Peppi Taalas appointed as the vice rector responsible for education

On 22 March 2023, the University Board of the University of Jyväskylä appointed Vice Rector Marja-Leena Laakso to take care of the rector’s duties starting from 21 April 2023. The appointment is effective until the person elected as a result of the application process starts in the rector’s position. According to the University of Jyväskylä Regulations, the rector appoints vice rectors and decides on their division of work.
Peppi Taalas
Published
14.4.2023

Vice Rector Marja-Leena Laakso has appointed Director Peppi Taalas as the vice rector responsible for education from 21 April 2023. The decision is effective as long as Laakso is freed from the duties of vice rector responsible for education. PhD Peppi Taalas is the director of the Centre for Multilingual Academic Communication (Movi).

Henrik Kunttu, the vice rector responsible for research, will operate as the first deputy of the rector and Taalas, the vice rector responsible for education, as the second deputy.

Asset management authority in 2023

The University Board has decided on 5 April 2023 that Henrik Kunttu, the vice rector responsible for research and innovation, will carry the operative responsibility of asset management during 21 April 2023–31 December 2023 and serve as the chair of the Asset Management Committee. Vice Rector Kunttu will have responsibility for preparing an annual plan for investment activities 2024 and presenting it to the Board as well as reporting about the University’s investment activities to the Board.

Chairpersonship in the boards of independent institutes

In boards in which Vice Rector Laakso is currently the chairperson, the chairpersonship is transferred to deputy chairpersons until further notice. These include the Board of the Open University (Dean Anna-Maija Poikkeus), the Board of Finnish Institute for Educational Research (Dean Anna-Maija Poikkeus) and the Board of the Centre for Multilingual Academic Communication (dekaani Hanna-Leena Pesonen).

More information: 
Vice Rector Marja-Leena Laakso, tel. 040 805 4024, marja-leena.laakso@jyu.fi