Hanken is currently investigating the ruling made by the Supreme Administrative Court to exempt an MBA-programme offered in Finland by a UK-based university in Finland from VAT.
Hanken, SSE and USI Lugano have joined forces in a unique MSc course collaboration to tackle world problems such as food waste by utilising digital tools for bringing students together.
Anna Wallin and Petri Nokelainen at Tampere University of Technology are currently doing research on the relationship between social media use and career development in a research project.
Hanken has committed to sustainable development that supports the national campaign Suomi jonka haluamme 2050. Under the hashtag #sitoumus2050 you can read all of the over 600 commitments already made.
Hanken & SSE Executive Education reruns the integration programme Business Lead with company partners as part of the Koto-SIB (Kotouttaminen Social Impact Bond) framework.
Clearly defined career paths have become important when universities compete in recruiting international top scholars and keeping existent staff. For that reason Hanken has decided to introduce Tenure Tracks.
Clearly defined career paths have become important in the rectuitment of both national and international top scholars as well as in trying to keep the faculty that already work at Hanken. That’s why Hanken has updated its personnel instruction.
The Academy of Finland has awarded Hanken 1.5 million euro in profiling funding for the period 2017-2021. The funding will be directed to strengthening cross-disciplinary research.
The University Council has elected Professor Eva Liljeblom as new chair for the remainder of the council’s term (until 31 December 2018). The former chair, Niklas Bruun, is retiring.
Visiting researcher at Hanken Anu Torkkeli has on 23 May 2017 received a scholarship from the Fund for Promoting Finnish International Trade (SUE) for her doctoral thesis in commercial law.
On 23 May, the tradition of rewarding the best student achievements continued as 15 top students received the Rector’s List-prize during a festive ceremony.
iTRACK is a project that focuses on protecting and tracking humanitarians and humanitarian convoys in conflict zones, specifically in Syria, Iraq and Yemen. HUMLOG at Hanken hosted an iTrack-meeting on 10-12 May.
The research-based idea competition Helsinki Challenge hosts a second round of Pitch Nights before the finals. The semi-finalists will present their ideas and solutions on 6-7 June.
Financial Times rankings 2017: Hanken & SSE Executive Education is still the Nordic champion in its field as part of Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) while advancing its position in the global ranking.
