Finland money troubles?

[Malachi256]

Can anyone elaborate on this?

Helsinki University to shrink payroll by nearly 1,000

Kola says that staff cuts are unavoidable because of the current government's drastic funding cuts to education.

[Uzkin]

It is a common trend in our universities, these days. Our government is basically running down the Finnish higher education system by stopping its funding.

Apparently they think that the way to make things better in Finland is to let go of the higher education and highly educated people.

[Malachi256]

It is a common trend in our universities, these days. Our government is basically running down the Finnish higher education system by stopping its funding.

Apparently they think that the way to make things better in Finland is to let go of the higher education and highly educated people.

Are there private universities to take up the slack?

Is there some glut of grey collar workers?

Are the universities just seeing fewer students? The article didn't say anything about enrollment trends.

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First of all, it's just one university; Finland does have others. Secondly, what has made our country great and innovative has not come out of universities. What's important is that our basic education stays high quality. Universities, there can definitely be less of those here. I mean, there aren't even jobs for people who get masters and doctorates.

[Uzkin]

Are there private universities to take up the slack?

Is there some glut of grey collar workers?

Are the universities just seeing fewer students? The article didn't say anything about enrollment trends.

Private universities aren't officially recognized in Finland so there are very few of those.

Universities try not to cut their intake of students since every bit of funding is critical and the universities receive some of it based on the "volume" (i.e. how many credits the students complete and how many degrees the students finish). The quality of teaching certainly suffers, though, when there are little resources available for teaching while at the same time lots and lots of bachelors/masters/doctors have to be produced in order to get the funds to (barely) survive ("here, have the diploma").

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First of all, it's just one university; Finland does have others. Secondly, what has made our country great and innovative has not come out of universities. What's important is that our basic education stays high quality. Universities, there can definitely be less of those here. I mean, there aren't even jobs for people who get masters and doctorates.

You think Helsinki university is somehow the only one in a bad situation?
http://yle.fi/uutiset/ita-suomen_yliopisto_aloittaa_jo_seitsemannet_yt-neuvottelut/8511183
Every single Finnish university is taking massive hits on their funding.

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You think Helsinki university is somehow the only one in a bad situation?
http://yle.fi/uutiset/ita-suomen_yli...ttelut/8511183
Every single Finnish university is taking massive hits on their funding.

So I'm guessing there are hundreds, if not thousands of students who would want to go to university, and would be intelligent and capable enough to do so, but can't, because of this situation?