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The Excellent Teaching Practitioner 2025 Awards were presented at the UEF Learning Environment Seminar on 19 August.

Pupils are often routinely guided to attend the Finnish as a second language and literature syllabus (S2) in Finland based on their mother tongue recorded in the Population Information System

The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities has granted 2.8 million euros of funding to four new Academy Projects and one new Academy Research Fellow at the University of Eastern Finland.

A wellness-oriented lifestyle finds fascinating yet contradictory manifestations on social media.

A recent review concludes that in workplace health promotion, the most consistent impacts are achieved through mental health and stress management interventions, such as group-based mindfulness training.

Two Vice Deans were appointed to each of the four faculties, one for education and one for research.

Research into motivation and well-being can provide ways to shape the learning environment in a less performance-oriented direction.

Grants were awarded for PhD researchers and postdoctoral researchers for a research period abroad.

UEF will also significantly develop the support services available to leaders to enable professional management of leadership duties.