Extended Application Call: Student Representatives to UEF Administrative Bodies for the term 2024-2025!

Do you want to participate in UEF decision-making and represent us, students of UEF? Now we have a perfect chance for you!
You can later apply for ETCS's from these positions and you will also receive a monetary compensation when attending the meetings.

Advance voting will begin next week! Who will get your vote?

The ISYY Representative Council elections Voting will begin already next week! Now it is the perfect time to get to know the Candidate Lists and Candidates? But where can you find information? Keep reading!

How the voting is done? How the Tuudo voting works?

All ISYY members, how have registered as a present student in UEF and paid the ISYY membership fee by 24.10.2023 are entitled to vote in these elections!

Advace Coting begins on Tuesday 31 October at 8 am and will end on 7 November midnight at 12.00 am. The voting on the Actual Election Day 8 November will begin right away at 00.01 am and will end at 6.00  pm.

Shortly, the Voting in Tuudo works like this:

1. Go to the Tuudo's Election Site via app or browser: vaalit.tuudo.fi.
2. Select your shool and log in with your UEF user account (HAKA).
3. Click the "ISYY Representative Council elections 2023" and you will be shifted to the voting view. From the second tab, you'll find the Candidate Gallery.
4. Select your candidate from the Voting View and confirm the vote by clicking the confirm button.

More detailed instructions for voting: For Voters

Greetings from the coordinator

Hello! As already mentioned a couple of times, the BRIDGES project will end by the end of December 2023. The project funding is in its final stages and it's time to start writing the project report, which means that there will be no more project events for the rest of the year. Coffee & Friends info can be found from ISYY's current topics from next week forward. So this will be the last greeting in this news section :( But let's not be sad, because the work ISYY has been doing to promote the communality does not end here. We will inform you about our plans for the future as the autumn progresses, so keep an eye on ISYY's channels. At this point, I would like to thank everyone for these project years; we could not have done this project so well without you. Have a wonderful autumn!<3

- Riina

Changes at Sport calendar and the mobile app is one hour late before changing to winter time 

• Wed 25.10. Student hall shifts canceled from 4 pm->
  • The Puijo Wolley women's championship league game will be played at Studentia and the whole sports hall and changing rooms are reserved for the game.
• Friday Spinning new time is  16.45–17.45
• The mobile app is one hour late before changing to winter time. So if you are trying to enroll via mobile app to classes during 29.10. - 4.11. Remember that the enroll is possible one hour late as usual. We recommend using a web browser this week. 

These courses have free places left

Basics of Acrobatics 29.10.-19.11.

If you ever wanted to learn basic acrobatics, ex. handstand, headstand and flips, now is your chance! I have over ten years experience in gymnastics and I am happy to share my expertise with you! This course is aimed for beginners, but I can also provide guidance to hard exercises for advanced students. The course is 29.10-19.11. on Sundays 3pm to 4 pm (4 times) at Käsityökatu 41, Kuopio. Fee is 15€, paying at the first class with cash, Max 15 participants
Enroll via email to Juho Seppänen, seppanju@student.uef.fi
Language Finnish and English.

More tips and information on

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

UEF info session of 6 November 2023 focuses on the recruitment process of the rectors

Welcome to a UEF info session on Monday, 6 November 2023 at 13:00–13:45. The board of the University of Eastern Finland has started preparations for the recruitment of the rectors. The terms of office of the Rector and the Academic Rector will end on 31 December 2024. Lea Ryynänen-Karjalainen, the Chair of the UEF Board, will provide an overview of the schedule and progress of the recruitment process, as well as of the hearing of the university community during the preparatory work.

The main language of the UEF info session is Finnish; however, the presentation material and summaries will also be available in English. The Viva Engage group serves as a commenting platform during and after the info session.

Follow THIS LINK to join the info session.

The UEF info session will be recorded and the recording will be published in Viva Engage after the event.

Welcome!

UEF is looking for new representatives for the YUFE Student Forum!

UEF is now looking for two degree students to join the YUFE Student Forum, especially one bachelor’s and one master’s level student to continue the work of previous representatives. As a YUFE Student Forum member, you will actively work as part of the international YUFE Student Forum and one or more of the YUFE working groups. 

This is a voluntary non-paid opportunity. However, all expenses due to YUFE (e.g., travel costs) will be compensated. We hope the new representatives can start already before the end of 2023.

Send us your application, including your CV and a motivation letter (max. 1 page), in English by 15th November 2023 using the subject line “YUFE Student Forum Application” to katinka.kayhko@uef.fi. 

For more information about YUFE, please visit Kamu, check the YUFE website or contact Katinka Käyhkö, Head of International Planning and Development. 

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.