The Latvian Parliament decided on Friday, 31 October 2025, to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention. President Edgars Rinkēvičs vetoed the bill, and it will therefore return to the Parliament for further consideration when the next parliament is elected in 2026....
The basic funding of universities of applied sciences has been cut substantially over the past decade, while the number of study places has increased. Funding per university of applied sciences degree has nearly halved in ten years. Among OECD countries, Finland...
Artikkelissa käsitellään korkeakoulutusta sosiaalisena kestävyytenä varautumistoimissa.
(This translation was made with the help of artificial intelligence.) SAMOK thanks the government for ensuring that higher education was not subjected to new cuts in the budget negotiations and that the parliamentary agreement on RDI funding was not jeopardized....
The financial challenges of international students have been in the media several times this spring. Finland has an ever increasing number of international students, and their share in higher education is also growing rapidly. From 1 August 2026, international...
In the future, the adequacy and price of affordable student housing will be even more critical success factors for student cities than they currently are. The role of the state as a promoter of student housing will be reduced due to cuts in production subsidies...
International professionals graduating from universities of applied sciences are being placed in an unequal position under the reform of the Aliens Act. A recent draft by the Ministry of the Interior proposes the possibility of obtaining a permanent residence...
SAMOK and SYL call on the government, employers and higher education institutions to take action to promote the integration of international students in Finland. The situation is alarming, as around half of international students studying in Finland have...
The report of the working group preparing the overall reform of student financial aid that was submitted to the minister today determines the right direction for the reform of student financial aid and gives Orpo’s government the starting points for fixing the...
The European Students’ Union (ESU), together with the Finnish student unions National Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences (SAMOK) and National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL), express their concern about the worsening...
