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Espoo takes safety measures to use bed after child death in Vantaa daycare
The early childhood education department of the City of Espoo has taken safety measures following the death of a child in a fold-down bed accident at a daycare centre in…
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11,750 Finnish higher Edu students go abroad for exchange in 2025
A total of 11,750 Finnish higher education students went abroad for exchange studies or international traineeships as part of their studies in 2025, said the Finnish…
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34,500 students to pay back Kela aid as income limit exceeds
About 34,500 students exceeded their income limit for student financial aid in 2025, said the Social Insurance Institution-Kela in a press release on Wednesday. These…
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Number of primary, lower secondary students on wane in Finland
There were 47,600 pupils in pre-primary education and 537,000 pupils in primary and lower secondary education in 2025 in Finland, according to Statistics Finland. The…
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Oxford English Dictionary adds new Malaysian, Singaporean words
The Oxford English Dictionary has added several Malaysian English terms in its latest update, with words originating from the Malay language and dialect of the Minnan…
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Tampere to ban face coverings in schools, daycare centres
The City of Tampere has prepared new guidelines imposing ban on face coverings in educational institutions and daycare centres, said the city in a press release on…
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Completion rate of polytechnics degrees drops in Finland
The completion rate of university of applied sciences (Polytechnics) degrees in the target time decreased in 2024 by four percentage points compared to the previous year,…
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Income limits for student loan interest assistance to rise in March
The income limits for assistance with student loan interest will be raised as of the beginning of March, said the national social insurance institution-Kela in a press…
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Haavisto, Robinson to get honorary doctorates from Helsinki University
Veteran politician of Vihreä liitto (Finnish Green League) Pekka Haavisto and Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences James Robinson will receive honorary doctorates…
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Kela asks 28,000 students to repay overpaid benefit
The national social insurance institution-Kela asked about 28,000 students to repay the overpaid student financial aid for 2024 by April 15 this year, said Kela in a…
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