News archive – Turku University of Applied Sciences

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13.12.2016 | Studies

An idea on textile recycling convinced at Slush

A team of students from TUAS and the University of Turku convinced the jury of the Reboot Finland Pitching Awards contest, which was organized at Slush. The idea on mushrooms and leather, which utilizes waste textiles as a substrate, took them to the top three.

12.12.2016 | Studies

The first YouthSpeak Forum in Finland

The first YouthSpeak Forum in Finland was organized on the 17th of November in Helsinki.

8.12.2016 | Turku UAS

Library opening hours during Christmas season

Christmas season causes changes in library opening hours.

29.11.2016 | Studies

An idea on circular economy takes students to the Slush stage

A multidisciplinary team of students discovered that mushrooms offer a solution for the reuse of waste textiles. This week they will compete with their idea at the leading startup event in Europe.

21.11.2016 | Turku UAS

Views on sales development, learning and research – Journal of Excellence in Sales

TUAS’ Sales Excellence Center introduces a new publication for sales professionals, students and research communities. The Journal of Excellence in Sales, which is published twice a year, offers outlooks on sales trends, its current state of affairs, and on learning and research both in Finland and abroad.

17.11.2016 | Studies

An engineering degree completed in Germany opens doors to the German market

A cooperation agreement, which was signed on Tuesday with the German Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences, provides TUAS’ engineering students the chance to complete a German engineering degree in addition to the Finnish one.

10.11.2016 | Turku UAS

TUAS number one in getting external funding

Based on the RDI indicators collected yearly by the Ministry of Culture and Education, TUAS was in 2015 the university of applied sciences with the largest amount of external funding. TUAS managed to get EUR 5,039,000 of RDI funding.

9.11.2016 | Research, Development and Innovation

Turku has the best research on wireless communications in Europe

TUAS' research group has received a top EU prize for development work of wireless data transfer. The prize money goes to funding the best research in Europe on radio technology and spectrum sharing.

8.11.2016 | Turku UAS

How do we invest in well-being?

Social investment refers to investing money or work contribution in the well-being of people and communities. It’s not about income transfer but activity, which aims at the permanent improvement of the ability to function of people in need of help.

25.10.2016 | Turku UAS

Based on experiences, families prefer integrated maternity and child health clinics

Lecturer Miia Tuominen from TUAS defended her doctoral dissertation on 1 October 2016. Her new doctoral research in the field of Public Health Science compares integrated maternity and child health clinics with a separate maternity clinic and child health clinic model.