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 Immunohistochemistry - In Situ Hybridization Turku
Turku Airport is located eight kilometres to the north of the city centre, partly in the neighbouring municipality of Rusko.
Turku is a candidate city for European Capital of Culture in 2011, and the city council has approved numerous projects to boost the city's image in preparation for that status.
Turku has also been the sight of sporting history as on June 21, 1954 it was in Turku where the Australian John Landy became the second person to run the mile under four minutes.
www.immunoportal.com /modules.php?name=Wikipedia&title=Turku   (4134 words)

  
 Turku travel guide - Wikitravel
Turku [1] is a city in the Southwest of Finland.
Turku has approximately 175 000 inhabitants, and was the most important city in Finland until the early 19th century, when the Russians made Helsinki the capital city.
Turku is at its best during the summertime, and hosts a great number of festivals, including rock festivals, chamber music festivals and a renaissance faire.
wikitravel.org /en/Turku   (2292 words)

  
 Turku, Finland
Turku is the fifth largest city in Finland, with a population of about 175,000, and is located in the south-west of the country at the mouth of the Aura river.
The Turku region is usually considered to include, in addition to the city itself, at least the neighbouring cities of Naantali, Raisio and Kaarina and the town of Lieto.
Turku Airport is located eight kilometres to the north of the city centre, partly in the neighbouring municipality of Rusko, and has frequent connections to Helsinki (Vantaa), Stockholm (Arlanda) and Copenhagen (Kastrup) airports.
www.creekin.net /c3554-n66-turku-finland.html   (1696 words)

  
 Graduate Schools - BioCity Turku
Presently the research groups in BioCity Turku participate in the activities of twelve different graduate schools and it is obvious that there is a permanent need for collaboration and exchange of information between the graduate school directors and coordinators.
Turku BioNet encourages the graduate schools to increase the level of international collaboration.
One example of the commonly organized activities by the graduate schools is the long standing collaboration with graduate students at the University of Tartu in Estonia.
www.biocity.turku.fi /index.php?id=789   (208 words)

  
 Turku International School - Home
The school was founded by the city of Turku.
Turku International School is founded to meet the educational needs of increasing international activities in and around Turku.
The school is intended for foreign-born children living temporarily or permanently in Turku Region and for Finnish children returning to Finland after years abroad, as well as for Finnish children competent enough to receive education in English.
www.tis.utu.fi   (235 words)

  
 International school, atlanta international school, jackson school of international studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
International school CIC: The International School of Caracas.
Rothberg International School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
International school The American International School of Bucharest is a multicultural and international learning community, located in Romania and using English as its.
www.certification-course.com /international_school.html   (897 words)

  
 Turku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Turku has one of the largest Finland-Swedish populations in the country.
Due to its location, the Port of Turku is one of the busiest seaports in Finland.
Turku TouRing - A tourist organisation for the Turku region.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turku   (3499 words)

  
 www.turku.fi » turku.fi » Opetus ja koulutus » Lukio-opetus
The upper secondary schools in Turku put emphasis on common responsibility for everyone and co-operation and interaction with the students' guardians.
Upper secondary school education is also given for adults at the adult upper secondary schools in the Turku region.
Summer school education is given for upper secondary school students and first-year upper secondary school students at adult upper secondary schools in the Turku region in June and August.
www.turku.fi /public/?contentid=14521   (268 words)

  
 International schooling in Finland — Virtual Finland
As the school’s website explains, “The original purpose of the school was to offer an English language alternative school to parents who had worked or planned to work or study abroad.
Turku is a fascinating, photogenic town in SW Finland.
A number of other schools in Turku have classes that teach subjects in English at the secondary and upper secondary levels but these lessons are designed principally for local children, speakers of Finnish and, or, Swedish.
virtual.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=25820   (995 words)

  
 Turku (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Turku (Swedish: Åbo, Latin: Aboa) is a city in Finland, founded in the 13th century.
Turku is the fifth largest city in Finland, with a population of about 175 000, and is located in the south-west of the country at the mouth of the Aura river.
The Cathedral of Turku There have been findings dating back to the Stone Age in the area of the modern city of Turku, but it did not become an important city until the late 13th century, thus being the oldest city in Finland.
turku.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888   (1248 words)

