THE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR SINO-FINNISH EDUCATION COOPERATION PROFESSIONALS AND SECOND WORKSHOP IN AUGUST 2017: INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS
欢迎您参加中芬教育交流合作高级研究班 （2017年8月23日到8月25日)。Welcome to attend the workshop on Sino-Finnish Education Cooperation held in Tampere from August 23rd to August 25th, 2017!
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR WORKSHOP SCHEDULE 23.-25.8.2017 (PDF), UPDATED 23.08.2017
PRE-WORKSHOP READING MATERIAL AND ESSAY
Before the workshop, please read the materials provided in the following weblinks (below). By 11th August, please submit 1-2 page essay providing your reflections on the following questions: 1. What do you expect from the workshop? 2. How do you see the merits and challenges of Finnish education from a Chinese perspective? Or how do you see the merits and challenges of Chinese education from a Finnish perspective? You can either talk about education in general or focus on one level/field of education. 3. What are opportunities and challenges in Sino-Finnish education cooperation? And what could be improved in Sino-Finnish education cooperation? Please submit your paper to coordinator Laura Mursu by email (laura.mursu@uta.fi).
LIST OF PRE-STUDY MATERIALS
General information
- Publications from Finnish Board of education
- A comprehensive introduction to latest policy reforms of education in Finland
Sino-Finnish education cooperation
- Cross-board higher education in China and implications for Finland (pdf)
- Erasmus Mundus programme and EU China strategy (pdf)
- Establishing Finnish branch campuses in China (pdf)
- Finnish education export – Are they ready? (pdf)
- Strategies for higher education cooperation between China and Finland (pdf)
- 从福利制度走向市场化 芬兰高等教育改革透视 (pdf)
Higher education
- Chinese Higher Education Reforms and Tendencies – Implications for Norwegian higher education in cooperating with China (pdf)
- Higher education in China and Finland (pdf)
- Responses to Yang Ruis Chinas Strategy for Internationalization of Higher Education An Overview (pdf)
- Seeking solutions through the mirror of Finnish experience (pdf)
- The future of European Higher Education from a Chinese perspective
- Tuition fee in Finland – Where to go? (pdf)
- Training Chinese administrative officials in Finland (pdf)
- 中国的跨国高等教育及对芬兰的启示 (pdf)
- 芬兰人眼中的中国高等教育 (pdf)
- 中国地方院校转型的国籍经验比较和启示 (pdf)
Vocational Education
• Finnish Ministry of Education: Vocational Education and Training
• Finnish Ministry of Education: Reform of Vocational Upper Secondary Education
Adult Education
• Eurydice: Adult Education and Training
• Ilpo Hanhijoki, Jukka Katajisto, Matti Kimari and Hannele Savioja: Education, Training And Demand For Labour In Finland By 2025, Publications 2012:16 (pdf)
Basic education
• 芬兰教育成功的秘密，能学吗？ (pdf)
• Eurydice: Upper Secondary and Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary Education, Finland
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
ARRIVAL TO TAMPERE
Finnair operates direct flights from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi’an and Chongqing to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. Tampere is located within easy reach by bus or train from Helsinki, the journey takes about two hours. Please see the airport website for information and timetables.Tampere-Pirkkala International Airport is 17 km southwest of the city centre of Tampere. There is a bus connection between Terminal 1 and the Tampere city centre. The airport taxi to the city centre costs about 20€. A regular taxi to the city centre costs 35-40€. Once in Tampere, the University Main Building is within a short walking distance from both the railway station and the bus station.
Parking in Tampere: Unfortunately the University of Tampere has limited avaivability for parking slots for guests. For more information on parking and facilities, please refer to University of Tampere website.
ACCOMMODATION IN TAMPERE
Hotels located near the University of Tampere
Budget accommodation