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Final Report Final Report Study tour 2015 3rd of May – 16th of May Finland & Estonia Final Report Finland & Estonia Study tour 2015 Day 5 – May 7th, 2015 Scientific staff, committee, and all participants in front of the Cathedral, Helsinki 1 Final Report Finland & Estonia Study tour 2015 Content Preface 4 Scientific staff 5 Arno Kentgens 5 Hugo Meekes 6 Preliminary studies 8 Finland’s History and International 8 Relationships Franziska Schwarz A Brief Summary of Estonian History 19 Peter Betlem Molecular Life Sciences in Finland and 36 Estonia Rosa Stolper Industry and Universities, Exploring the 47 Sources of Innovation Birthe Lagendijk The Dutch and Finnish Education System 58 Chantal Palmen Case studies 68 Bio-organic Chemistry 68 Ilze Donderwinkel and Suzanne Timmermans Practicum Molecular Sciences 68 Jochem Evers, Qin Ong, Mike Ruth, and Maud Wuts Biochemistry 68 Laurie Kuppens Synthetic Organic Chemistry 69 Katinka Redert and Vicky Mertens Theoretical Chemistry 69 Tim Offermans FELIX 69 Koert de Roos Program 70 Day to day-program 70 2 Final Report Finland & Estonia Study tour 2015 Daily reports 72 Day 1 – 3 rd of May, 2015 72 By Peter Betlem Day 2 – 4 th of May, 2015 73 By Mike Ruth and Suzanne Timmermans Day 3 – 5 th of May, 2015 76 By Ilze Donderwinkel Day 4 – 6 th of May, 2015 78 By Birthe Lagendijk Day 5 – 7 th of May, 2015 79 By Jochem Evers Day 6 – 8 th of May, 2015 80 By Freek Hoogstede Day 7 – 9 th of May, 2015 83 By Laurie Kuppens Day 8 – 10th of May, 2015 84 By Vicky Mertens Day 9 – 11th of May, 2015 86 By Qin Ong Day 10 – 12th of May, 2015 87 By Tim Offermans Day 11 – 13th of May, 2015 89 By Koert de Roos Day 12 – 14th of May, 2015 89 By Chantal Palmen Day 13 – 15th of May, 2015 90 By Maud Wuts Day 14 – 16th of May, 2015 92 By Franziska Schwarz and Rosa Stolper Committee members 95 Secretary – Suzanne de Bruijn 95 Treasurer – Mitchell van der Hulst 96 Sponsor commissary – Evelien Huijs & 97 Laura Rozing Travel Commissary – Britta Helwig 98 Travel Commissary – Chris Prüfert 99 Financial report 100 Participants 101 Acknowledgements 103 Colophon 105 3 Final Report Finland & Estonia Study tour 2015 Preface While writing this preface, the Study Tour is already one month behind us. It is remarkable how it still seems only such a short while ago that we were still on our adventure through the intriguing countries Estonia and Finland. To define something as remarkable however, is essentially different from defining it surprising. Of course the study tour was going to be a major experience, one I personally expect to last close to a lifetime. The tour took us to Estonia’s capital Tallinn and three of the major c ities in Finland: Helsinki, Turku and Tampere. The cities, people, history and nature were stunning and intriguing, but here I have to stop. Even though I feel a distinct pride that I was granted the privilege of writing the – so to say – appetizer for the combined experiences that formed our Study Tour, it also means that it is not yet appropriate for me to boast with stories. Otherwise it might spoil the literary brainchildren of the participants. So instead I’d just like to state how interesting the expe rience was, how we came to know the interesting cultures and the corresponding people but most of all the intense amount of fun that came along with it. I wish you all a pleasant read! Jeroen van de Wiel Chairman Study Tour 2015 Finland & Estonia 4 Final Report Finland & Estonia Study tour 2015 Scientific staff Arno Kentgens Ik vond het fijn om door de studenten gevraagd te worden om mee te gaan op studiereis. Helaas liet mijn agenda het niet toe om de volle twee weken mee te gaan, maar gelukkig lukte het wel om een week vrij te maken. Een aangename eerste kennismaking met de groep waren de voorbereidende presentaties. Het was erg positief om te zien dat iedereen de voorbereiding serieus nam. De presentaties met betrekking tot de geschiedenis, cultuur en onderwijssystemen van Finland en Estland waren uitstekend. Uiteraard bleef er nog veel over om te leren, wat voor Hugo en mij pijnlijk duidelijk werd toen we stijf onderaan eindigden in de pubquiz! De eerste etappe was Tallinn, een oude Hanzestad met een prachtig middeleeuws centrum. Bij de eerste activiteit, het bezoek aan de lokale universiteit met minisymposium, leken de gebeurtenissen op het wereldtoneel even roet in het eten te gooien; nagenoeg de hele Estse studentenpopulatie was opgeroepen voor een grote NATO legeroefening om Rusland duidelijk te maken dat men de Baltische staten zal verdedigen. Dit werd echter goed opgevangen en mondde uit in een interessante discussie over studeren in Estland en Nederland, selectie aan de poort etc. ofschoon ik de stad al kende heb ik dank zij de diverse activiteiten waardevolle