With over 300 alumni, UEF has a vast network in and from Nepal. An alumni event was held in Kathmandu. The Nepali alumni are committed to collaborating with UEF and are establishing an alumni chapter.
 
Interested Nepali alumni can join a new WhatsApp group channel here lnkd.in/gUHcGZg8 #UEFalumni

UEF staff visited the Agriculture & Fisheries University in Bharatpur, Nepal & explored deepened partnership opportunities. Also joined a fish product innovation event supporting public health & nutrition. Met with women-led cooperatives deepening academia-community engagement. #ErasmusPlus #Nepal

Aurora is what the skies brought out today! Lovely experience for our Erasmus + staff mobility guests visiting us in #Kuopio from Kyrgyzstan and Ireland.

Africa Day 2025 at UEF focused on discussions on transforming academic & research landscapes with Africa. VC Matengu of the University of Namibia set the scene with questions, and a UEF doctoral researcher panel responded, and Rector @tapiomaatta.bsky.social closed. Together we can!
#AfricaDayUEF

The National Archives in Joensuu & UEF library in Joensuu have one of the most unique Africa collections in Finland with material from Finnish missionaries and other collections from East Africa. The same materials are found in Namibia and in East Africa. Today's tour was part of the #AfricaDayUEF

Africa Day 2025 is coming up. To get yourself in the mode, explore the Africa picks from the UEF library collection.
go.uef.fi/LibraryAfric...

#AfricaDayUEF #Library

Last week UEF's Faculty of Health Sciences host partners from BAU International University Batumi Georgia; Birzeit University, Palestine; Université de Rennes, France; & the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Mongolia. Deepening collaboration & networking.
#Erasmus

ToxiSA: From Toxicity to Saftey course opening at UEF's School of Pharmacy. Students from the Tshwane University of Technology, Harare Institute of Technology, University of Helsinki and UEF will be engaging in practical laboratory exercises this week. #TeamFinlandKnowledge

3 new #UEFAlumni. from Kyrgyzstan. Azamat Kerimkolov, Aidana Mirbekova & Sedep Madieva were on a 3-month exchange from Kyrgyz State Medical Academy.
Sedep found a passion for nutrition research, Aidana epidemiology & Azamat was on internship at KYS-hospital & wants to get licensed as doctor & stay.

Today, we hosted Deputy Vice Chancellor Prof Killian of the Dar es Salaam University in Tanzania on our Kuopio campus. UEF's CFO Heini Koskenvuori explained the funding model & financial management of the university. Good grounds laid to support research collaboration between our universities.

Excellent visit by colleagues from the Tajik Agrarian University and Tajik State University of Law, Business and Politics, on our UEF's Joensuu Campus. They visited our Dept of Geographical & Historical Studies, Karelian Institute, School of Forestry, & Dept of Environmental & Biological Sciences.

At the core of the right to self-govern & to self-determination lies the idea of economic sovereignty. Especially that absolute sovereignty over natural resources belongs to the state.
- Alina Sajed, #KAPTalks

Opening of the Development Days 2025 conference by the Finnish Society for Development Research, Chair Bonn Juego, Vice Chair @tiinaseppala.bsky.social and Meeri Tiensuu.
The conference theme is: Development Transitions: Amidst Waste, Wars and Maldevelopment.

#KAPTalks "From the Third World to the Global South:Lives and afterlives of a global political project" by Associate Prof Alina Sajed.
27th Feb 10.00 EET.
Moderator @teppoeskelinen.bsky.social
Free & Hybrid. #DevDays2025. More Info www.uef.fi/en/event/kap...
By: UNDP, European Commission & UEF

#DevDays2025 Public Forum:
Critical perspectives on wars, mal/development and liberation in the global Middle East,
now in session. On stage: Alina Sajed, Ali Kadri, Antti Tarvainen. Moderating: Lili de Paola. Opening: Meeri Tiensuu.
Join in: www.uef.fi/en/event/dev...

#KAPTalks "From the Third World to the Global South:Lives and afterlives of a global political project" by Associate Prof Alina Sajed.
27th Feb 10.00 EET.
Moderator @teppoeskelinen.bsky.social
Free & Hybrid. #DevDays2025. More Info www.uef.fi/en/event/kap...
By: UNDP, European Commission & UEF