Jonathon Murphy, UTU ambassador, student ambassador, University of Turku,

Join me on a Journey into the Future…

Hi everyone, welcome to my first blog post! My name is Jonathon and I’m a first year student on the Master’s Degree Programme in Futures Studies. I’m really excited to join the ambassador programme and tell you a little bit about my student experience at UTU!

Time has gone very quickly since I started the course back in September 2018. At the ripe old age of 29, I was a little concerned about returning to education, and also about being significantly older than my classmates. Fortunately, my worries were unfounded – it turns out that I remember how to write essays, and plenty of my group are also a little older than the average student (we prefer to refer to ourselves as ‘experienced’!).

By the way, don’t worry if you’re not quite sure what Futures Studies is – I’ve been here for five months and I’m still figuring it out! I’ll write a future post with my latest investigations, but as a small sample I have recently been researching the ethics of self-driving vehicles, as well as how to best evaluate long-term foresight projects.

I’m originally from the UK, but I’ve lived in Finland for almost 18 months now – I can handle the cold weather, I have met Father Christmas and my Finnish language skills are somewhere between ‘asking for directions’ and ‘lamenting the latest poor performance of the local ice hockey team’.

I hope this blog informs and entertains in equal measure! I remember that when I was applying to UTU I had lots of questions. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to ambassadors on the student chat!

Until next time!

Jonathon

P.S. Relevant Finnish vocabulary (because it’s never too early to start learning!)

  • Hauska tutustua! (Nice to meet you!)
  • Tulevaisuudentutkimus (Futures Studies)
  • Minä opiskelen Turussa (I am studying in Turku)

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Last updated 10 August 2022

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