According to the amendments in force from March 1, it is possible to organise the vision check for an employee outside the periodic healt checks. Also, the procedure of getting the allowance to buy glasses have become simpler. Read More

As rector Tomas Asser said, there is a need to improve the competitiveness of the salary of lecturers. "At the same time, we continue to be underfunded to sustain a quality higher education in Estonia and thus continue the dialogue with the new government to improve the situation." Read More

The unions of The University of Tartu, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tallinn University and Tallinn University of Applied Sciences expressed their support to the Ministry of Education and Research and its Deputy Secretary General Indrek Reimand for unconditional support for free higher education in times when first steps toward the reestablishing the tuition fees have been made by the universities. Read More

The Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Education and Research Indrek Reimand expressed in words clear support for the free education. The positions by the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs of the University of Tartu Aune Valk pose the question of why the university instead of demanding decisively increase in government funding advocates solely the need of engaging the private money. Read More

The academic unions sent their opinion about the draft of the law changing the existing laws regarding student stipend and student loan and the doctoral reform. Read More