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Welcome to our new TUT overlords

It was made public today that International University Audentes is to merge with Tallinn University of Technology, if everything goes according to the plan, then by the end of this academic year. Although I do not really know what will happen, I am cautiously optimistic as having a backing of a larger educational institution allows [...]

The draft of the new laws on higher education

If anyone is interested, then here is the new draft on the quality reform (in Estonian). Pretty interesting.

Some thoughts about the Estonian Higher Education Quality Reform

It was announced yesterday that there are going to be changes in the accreditation of Estonian higher education institutions, mainly that institutional accreditation is going to be introduced. This means that any university which passes this will be operate with constant fear of losing some of its programmes and can focus on continuous institution-building, rather [...]

Law School brochure + Teeviit

I made a small brochure on what our Law School has to offer. The main part took ca 1 hour to put together using Apple’s Pages.
Tomorrow I will be at the educational fair Teeviit, representing the Law School (and handing out the brochures).

Human Rights Week at International University Audentes

The Human Rights Centre at International University Audentes is having a Human Rights Week. More info from www.humanrights.ee.

The winning entry

Kakerdaja raba Originally uploaded by Kari Käsper
I won a photo contest organised by our university health club. We went to the Kakerdaja bog and took photos. And this one, mine, was voted the best.

Come and study at the Law School of International University Audentes!

We have an admissions period at the university right now, so I thought to use my blog to disseminate information about the Law School.
What can you study and in which form?
1. Law Bachelor (120 Estonian (180 ECTS) credit points, three years):a) full-time in English;b) full-time in Estonian;c) weekend studies (every other weekend) in Estonian.
The [...]

Leadership sans authority

On Friday I had a chance to listen to an open lecture by professor Adel Safty. First of all it was a very fortunate decision for me actually not to go home, but stick around at the university until the lecture, second of all I am very grateful to whoever organised this visit. These lectures [...]

Concordia trouble

As a Concordia student I feel the need to explain why I think that the school is in trouble. It is a reflection of how the education system in Estonia is itself in a deep crisis and that private universities are not able to sustain the quality of education in unfair circumstances where state universities [...]

CIUE no more?

I have just heard that the university I study in, Concordia International University Estonia is negotiating for the shares of the company who owns the university to be sold to the Tallinn Pedagogical University. I really love my school and would not want to it to end up merging or becoming a part of the [...]