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The third element of the City of Turku’s sports grant system reform is the new support for competence and development targeted at sports clubs, which aims to ensure high-quality coaching in all sports clubs and associations in Turku.
The City of Turku is reforming grants related to sports and the pricing of the use of sports facilities. The reforms will be introduced in 2025. The aim is to promote the well-being of children and young people through physical activities, to support hobbyists of different sports more equally than at present and to control the increase in the costs of hobbies.
From 2025 onwards, Turku is the first in Finland to introduce a sports grant for children and young people: Each year, the City of Turku gives all Turku residents aged 7–19 years a voucher for the fees of regular, guided sports hobby activities organised by sports clubs and associations in Turku!
Welcome to the study program of the Turku Vocational Institute (TAI).
At TAI, we offer two training programs and basic vocational qualifications in English:
• Basic Vocational Qualification in Restaurant and Catering Services
• Basic Vocational Qualification in Cleaning and Property Services
We have an individualized learning path for every single student. The learning paths are based on the student's skills, characteristics as well as earlier know-how and studies.
The aim of the Turku model for leisure activities is to enable every child and young person attending comprehensive school in Turku to have a free, meaningful hobby in connection with the school day. The Turku model for leisure activities is part of The Finnish model for leisure activities of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Hobbies for the academic year 2023–2024
In autumn 2023, Turku launched more than 120 free hobby groups. The hobbies have been selected based on surveys conducted for children and young people.
The outreach activities are intended for pupils in the partner schools who have not yet found their favourite leisure activities. The school's own contact person for outreach activities helps and advises children in finding a meaningful hobby. The activity is part of the Turku Model for leisure activities.
In the academic year 2023-2024, outreach activities are carried out in a total of 31 schools.
Free hobbies and clubs in Turku comprehensive schools and their neighbouring areas have been put together in school-specific hobby schedules.
School clubs are mainly intended for pupils of the school in question and are free of charge, unless otherwise stated. Changes are possible. Most of the schedules are only available in Finnish and Swedish.
The competition jury consists of representatives of higher education institutions, City of Turku, Bayer and other partners. The chair of the jury is Senior Executive at TechCampus Turku and Vice Rector of the University of Turku Mika Hannula.
Jury
Vice Rector Mika Hannula (University of Turku, TechCampus Turku, chair)
Head of R&D, Drug Delivery Innovation Finland Manja Ahola (Bayer Oy)
Professor Patrik Henelius (Åbo Akademi)
Dean Juha Kontio (Turku University of Applied Sciences)
Courses in Spring 2024
Brush glazing
It's time to try something new! We have new brush glaziers, which you can try out at our brush glazing nights. During the workshop, the old familiar immersion glazes will also be available for your use.
During the brush glazing sessions, you can glaze work done in the open workshop. The work must be raw fired, so it must be done at least three weeks in advance.
Präkäämö and Clay Präkäämö
Präkäämö on Thursdays 14-18
Clay Präkäämö on Thursdays 14-16
Sunday in Vimma
Art and time together
Sunday in Vimma invites you to spend a relaxed Sunday doing art and things together.
At the Event of the Day, which takes place once a month, the agenda includes art workshops and a changing program organized by young people with their own event and activity team, i.e., Ta & to.
The next Sunday in Vimma 2.10., 6.11. and 4.12.
Sunday together, all ages are welcome
Open pottery and glazing
Clay hand building techniques and throwing of clay with a potter's wheel. Suitable for beginners, instructors will help you to get started.
- Wednesday 13-16
- Thursday 17-20
From March onwards online reservation is required to attend. The enrollment is held on the previous Friday at 12pm (if the workshop you want to attend is on week 12, remember to enroll in Friday on week 11).
Workshops are booked one week at a time.
Affordable exercise all season long with a single load!
The affordable Student Wristband is intended for students in upper secondary education (general upper secondary schools and vocational schools) and higher education institutions. The wristband encourages the user to exercise when it best suits their schedule. The Student Wristband is valid for four months from the date of purchase, and the user can use it once a day to access a sporting facility of their choice. The right to purchase the product requires a valid student card or certificate to be presented.
A pupil can be assigned a special diet on the basis of food allergy or hypersensitivity and for religious or other ethical reasons. The need for a special diet is assessed in school health care. The special diet should be followed on a regular basis.
If the pupil needs a special diet for health reasons, the guardians should contact the school nurse annually (Have a look at Notification form for special dietary needs in English).
åppi is a new learning app of augmented reality. Developed in Turku, it encourages pupils and students to walk along the side of the River Aura and introduces unheard stories from Turku. The app can be downloaded free of charge in Google Play store and App store and it is useful for teaching history, biology, visual arts and languages, for instance.
Main organisers
City of Turku and Bayer. For the part of the City of Turku, STEAM Turku is responsible for implementation.
Register now for the 2022 Beyond 2030 Challenge has ended!
Beyond 2030 Challenge – combine science and technology, save the planet and humanity
Registration for the competition has ended. All Finnish high school and vocational education students in teams of 1-4 persons can join the competition.
The Challenge
Beyond 2030 Challenge is a science competition organised by the City of Turku and Bayer. It was established in 2020 and in 2021, Beyond 2030 Challenge expanded to become national. The competition is supported by academics and industry. In the competition, upper secondary education students in groups of one to four people develop new ideas, innovations and applications that
a) help save the environment (solutions related to climate change, sustainable development, circular economy etc.) and/or
1. Registration phase
The teams of one to four members create a short description of their science project by the 18th of November. The description must include:
1) Short description of the idea
Briefly describe the idea of your science project. What sutainable development problem or challenge does your project offer a solution to? Describe the solution you came up with.
1st place 5000 euros
2nd place 2500 euros
3rd place 1250 euros
The prizes are per team.
In addition the top10 will be awarded with superb product awards.
SUOMEN KIELEN ALKEIS- JA JATKOKURSSIT
Turun iltalukion Finnish for Foreigners -kurssit alkavat tiistaina 29.8.2023. Kursseilla opiskellaan suomea sen kaikilla osa-alueilla: puheen ymmärtämistä, puhumista, tekstin ymmärtämistä ja kirjoittamista. Tunneilla tehdään paljon paritöitä ja puheharjoituksia.
Suomen kielen alkeiskurssit FIN1–FIN5 pidetään tiistaisin ja torstaisin klo 16.15–17.35.
Kursseilla lähdetään liikkeelle aivan alusta, taitotasolta A1.1 ja edetään taitotasolle A1.3/A2.1. Kursseilla käytetään oppikirjaa Suomen mestari 1 (uudistettu painos 2020).
Café Navigare is an inviting summer café on the back deck of the ship, with a view to the riverside landscape of the Aura River.
The café serves fresh pastries, savoury snacks and refreshing beverages.
Navigare’s deck areas on both sides of the ship are used as a café terrace. They are also licenced areas for serving alcoholic drinks.
Cafe Navigare open in summer 2022 as follows:
The ship has several elegant and traditional premises for holding various celebrations, meetings and banquets. Most of the restaurants are open only by prior arrangement.
Inquiries and reservations for restaurant and meeting facilities: ravintola.bore@turku.fi