Welcome to ISYY’s second working life day is today!

ISYY’s second working life themed day is held on 10 May starting at 9.15 am. The first lecture is aimed at Finnish students and it is about unemployment funds in Finland and the second lecture is about networking via LinkedIn for international students.The lectures are held online and you can follow them on ISYY’s Youtube channel. In between the lectures, you can go to ISYY’s CV photo pop-up on campus and get your CV picture taken by a photographer for free! You can find the day’s programme in more detail via the link below.

Schedule:

• 9:15-11:00 Lecture by the General Unemployment Fund (in Finnish)
• 11:00-13:00 Photograph for your CV
  • Kuopio: ISYY office at Studentia building, C entrance (Lukema)
• 13:30-14:30 Lecture about LinkedIn, Suvi Pesonen (in English)

Are you passionate about plants? Interested in trying out some gardening?

It’s now possible to come do some gardening and grow useful plants and whatnot! ISYY is gathering groups on both campuses for this purpose, as long as there are enough interested students. The contact for the Kuopio campus is ISYY's Board Member Matti Karhunen (matti.karhunen@isyy.fi) and for the Joensuu campus ISYY's Board Member Sami Tanskanen (sami.tanskanen@isyy.fi).

In a nutshell, this is what’s going to happen: The university acquires the soil and grow boxes. The saplings and other seeds are acquired by the group. 1-2 grow boxes will be allocated for both campuses each, and the groups will decide for themselves what to grow. After planting everything, it will be mostly smooth sailing for the grow teams. The saplings need to be watered weekly and the garden needs to be weeded every now and then. It’s good to be able to commit to the gardening group in such a way that you can attend the growing activities on a weekly basis over the summer. The whole activity requires about half an hour from each grow team member for it to work out. Prior experience from gardening is not required.

If all this has successfully awoken your inner green thumb, then follow the link below to sign up!

What is BRIDGES?

The University of Eastern Finland has received a special grant from the Ministry of Education and Culture for the years 2021-2022 to promote well-being of students and prevent exclusion. The project has several subcontractors, one of which is ISYY. The aim of the BRIDGES project is to reduce the experience of loneliness and to prevent exclusion through activities that increase students' community and well-being.

SYKETTÄ News

Spinning marathon today at 6 pm

On Tuesday 10.5. the SYKETTÄ spring season culminates in an epic 2,5 hours long spinning marathon! The marathon takes you through different kinds of music styles and decades. Check the details and enroll via the sports calendar.

Open trial

ITF Taekwon-Do Wednesday 11.5. at 17.00. Enroll via the sports calendar.

Hi cyclist, join the Kilometrikisa!

Kilometrikisa is a light-hearted cycling competition for workplaces, departments, associations, clubs or any other teams. The aim is to encourage bicycle commuting and promote everyday cycling. Kilometrikisa will be held between May 1st – September 22nd 2022. All UEF and Savonia University of Applied Sciences staff members and students can  join SYKETTÄ Kuopio, Iisalmi, Varkaus team!

Read the instructions and enroll for the Kilometrikisa.
 

Summer timetable

Read from the SYKETTÄ webpage about:

• Instructed group classes in the beginning of summer 16.5.–19.6.
• Ball sports turns in June and July
• Gyms at Snellmania, Studentia and Kunnonsali during summer

More tips and information on

• Instagram @syketta_kpo
• Facebook-page SYKETTÄ – Kuopion korkeakoululiikunta  

Clarification on the introduction of a digital degree certificate: paper copies will be issued in the future as well

The university announced the introduction of a digital degree certificate on 26 April 2022. The change to a digital certificate has received a lot of feedback, based on which the paper degree certificate is still considered an important sign of graduation. For this reason, the decision will be updated and specified in such a way that paper certificates will continue to be issued upon request.

The visual appearance of the digital degree certificate corresponds to the current paper certificate. As of 01 August 2022, the digital degree certificate is the official version which can be obtained in paper form as well. A paper certificate is a copy of the official degree certificate. The university does not charge a fee for the paper degree certificate.

The university is also planning new, collective ways to celebrate students’ graduation each academic year. We respect academic traditions and wish to introduce new ways to celebrate graduation. The practices will be announced later.

Assessment of International Students Language Skills' Needs by UEF Language Centre

Dear international student,

This survey was created by the UEF Language Centre, and it is aimed at current international master’s and doctoral degree students at University of Eastern Finland. Your opinion will help us to assess the students' language skills needs, improve our currently offered services and possibly create new ways to help international students to achieve their academic and professional goals.

The survey has 20 questions, and it takes about 5-10 minutes to be completed. The survey is anonymous unless you wish to leave your contact information at the end of the questionnaire for further discussion if you have ideas on how to improve the Language Centre services. In that case, there will be a draw of two 20 € S-Group gift cards among these students.

The data usage and storage conform with the University of Eastern Finland data protection rules. The data collected will be stored for a maximum of five years.

The survey will be open until May 20th.

Thanks in advance for participating and for helping us develop our teaching to meet your needs.

If you have any questions, suggestions or concerns regarding this survey, please contact daniferr@uef.fi.

UEF students, develop your study and working-life skills in online trainings!

“Keys to Well-being – 5 Steps towards Future Work Skills” online trainings are designed to improve self-management skills, which are increasingly important in the changing world of work and study. Transformation of work requires new skills and competences: time and self-management skills, resilience and adaptability, collaboration skills, new ways of thinking, taking care of well-being and finding meaning in our work.

The online trainings consist of short videos as well as in-depth trainings. The trainings can be accessed flexibly at any time that suits you. They are free of charge to UEF staff and students, and they are available until January 31, 2023. The trainings can be accessed by logging into Moodle with your UEF-account: Keys to Wellbeing – 5 Steps towards Future Work Skills.

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.