Universities fear 2015 funding cuts

Finland's university organisations have demanded that the university index, which was introduced to maintain public spending levels for academia, should be continued in 2015.

Universities Finland, the Finnish Union of University Professors and the Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers have sent a letter to the government in response to on-going budget negotiations. They are calling for the index not to be cut.

In 2012 the index was halved, and for 2013 it was fully frozen. As a result, Finnish public funding for universities was reduced by tens of millions, the organisations said.