ISYY's Parliamentary Election Goals are published!

The main focus in ISYY's goals are in the quality of education, in the wellbeing and poverty of students and in sustainable future.

Parliamentary Election Candidates can sign our goals and express that they are committed to them during the next parliamentary period. ISYY will publish the names and parties in the page as soon a candidate has signed our goals and we have checked the form. Before you vote, you can check from our website, which candidates have signed these goals.

To attend the event, it is not required that you can speak Finnish. The most important thing is that you and your friends have fun and you can keep up with the schedule of the bus. If there are English speaking people in the buses, we'll ask the leaders of to bus to give all the important information about the schedule in English.

Ticket sales start on Tuesday, April 4th at 8:00 am at ISYY office (in Studentia building, C entrance, Yliopistonranta 3). The remaining tickets, if there are any, will go on sale to Kide.app on the same day at 11:00 am. The ticket price is 20 €.

Kuopio SYKETTÄ News
 

Puijo Wolley Volleyball games might be at Studentia on Fri 24.3., Mon 27.3. and Tue 28.3. 

Puijo Wolley has made reservations for three days from 10 am to 12 am and again starting from 4pm onwards. We will know more on Wednesday 22.3. If Puijo Wolley has those three games:

• Sports hall is not in use from 4 pm onwards
• Changing rooms are not in use from 4 pm onwards
• Studentia gym can be used without the changing rooms

SYKETTÄ can use Studentia as usual on Sun 26.3.

Enrollments via the sports calender for:

• Family badminton 4-5.30pm
• Volleyball 5.30-7pm
• Basketball 5.30-7pm
• Floorball 5.30-7pm
• Futsal 7-9pm
   

Free physical activity counselling for students

SYKETTÄ Kuopio University Sports Services’ new physical activity counselling service offers free and low-threshold individual counselling and support for students who do not exercise enough for their health and well-being, or who need advice on how to become more active in their everyday lives, or support in starting physical activity.

Physical activity counselling consists of a maximum of five meetings with a physical activity counsellor. The content of the meetings is planned according to the client's wishes and objectives. The aim of the counselling is to help the client to find a way of moving that they like and to increase their well-being in everyday life. The service is intended for students of UEF and does not require a SYKETTÄ sticker.

• Contact physical activity counsellor Saija: 044 7856832 or saija.pohjanvirta@edu.savonia.fi
• Read more about this service here
• Data protection records can be read here

More tips and information on

• Instagram: @syketta_kpo
• Facebook-page: SYKETTÄ – Kuopion korkeakoululiikunta
• TikTok: syketta_kuopio

Are you the next UEF ambassador? Call open 23.3.–6.4.2023.

Are you the next UEF ambassador? Student and Learning Services at the University of Eastern Finland is looking for international student ambassadors (5 positions) to assist in international marketing and student recruitment activities of the university in the academic year 2023–2024. The call for applications is open 23.3.–6.4.2023.

We are looking for ambassadors for the period of 1st of September 2023 – 16th of June 2024. Ambassador tasks include i.e. attending webinars and other events to our new students and applicants, and other communication and marketing tasks related to the international degree programmes. Main focus is to provide students’ views on the university studies and student life experiences in Kuopio and Joensuu. The ambassadors will be trained for their tasks. The application calls can be found at uef.fi/avoimet-tyopaikat when the call opens.

For further information, please contact International relations coordinator Anna Jetsu, email anna.jetsu@uef.fi, phone 050 518 9282.

UEF participates in the national week against racism 20.-26.3.2023

The national week against racism is held on 20–26 March 2023 with the aim of learning to identify racism and discrimination. Nationality, skin colour, ethnicity, religion or other factors should not influence the way someone is treated and the opportunities afforded to them by society.

UEF participates in the week against racism by organising a gallery walk on privileges on both campuses. The gallery walk stations can be visited in the Aurora building in Joensuu and in the 2nd floor lobby of Snellmania in Kuopio.

During the week UEF also launches an open Yammer group on equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, the campus libraries host a book exhibition on the themes of the week both in the facilities of the campus library and in UEF-Primo.

More information: The 4€ discount tickets can be purchased at the Kuopio Music Centre Ticket sales only on the day of the concert (open Mon-Fri 3-5 pm or until the beginning of the performance and on weekend 1 hour before the performance, open hours valid for the time being). The discount price is only valid if there are still tickets left. To access the discount price a valid student card chould be presented when purchasing the ticket.

The shortest way to work - Pondi

Pondi is a new Savilahti talent pond implemented by KPY and Osuma Henkilöstöpalvelut, where the growing Savilahti area is at the heart with thousands of students and jobs. Pondi connects talents and jobs easily, interestingly and flexibly.

Talent, get to know the employers in the area extensively before you go after your dream job. Pondi enables employments of different lengths so that you can get to know different employers or work tasks already during your studies. You will get good employer contacts and diverse working life skills even before you are ready to commit to a longer-term employment relationship.

Available grants for students of UEF and UEF's Open positions

There is a listing of grants availbale for students of the University of Eastern Finland at UEF's webpage.

You'll find a list of Open Positions at UEF HERE.

Advertise your event in ISYY's newsletter Weekly Feed

If you would like to have something featured in the Weekly Feed, please send a short (max. 500 characters including spaces), informative description of the event/activity in English to either kv.kuopio@isyy.fi (Kuopio events) or kv.joensuu@isyy.fi (Joensuu events).

Please include at least the following information: date, time, place, admission fee and the event website/Facebook page. If you want to include pictures, the optimal size is 270 x 270 px.

Weekly Feed is the English language newsletter of the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY). You are receiving this letter on your email because you are a member of ISYY and are studying at Kuopio campus or because you have joined the mailing list yourself.

Weekly Feed provides you with current information on matters related to the Student Union, UEF or other organisations close to students, such as FSHS. In addition, the newsletter provides you with information on events taking place at campus or the campus city.

Weekly Feed is published on Tuesdays during the academic year, with the exception of holidays and a few other days. If you do not want to receive the newsletter anymore, you can unsubscribe the letter via the link ("Click here to unsubscribe") located on the bottom of the letter.

You will find more information on ISYY's newsletters (Weekly Feed) and data protection on ISYY's website.