  
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Turku Wheel Gymnastics Club and Turku Circus' Rhönrad Gymnasts, in co-operation with the IRV (Internationaler Rhönradturn-Verband), hereby invite Rhönrad enthusiasts of all levels and nationalities to an international summer training camp in Turku, Finland, from 26th July - 5th August 2004.
Turku is situated on the south western coast of Finland, approximately 200 km west of Helsinki.
The city of Turku was founded in medieval times and is now one of the most important cultural areas in Finland.
members.lycos.co.uk /rhonrad/Turku2004.htm   (1206 words)

  
 The Manifest of the Turku School
The Turku School struggles for the immediate and long-term goals of the eläytyjist and simulationist role-players, but presently it also stands for the future of all role-playing.
The members and friends of the Turku School are spreading the radical views of the manifest all around the world - lately including Stockholm, New Jersey, Helsinki, Istanbul, Vienna, Oslo and Paris.
Yet, despite its international achievements, even in its native Turku the school is struggling against the short-sighted, the conservative, and above all, the gamist and dramatist schools.
www.darkshire.net /~jhkim/rpg/theory/turku/manifest6.html   (379 words)

  
 Aurora 2004: News in brief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Turku Research Imaging Solutions Oy (TRIS) was formed in February 2003 by Amersham plc, in collaboration with the Turku PET Centre (TPC).
Turku PET Centre is located centrally within the university campus and the University Central Hospital..
The school is an integral part of Aurajoki school and the Teacher Training School of the university.
www.utu.fi /aurora/5-2003/art_12.html   (884 words)

  
 Joining the Finnish Education System - Application Procedures - International Kindergartens & Schools in Finland - ...
Schools provide religious teaching according to the confession of the majority of the pupils in the school.
Espoo International Upper Secondary School: Offers three years of study with English as the language of instruction, leading to an Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE), administered by the University of Cambridge.
Oulu International School: English-speaking classes for all nine years of comprehensive school and the IB programme in some upper secondary schools.
expat-finland.com /living_in_finland/education.html   (763 words)

  
 Die Hanse - Turku
Turku - a city with life, atmosphere and history… Turku is situated on the south-west coast and was first capital of Finland.
Top-level education in Turku is represented by the University of Turku, the Swedish-speaking university Åbo Akademi, the Turku School of Economics and Business Administration as well as units of the country’s largest poly-technic, the Turku Polytechnic.
From Sweden, there are daily passenger ferries to Turku and Turku is situated close to Hanko, the arrival point for the ferry from Germany.
www.hanse.org /en/the_hansa/hanseatic_cities/turku   (460 words)

  
 Review of the Conference in Arv
In August 2002, a multidisciplinary and international conference on Masks and Mumming in Northern Europe was held in Turku, Finland.
Simultaneously, Emily Lyle of the School of Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh chaired another session on "Mumming Pranks and Flirtation - Lithuania and Finland" with Arunas Vaicekauskas from the Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania and Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj from the University of Turku, Finland.
Mari Kulmanen, a student in Folkloristics at the University of Turku presented a paper on "Changes in the St. Knut's Day Mumming in Äetsä, Finland", giving a overall examination of the changes that have taken place in the the tradition from the late nineteenth century onwards.
www.hi.is /~terry/turku/review.htm   (2705 words)

  
 Global Entrepreneurship Center Florida International University, Miami   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
After gaining her Master's degree in international business at Turku School of Economics and Business Administration in June 2000, she worked for Innomarket research unit at Turku Science Park, Finland, and completed a number of research projects in the field of international marketing and management of biotechnology firms.
In her dissertation research she focuses on the market orientation of entrepreneurial, knowledge intensive firms, especially biotechnology start-ups, and the research work is financed by a large number of foundations, including Finnish Graduate School of International Business and Academy of Finland.
Her focus areas of knowledge and interest include strategic orientation of firms in networks, adaptation of pharmaceutical innovations in international markets, internationalization of small high technology firms, ethical aspects of biotechnology entrepreneurship, and virtual organizations within the context of biotechnology.
www.entrepreneurship.fiu.edu /bio_renko.htm   (241 words)

  
 Turun normaalikoulu: GENERAL (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Furthermore, the school's aim is to help pupils and teacher trainees to grow as individuals and become citizens able to cope with the requirements and challenges of the changing world.
Firstly, it is part of the Faculty of Education of Turku University playing a central role in the training of prospective teachers.
Co-operation both at national and international level is of high importance for the school, which takes part actively in EU projects.
www.tnk.utu.fi.cob-web.org:8888 /index.php?96   (295 words)

