About the Representative Council Elections

Are You Interested in Student Advocacy and Politics? Do not miss a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to make a difference and get involved in the Representative Council Elections! ISYY's Representative Council Elections of ISYY are held in autumn 2023 in both Joensuu and Kuopio. Every member of ISYY may run for and vote in the elections.

The Representative Council Elections is when the highest decision-making body of the Student Union is elected. The aim of the Representative Council is to serve the members of ISYY and make sure that the student perspective is always taken into account in decision-making. The Representative Council members have an opportunity to influence many things that directly affect students, such as the level of the ISYY membership fee, as well as the annual budget and action plan of the Student Union.

By presenting yourself as a candidate and by voting, you have an opportunity to have your say on how things should be run and how the life of UEF students could be improved. Being a member of the Representative Council is meaningful work that has far-reaching impacts both locally and nationally. As a bonus you will meet new people, gain valuable experience and obtain many transferrable skills that will boost your employability.

Read more about the Representative Council Elections here.
 

Positions of Student Representatives in UEF decision-making bodies

Student Representatives in the UEF administration, called Hallopeds in Finnish, are students who participate in decision-making within the different bodies of the University. Hallopeds are full members of the decision-making bodies and their purpose is to represent students, look after their interests and make sure that the student perspective is always taken into account in UEF decision-making. Hallopeds have an important role in ensuring a good flow of communication between students and the UEF administration, departments and faculties.

The term of most of the positions is 2024-2025 and the position calls will be published in the beginning of the autumn semester.

Read more about the positions of Student Representatives here.

Greetings from coordinator

Hello! This is the last update for this academic year on the upcoming events and activities of the BRIDGES project. Today is the last day to answer the questionnaire about the future of ISYY's wellbeing and communality work. The number of responses has been overwhelming and we thank you for each and every one of them. We are going to make a summary of responses. It was also lovely to read the feedback on the project; it's so great that so many people have enjoyed it! <3 The autumn events will be announced during August, so be sure to follow ISYY's channels then.

I wish you all a wonderful and relaxing summer!

- Riina

Kuopio SYKETTÄ News

You can buy the SYKETTÄ Kuopio sticker for academic year 2023-2024 now!

The stickers are immediately valid until 31 August 2024. Buy your sticker now, and the price of the whole year is just 4.3 e/month!

• Ball sports 2023-2024  36€ (inc. vat 10%)
• Group class 2023-2024 69€ (inc. vat 10%)

The easiest way to buy the sticker is SYKETTÄ Kuopio online shop.

SYKETTÄ Kuopio summer 2023

Summer group classes between 15.5.–15.6.

Monday
16.15–17.10 Kettlebell at Studentia

Tuesday
16.15–17.10 Yoga flow at Studentia
17.00–18.00 Puijo workout, meeting at the bottom of Puijo’s stairs

Wednesday
17.00–17.55 ATB at Studentia
18.05–19.00 Strengthen and stretch at Studentia

Thursday
16.15–17.10 Summer vibes, Studentia

Gym at Studentia

• 1.-22.6.
  • open Mon - Fri 7 am - 9 pm (the main door will close at 8 pm)
  • Sat & Sun closed
• 26.6.-13.8.
  • open 10 am - 6 pm (the main door will close at 5 pm)
  • Sat & Sun closed

Gym at Snellmania

• 1.6.-27.8.2023
  • Mon & Tue 8 am - 4 pm
  • Wed 8 am - 6 pm
  • Thu & Fri 8 am - 4 pm
  • Sat & Sun closed

Gym at Kunnonsali

• once a week on Tuesdays 4 pm to 7 pm, enroll via sports calendar

Ball sport shifts

• Studentia sports hall timetable 1.-16.6.2023
  • open for  SYKETTÄ users Mon - Fri between 7 am and 2 pm
  • Monday 4 pm - 5 pm/Futsal, whole sports hall
  • Tuesdays 5 pm - 6 pm/volleyball in field 1, floorball in field 2 and basketball in field 3
  • Thursdays 4 pm - 6 pm badminton (7 fields)
• Studentia’s sports hall is closed from June 19th till August 18th due to repairing of the lighting
   

PADEL-shifts in BilleBeino Padel, Kuopio

Do you want to play Padel? SYKETTÄ Kuopio has two one-hour shifts on Mondays until 26 June in the  Billebeino Padel. The shifts are at 4 pm and 5 pm. The shift is free with a valid SYKETTA sticker. Take your own equipment for the shift. If you don’t have one, you can borrow the Padel bats from ISYY's office. Enroll via sports calendar.
 

Have you already enrolled in 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 is held between 1.5.–30.9.2023.

