Topic: teaching

University of Tartu announced recipients of awards in the field of teaching
At the conference “Teaching for Learning 2025: Journey Towards Valued Teaching”, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Aune Valk presented the 2024 teaching awards and the teaching quality award.
16. January 2025 studiesteaching
Round Table discussion on Estonian language teaching in schools, organised by the Estonian Language Council and the University of Tartu
On 11 November 2024, a seminar and round table were held to discuss the teaching of Estonian as a school subject in the midst of societal changes.
Guest lecture by Prof Gobus Marais "Co-constructing the Vredefort dome? New materialism, biosemiotics, and epistemic translation"
Semiotics Department warmly invites you on Wednesday, 27 November, at 16:15 to Professor Gobus Marais's guest lecture, "Co-constructing the Vredefort dome? New materialism, biosemiotics, and epistemic translation". The lecture takes place at Jakobi 2-306. Professor Marais is from the Department of Linguistics and Language Practice at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. This lecture is part of the Jakob von Uexküll lecture series.
Prof. Harald Baayen will lead a workshop on using word embeddings in linguistic analysis
Meie audoktor, Tübingeni Ülikooli kvantitatiivse lingvistika professor Harald Baayen on detsembri alguses tagasi Tartus ja annab töötoa sõnavektorite kasutamisest lingvistilises analüüsis.
Musician Kadri Voorand to be the new Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of Tartu
In the coming academic year, singer, pianist and composer Kadri Voorand will become the new Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of Tartu, with a lecture course focusing on life-changing creation. She will be succeeded by Peeter Jalakas, former professor and director, who will participate in a public discussion titled “Feeling and meaning” in the attic hall of Tartu Cathedral on the evening of 23 May.
MEDAL Summer School in Corpus Linguistics
The MEDAL Summer School in Corpus Linguistics will be held from 19-23 June 2023 at the Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics at the University of Tartu, Estonia.
Linguistics is one of the two highest ranked fields of research at the University of Tartu
In the latest "QS World University Rankings", the University of Tartu ranked 151-200 in the world in the field of linguistics.
University of Tartu launched SayEst, the first mobile app for learning Estonian pronunciation
Researchers from the University of Tartu Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics have created a mobile app SayEst that allows learners of Estonian to practice the pronunciation.
30. August 2022 entrepreneurshipteaching