatives of civil organizations, policy makers and all actors involved in building a sustainable society through education.
Decisions on new GINTL seed funding applications at the University of Helsinki for 2023 have been made
Africa, China, India, Global
The decisions on applications for Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL) collaboration seed funding in China, Eritrea, Hungary, Kenya, Somalia, and Taiwan for the application round in 2023 at the University of Helsinki have been made. The application was open to all faculties at the University of Helsinki. Four projects were awarded University of Helsinki GINTL funding from October 2023 to May 2024.
GINTL and EduCase traineeships at the University of Oulu (application deadline 9.10.2023)
Africa, China, India, Global
Are you looking for an opportunity to become an intern in international education partnership projects? Do you need to do studies that include internships or work-life studies? Are you looking for opportunities to advance your Master’s thesis? Explore paid internship opportunities in the Faculty of Education and Psychology for the academic year 2023-2024.
The University of Turku’s Hopeful Globe podcast: GINTL’s contributions
Africa, China, India, Global
In June 2023, the University of Turku released the first episodes of the Hopeful Globe podcast, which shares inspiring stories from projects that have received Global Pilot funding from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. The series, focused on the topic of higher education collaboration and the sustainability-driven initiatives that bloom therefrom, piloted with two episodes hosted by GINTL research assistant Luna Erica. Both episodes feature a speaker from a project that was allocated funding by GINTL.
“Education for the Future”: Insights and experiences of the 2023 JoLII-GINTL Global Conference
China, Global
On 15 and 16 August 2023, GINTL China’s largest-scale event of the year, the JoLII-GINTL Global Conference, took place at the University of Helsinki. With the number of participants edging on 150, the annual event achieved an attendee turn-up larger than it has ever done before in Finland. In this article, conference organisers Shuanghong Jenny Niu, Olli-Pekka Malinen, and Luna Erica reflect on the conference and its key takeaways.
Call for abstracts: GINTL symposium at FERA conference on Education
Global
GINTL is hosting a symposium on ‘Bridging education research, practice and global education development’ at this year’s FERA conference on education at the Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa on 23.-24.11.2023 Please submit your abstracts for the symposium by 30.9.2023.
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