Content about "society"

Puhuja, tilaisuus, puhe, opettaja
A total of 75 TEK members were chosen as councilors and 77 as deputy councilors in the municipal and county elections.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/tek-members-succeeded-in-municipal-and-county-elections

Opiskelijoita keskustelemassa rimaseinän edessä
The reason for the TEK's local election panel discussion is clear: Finland needs international experts. Cities play a crucial role in welcoming these individuals and their families, as well as supporting their integration.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-integration-at-the-focus-of-teks-local-election-panel

Juhani Nokela
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/juhanis-corner-what-is-your-reason-to-vote

Opiskelijoita keskustelemassa rimaseinän edessä
The poor employment situation is giving engineering students both short- and long-term fears.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-financial-worries-threaten-student-wellbeing-innovation-and-retention

Kuvassa on TEKin toiminnanjohtaja Jari Jokinen.
At TEK, we often work together with our partners to influence legislation and social decision-making that concerns TEK members.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/together-we-make-a-bigger-impact

Owain Hopeaketo
Finland should be using its data a lot more than it does, and those who haven’t spent time in universities recently really don’t know what is happening in them.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/owains-corner-the-engineering-of-international-graduates

Owain Hopeaketo istuu toimiston pöydän kulmalla.
On Thursday 17th October, the proposed three-month/six-month rule was handed to parliament. Despite positive changes, TEK remains firmly against this proposal.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-tek-remains-firmly-against-the-three-monthsix-month-rule-proposal

Henkilö keltaisessa paidassa käyttää tietokonetta
CEO of TEK Jari Jokinen: Are older workers hazardous waste or the most skilled employees?
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/only-one-in-three-over-50-believe-they-would-find-a-job-if-they-became-unemployed

Henkilön kädessä on kynä ja pöydällä on avoin opas.
Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK is opposed to the 3- or 6-month unemployment rule proposed by the government. For technology professionals, getting a new job after unemployment is a long and specialised process, which is not taken into account sufficiently in the proposal.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/the-3-or-6-month-rule-drives-away-technology-experts

Henkilö seisoo muuttolaatikoiden keskellä.
The societal debate on immigration is a major source of concern for international experts in the field of technology, with as many as 89% of them find the immigration debate worrying. Only 52% of the international tech experts surveyed would recommend Finland as a place to live and work.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/finland-drives-out-international-experts

Eduskuntatalon pylväikköä kuvassa.
TEK’s Labour Market Director Teemu Hankamäki cannot really see any positives in the government’s labour market reforms. Professional and managerial staff will soon feel the effects of the legislative changes.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/the-worst-is-yet-to-come

EU:n lippu.
The elections for the European Parliament, or the European elections, will take place in Finland on 9 June 2024. TEK wishes to remind its members that these are also technology elections and voting is worth it.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/how-about-voting-in-the-european-elections

TEKin toiminnanjohtaja Jari Jokinen kuvattuna TEKin toimistolla
TEK applauds the government for sticking to the RDI investment targets in its session on spending limits. However, the government scores lower in other areas, such as its earned income tax solution.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/spending-limits-session-acknowledges-conditions-for-growth-but-flounders-in-other-areas

Kuvassa on TEKin toiminnanjohtaja Jari Jokinen.
Future growth needs skills and talent. The savings from the government discussion on spending limits must be found from outside these areas.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/the-government-discussion-on-spending-limits-kehysriihi-cannot-build-growth-without-immigration

Kaksi henkilöä istuu pöydän ääressä.
A majority of TEK’s members doesn’t support participating in the demonstrations. TEK will continue its advocacy work towards the government.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/tek-does-not-participate-in-political-demonstrations

Nuori mies istuu kannettavan tietokoneen äärellä kotonaan.
Samuli Hietala and Atte Rimppi want to expand the narrow definition of an ideal man. They provide low-threshold mental health support for young men and offer them a space to be heard.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/busting-the-myth-of-the-successful-man

TEKin hallituksen puheenjohtaja Mari-Leena Talvitie
Our message is that education policy is the most important tool for the Finnish innovation policy and sustainable economic growth.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/skills-and-knowledge-are-the-key

Kuvassa on TEKin toiminnanjohtaja Jari Jokinen.
The economic forecast for Finland is foggy, to say the least.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/uncertainty-in-the-air

TEK-ministerit yhteiskuvassa.
TEK is opposed to the entries in the government programme that jeopardise the position of international talent.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/record-number-of-tek-ministers

The government's budget session has been wrapped up. There are good things to say about RDI, both good and bad about the funding for education, and something to criticize in the discussion concerning the reduction of insurance contributions.
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https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/juhani-nokela-three-points-about-the-budget-session-the-good-the-promising-and-the-bad