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To foster school engagement and reduce student burnout and anxiety in general upper secondary education, it is essential to understand, identify and support students with varying perfectionistic tendencies.

Polina Abushik, Anni Hartikainen, Soila Lemmetty, Iuliia Pilipenko, Isabell Rumrich, Atte Eskelinen and Henri Hyvönen were appointed to three-year UEF Research Fellow positions.

With good workplace atmosphere, employees are more likely to integrate tasks that are potentially perceived as illegitimate into the broader context of their work.

Professor of Education Sonja Kosunen has received Starting Grant funding from the European Research Council (ERC) for theoretical development of research on teacher segregation.

Rector Tapio Määttä has appointed the Heads and Deputy Heads of Departments and Schools of the faculties. The Head and Deputy Heads of UEF Law School was appointed by Vice Rector Jussi Pihlajamäki.

The Excellent Teaching Practitioner 2025 Awards were presented at the UEF Learning Environment Seminar on 19 August.

Pupils are often routinely guided to attend the Finnish as a second language and literature syllabus (S2) in Finland based on their mother tongue recorded in the Population Information System

The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities has granted 2.8 million euros of funding to four new Academy Projects and one new Academy Research Fellow at the University of Eastern Finland.

A wellness-oriented lifestyle finds fascinating yet contradictory manifestations on social media.