  
 European Educational Forum
The form of the activities may vary a lot: it may take form of a workshop, a school, a topic-focussed conference or a conference presenting a number of topics that are relevant in Basic Research and Applications at the given moment.
The activities of the EEF are coordinated by the Steering Committee, consisting of scientists from the research schools.
International School on Foundations of Security Analysis and Design, 18-30 September 2000, Bertinoro, Italy.
www.win.tue.nl /EEF   (648 words)

  
 Study Abroad Bilateral Program in Finland, Cal State East Bay Center for International Education
The Turku School of Economics and Business Administration (link opens in new window) provides research and higher education in the field of business science.
The School of Economics and Business Administration was founded in 1950 and has approximately 2000 students, of which 120 are international students.
Turku, Finland's oldest city, is located on the south-western coast of Finland.
www.csuhayward.edu /CIE/studyabroad/bilateral/finland.html   (669 words)

  
 Turku International School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Turku International School is an international school in Turku, Finland.
It was established in 2003, and is maintained by the City of Turku.
The school offers three programmes: a primary (years 1-4) and secondary (years 5-9) years programme, and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (in cooperation with Turun normaalikoulu).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turku_International_School   (131 words)

  
 Emporia State University - Office of International Education - Study Abroad
Turku School of Economics and Business Administration provides research and higher education in the field of business science.
The school's key area of expertise is business studies comprising accounting and finance, management and organization, domestic and international marketing, information management, and economics, with the emphasis on international economics.
Helsinki School of Economics was founded in 1911.
www.emporia.edu /oie/studyabroad/finland.htm   (252 words)

  
 www.turku.fi » turku.fi
The expansion of the nature reserves is connected to the agreement between the City of Turku and the state on the land ownership of Ruissalo.
Turku is a forerunner of encouraging the citizens to physical activity
Turku Invites All Expatriate Finns to a Summer Event in 2008 (12/14/2006)
www.turku.fi /Public/default.aspx?culture=en-US&contentlan=2&nodeid=23   (231 words)

  
 The Manifesto of the Turku School
The criticized and feared, acclaimed and admired Turku School is here to tell the world what role-playing is, how and why it should be done, and why everybody else is wrong.
The Turku School has been named after the home town of its chief provocateurs, but living in Turku is no guarantee of quality - living somewhere else doesn't mean that you can't understand and support the Manifesto.
The members and friends of the Turku School are spreading the radical views of the Manifesto all around the world - lately including Stockholm, New Jersey, Helsinki, Istanbul, Vienna, Oslo and Paris.
users.utu.fi /mijupo/turku/manifesto.html   (2613 words)

  
 MEK :: INCENTIVE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Turku, the oldest city in Finland offers a glimpse into the past, but is a vigorous modern city.
Surrounded by the world's most beautiful archipelago, Turku has always been an important link between East and West, and boasts a centuries-old maritime tradition.
The imposing Gothic cathedral has stood on the banks of Aura River since the end of the 13th century, while the impressive grey-stone castle grew over the centuries on a small island at the mouth of the river.
www.visitfinland.com /uk_incentive/turku_dest.html   (235 words)

  
 Turku Development Forum
The Forum is organised by the City of Turku in close co-operation with Turku Science Park, University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University and Turku School of Economics and Business Administration.
The Forum is intended for the executors of public regional development and business and technology policies, as well as for science park communities and companies, political decision-makers and researchers of the field.
Turku is the oldest University town and the former capital of Finland, situated on the country’s south-western coast.
www.turkudevelopmentforum.fi   (284 words)

  
 Sailing Ships, Turku
Moored at St Martin's Bridge (Martinsilta) in Turku are two old sailing ships - the "Suomen Joutsen", now a training school for seamen, and the baroque "Sigyn" (built 1887, restored 1971-78) - which are open to the public in summer.
On the banks of the river are a number of old vessels which have been converted into restaurants and the landing-stage used by the steamer "Ukko- Pekka", which sails to the skerries.
Unauthorized duplication in part or whole without prior written consent prohibited by international laws.
www.planetware.com /turku/sailing-ships-sf-trn-ships.htm   (97 words)

  
 International School of Helsinki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This year and last year, our school was invited to participate in a relatively new initiative here in Finland: Children’s Parliament of the World.
The Hague International Model United Nations (THIMUN), a not-for-profit educational foundation, is an NGO in Roster Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information.
Delegates from International School of Helsinki, Espoo International and Riga Hanza School from Latvia were among those participating in KUMUN 2004.
www.ish.edu.hel.fi /extracurricular_speechdebate.htm   (678 words)

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