In Kilometrikisa every team member will record their cycling kilometers on the website and the team with the highest number of kilometers will win. Also prizes are raffled between all the participants. All students and staff members of UEF and Savonia University of Applied Sciences are welcome to join the SYKETTÄ Kuopio, Iisalmi, Varkaus team!

More tips and information on

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

Apply to become a member of SYL’s development cooperation advisory board!

Are you inspired by global development and promoting education internationally? Are you a persistent communicator, good at forming networks, or know a lot about funding? Do you want to put some of your knowledge to the use of the rest of the world or get to know students from other universities?

SYL has opened a supplementary call for their development cooperation advisory board. The application must be delivered by 5th June to SYL's Sonja Naalisvaara via email sonja.naalisvaara(at)syl.fi. Applications should include a CV and a cover letter. Applicants are also requested to state what they would like to learn during their term on KENKKU and how they would contact development cooperation actors within their student union. Applicants are invited to express their interest in teams and in acting as chairperson of the teams.

ESNsurvey XV is out!

The Erasmus Student Network has recently launched the last edition of the ESNsurvey, the largest student-led survey focusing on student exchanges and the internationalisation of Higher Education from the student perspective.

The survey is open to students who have been on an exchange during the last two years, all international students who are pursuing degrees abroad and also students who have not been on an exchange.

The survey is open from the 29th of May until the 31st of July 2023. By filling out the survey, you can win one of the 10 Interrail Global passes, 10 Flixbus return tickets and 4 Amazon vouchers for 50 Euros each!

Through this survey, Erasmus Student Network is researching how to improve the Erasmus+ programme as well as other student mobility programmes and needs your help. It will only take you around 20 minutes and the questionnaire is completely anonymous. If you have any questions, you can contact ESN at surveyteam@esn.org

UEF offers its students and staff opportunities for campus farming during the summer

Both campuses have places, cultivation boxes and planting soil available. At Kuopio there is cultivation boxes in the courtyard of Melania and Mediteknia buildings and in the courtyard of Borealis and on the roof of the Metria building in Joensuu.

You can cultivate together with your co-workers and also the students can participate. There are 1 to 2 boxes reserved for each group of campus farmers.

Those interested in campus farming, please contact Senja Hytinkoski, senja.hytinkoski@uef.fi or Saila Vaittinen, saila.vaittinen@uef.fi, who are the contact persons of university’s Sustainability and Responsibility Group by Friday 2nd of June.

You don’t need any official contract for campus farming, but there is some basic rules for all. Every farmer is responsible for purchasing their own seeds and seedlings for farming, taking care and watering of them and looking after possible wastes to the garbage can. Water is available at cultivation places, but you need to bring your own equipments for farming.

Please remember, that the cultivated plants are for their farmers, they are not in common use for all, thank you. This way all who are farming there can enjoy their own harvest.

Welcome to the farming group!

• Play mölkky or try disc golf (ISYY members can loan sports equipment from the office for free).
• Grill sausages or bake 'tikkupulla' on a campfire.
• Swim in a lake to throw away your winter coat (heittää talviturkki in Finnish, means to swim in a lake for the first time after winter). You can find a list of  beaches in Kuopio here.
• See the selection of ISYY's book exchange shelf at the ISYY office and pick up some free reading for you to enjoy at a summer cottage, in a park or at beach.
• Watch midsummer’s bonfire and try traditional midsummer’s night spells. You can find some here.
• Visit Koli or Tahko if you haven’t already.
• Hike nature trails. You can find a list of trails near Kuopio here.
• Finnish nature is beautiful, so let’s keep it that way. Get to know Everyman’s Rights if you spend time in nature.
• Pick some forest berries (such as bilberries, raspberries, bog /northern bilberries) and make a pie of the mixed berries you found. You can use the berries also to decorate your own popsicles or ice cubes!
• You can also check the events held in Kuopio during summer here.
• Already seen EVERYTHING in Kuopio? Why don’t you visit some nearby cities, villages or sights?
  • Have you visited the other campus city of UEF yet? Joensuu is worth a visit!
  • Ilomantsi (or Pogosta, which means ‘village’ in Karelian language) is beautiful during summer.
  • Parikkala patsaspuisto is a sight to see. It’s an outdoor sculpture park with hundreds of eccentric statues made by artist Veijo Rönkkönen. The small entry fee is used to maintain the park.

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.

Master digital accessibility on a new online course

The staff and students at the University of Eastern Finland now have the opportunity to enhance their accessibility skills through an online course. During the course, which is available in eLearn Moodle, you can revise the basics of digital accessibility and consider accessibility from the perspective of your own work. You will also acquire tools that will support your practical work. The time needed to complete the course ranges from several hours to one working day.

The course in English in eLearn Moodle: Accessibility of online services

Read more about digital accessibility in Heimo Accessibility of digital services, where you can find instructions on how to make accessible online contents, videos and files, for example.

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.