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University of Jyväskylä GINTL Funding Call 2023 open
Africa, China, India, Global
JYU staff, doctoral researchers and postdoctoral researchers in collaboration with the permanent academic staff of the university are eligible to apply for JYU GINTL Funding. GINTL India is coordinated at the Faculty of Education and Psychology (JYU), but applications from all faculties are welcome. The deadline for the applications is 31.7.2023.
Teacher training improves educational opportunities for children in India
India
The Thousand Schools Programme is an ambitious initiative focused on ensuring equal and quality education opportunities for children in India. As part of the Programme, The University of Turku provides teacher training for local schools.
International academic partnership: Reflections on GINTL HEIs’ visit to Rwanda
Africa
The land of a thousand hills (Rwanda) meets the land of a hundred thousand lakes (Finland) in the spirit of partnership development for quality education advancement. The Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL)’s partnering higher education institutions (HEIs) recently concluded a ten-day working visit to Rwanda.
Update from CocoEd: “Finland-Ghana collaboration in hybrid teacher education” and research visit blog post
Africa
CocoEd is a GINTL Africa, University of Helsinki-funded research project with the University of Helsinki (coordinating), Åbo Akademi, and the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. This post gives an update on the project progress and includes a research-stay blog post by master's student Laura Pimiä.
Call for abstracts: Sino-Finnish Joint Learning Innovation Institute (JoLII) Global Conference “Education for the Future” (closed)
China
The JoLII-GINTL Global Conference 2023 will be hosted by the University of Helsinki on 15-16 August 2023. The topic of the conference is “Education for the Future”. The Conference is planned as an onsite event in Helsinki, Finland. Presenters from China, Finland as well as from other parts of the world are welcome to submit their work through this call for abstracts. The submission deadline is 30 April 2023.
Call for abstracts: GINTL Research seminar “International education development and internationalisation in education” (closed)
Africa, China, India, Global
Are you a master’s degree student with an ongoing or finished thesis work? Is your thesis topic related to international education development, educational partnerships, or internationalisation? If yes, you are most welcome to present your research at the GINTL Research seminar! The seminar takes place 27 April 2023 in Jyväskylä and online. It is organised for master’s degree students and other interested people, affiliated with one of the GINTL member institutions. Submit your abstract by 10 March 2023.
Promoting Indo-Finnish collaboration in teaching and learning – a webinar series for academia and practitioners
India
GINTL India and Nordic Centre in India (NCI) have joint forces to facilitate and foster networking among Indian and Finnish researchers and practitioners in the field of education and educational science. The thematic webinar series started in 2022 bring together interested academics to share their insights on current topical issues and research.
Two joint collaborations between Finnish HEIs and Indian government partners underway
India
The GINTL India coordination is currently managing two collaborations with Indian state bodies, where several GINTL member HEIs from Finland are involved. One collaboration is with NCERT (“the EDUFI of India”) and another with the Kerala State Education Department. These collaborations are excellent platforms for colleagues from India and Finland to get acquainted with each other and current work in the education sector of the two countries. We warmly welcome more interested staff members working in one of the GINTL India member HEIs in Finland to participate in these collaborations.
Student experiences from the 2022 SDG 4 Seminar “From Education for Emergencies to Emergence of Education”
Africa, China, India, Global
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