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Rising interest, debt loads force more students to take loan payment support
More people with student loan debt received assistance with their student loan interest payments in 2024 than in previous years, said…
Kela asks 25700 students to repay overpaid benefit
The national social insurance institution-Kela asked 25,700 students to repay the overpaid student financial aid for 2023 by April 15…
WG for abolishing student loan scheme, rising grants
A ministerial working group in its report proposed to revise or abolish the student loan compensation scheme and increase the size of…
Helsinki’s self-service libraries to extend opening hours from Feb
People will be able to enjoy increased access to library services starting from February as the opening hours of self-service libraries…
Number of applicants to Finnish higher Edu in English reduces by half
The joint application to degree programmes in English at Finnish higher education institutions reduced significantly this year, said…
Employment rate of students drops slightly
The employment rate of students decreased 0.6 percentage points in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to Statistics Finland.…
Peter Sarlin’s donation to strengthen AI research in Finland
The substantial donation supports AI research at thirteen universities, said the University of Helsinki in a press release on…
Joint application to Finnish universities ends on Jan 22
The first joint application to universities and universities of applied sciences (Polytechnic Institutes) started on January 8 and will…
Finland improves skills of adult population
Finland is among the few countries where the skills of the adult population have actually improved from just over a decade ago,…
Higher Edu students spend too much time online :THL
An increasing number of students find their internet use problematic, according to the Finnish Student Health and Wellbeing Survey…