nieuwe ervaringen opgedaan; Het maritiem museum en het diner in een van de middeleeuwse herbergen van de stad waren zeer de moeite waard. Gelukkig bleek Mitchell’s vrees dat de bankrekening was leeggeroofd ongegrond en konden we zonder af te hoeven wassen door naar de kroegentocht. Het bezoek aan de Labor Bar was een mooi hoogtepunt; Cocktails uit erlenmeyers en absint uit reageerbuizen, knap dat de meesten (inclusief Hugo!) de volgende ochtend weer tijdig paraat waren voor het bezoek aan het NICPB waar we veel hardcore fysica en biofysische chemie voor de kiezen kregen. Een enorm prettige bijkomstigheid van het meereizen als begeleider met de studiereis is dat alles geregeld is. Je hoeft je niet druk te maken over welke bus, trein of boot er genomen moet worden. Je krijgt een kaartje in je hand gedrukt en volgt de groep! Zo maakten we een relaxte oversteek per veerboot van Tallinn naar Helsinki. In Helsinki stonden wederom zeer gevarieerde activiteiten op het programma. Nadat we het hostel hadden gevonden en waren ingecheckt was het tijd even de omgeving te verkennen. Dat betekende dat ik mijn grenzen danig moest verleggen; een avondje zingen in een karaokebar! Gelukkig werd ik door Hugo (met ervaring in het karaoke-mekka Japan) over de drempel geholpen en na ons eerste duet was het ijs gebroken. De volgende dag leerden we Helsinki kennen in de vorm van een stadsspel, ook een nieuwtje voor mij. Het was een uiterst leuke en effectieve manier om veel van de stad en haar inwoners te zien. Om iets meer te leren over de historie van Finland, zijn Hugo en ik vervolgens nog het Fins nationaal museum ingedoken, waar we de ontwikkeling van Finland vanaf de prehistorie konden bekijken. Uiterst amusant was het bezoek aan de Nederlandse ambassade in Helsinki. De ambtswoning van de ambassadeur van Nederland bleek een van de oudste houten villa’s van de stad te zijn. Hier werd contact gelegd met de Finse studentenvereniging Helix. Het was gezellig en niemand lette op de tijd, totdat Hugo en ik er door de vice-ambassadeur fijntjes op werden gewezen dat we ons “natuurlijk overwicht” moesten aanwenden om iedereen naar buiten te werken. 5 Final Report Finland & Estonia Study tour 2015 Opvallend was dat we veel jonge mensen in de stad zagen met gekleurde overalls aan. Het bleek de week te zijn waarbij alle studenten in overall gekleed naar feesten en voorlichtingsactiviteiten gaan. Overalls blijken een Finse studenten traditie te zijn. Verschillende faculteiten en studierichtingen hebben hun eigen kleuren, verder krijgen de studenten emblemen van feesten en evenementen die ze op hun overalls naaien. Overigens heb ik gelezen dat zo’n overall alleen gewassen mag worden als je hem aan hebt. Op de universiteit van Helsinki werden we goed ontvangen en kregen we aan de hand van een serie lezingen een duidelijk beeld van het chemische onderzoek dat daar gebeurt. Op de nationale biosciences dag bezochten we de Viikki campus waar presentaties werden gegeven over het life science georiënteerde onderzoek en de daarbij horende onderzoeksfaciliteiten konden worden bekeken. Daaruit blijkt dat in Finland hoogwaardig onderzoek wordt gedaan. Ik hoop echter ook dat het de studenten inzicht heeft gegeven in hoe goed de onderzoeksfaciliteiten in Nijmegen zijn. Samenvattend kan ik zeggen dat ik het een heel leuke, leerzame en ontspannen week heb gevonden. Het was allemaal uitstekend georganiseerd en ik vond het leuk om een voor mij grotendeels onbekende groep studenten te leren kennen in al zijn variëteit van karakters. De sfeer was opperbest en ik vond het jammer om na een week afscheid te moeten nemen. Verder was Hugo een uiterst plezierige reisgenoot en medebegeleider. Begeleiding was overigens niet nodig want alles was tot in de puntjes verzorgd. Kortom, het was een unieke ervaring om met een groep studenten een kijkje in de academische en culturele keuken van Tallinn en Helsinki te nemen. Hugo Meekes Zondag 3 mei, vroeg voor mijn doen, zeker voor een zondag, word ik door mijn geliefde afgezet bij een iets te grote groep studenten voor het Huygensgebouw. De helft van de mensen ken ik niet – die blijkt afkomstig van een andere studie en ook op reis te gaan-, maar ook met de goede helft heb ik nog een beetje moeite. Ik heb de avond voor het vertrek nog driftig zitten oefenen op de 23 namen onder de foto’s, die de organisatie had verstrekt en waarvan ik er pas 6 of 7 kende. En dan zaten er ook nog eens twee Suzannes bij. Eenmaal in de bus kwam ik naast Koert te zitten en dat resulteerde in interessante gesprekken, zodat we vrij snel op Schiphol waren. Koert kende ik al langer, maar de twee weken die we voor de boeg hadden zouden voldoende lang blijken om te ontdekken uit wat voor een gemêleerd gezelschap de rest van de crew bestond.
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