General Assembly of SYL 17.-18.11.

Highest decision-making body of the National Union of the University Students in Finland (SYL) is the General Assembly. It meets once a year in November. SYL members – student unions – elect each one’s own delegation to decide on the union’s economy in the coming year as well as to elect the board for next year. How many members of the delegation and how many votes it has depends on how many members the student union has. ISYY has 15 votes in the GA.

The General Assembly will be held at Tampere University on 17–18 November. The GA is typically streamed to SYL's YouTube-channel @sylvideot.

More tips and information on

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

Upcoming SYKETTÄ goes Joulu and SpinningMaraton event

Tuesday 12.12. from 4pm to 7.30pm

The event begins with a Climate-friendly diet nutrition lecture (only in FInnish) at Studentia chapel at 4pm.

At Studentia there is group classes (ATB and Body maintenance) and ball sports (badminton and Futsal) from 4 to 7pm and

at Kunnonsali is the Spinning marathon from 5 to 7.30pm. Enroll opens 14.11. 

SpinningMaraton has an extra price:

- 7 €, if you have a valid SYKETTÄ sticker

- 12 €, if you do not have a valid SYKETTÄ sticker but you are a member of the Kuopio University community. If you don't have a sticker, you can anyway enroll via the sports calendar by registering to the website or logging in, if you already have an account. To register you need a valid email address with your Finnish University’s domain.

FSHS - Ability to study

Ability to study means a student’s ability to work, and it’s a combination of several interconnected factors. Personal resources, study skills, teaching and counselling, and a supportive study environment all have significant impacts on how well a student performs. Strengths in one or more areas may help to maintain a student’s ability to study even when there are problems in other areas.

Study progress can be improved by addressing all the different aspects of ability to study. This is the responsibility of all parties in the study community, including student healthcare, the university and student organisations – and the students themselves!

The model for ability to study shown above can promote cooperation between different parties and at the same time support and help students progress through their studies. It can also help students to understand the different aspects of their ability to study.

Check out the details of the Ability to Study -model from the FSHS website:

Participate in the survey: Online exams and remote monitoring

Dear Teacher or Student, please answer the survey, and influence the procurement of proctoring software for online exams!

Do you think it should be possible to monitor remotely conducted online exams more closely? Would there be users for this kind of software in the University of Eastern Finland?
What kind of features should the software have?

The mapping of the procurement of remote monitoring software, aka proctoring software, for online exams continues. Now we are investigating UEF teachers' and students’ opinions and views on the matter: whether there is a need for procurement, how much use the software would have and what kind of features should be found in it.  

The survey was created based on the responses to an online exam-related survey conducted earlier in the autumn. This survey is only aimed at the staff and students of the University of Eastern Finland, so that we can get a better idea of what kind of needs and ideas exist in our organization in particular. More information available on the attachment.

Answer the survey no later than 30.11.2023 and influence future exam practices! All responses are anonymous.

Sustainability studies network is formed by University of Helsinki, University of Eastern
Finland, University of Jyväskylä, University of Lapland, University of Oulu, University of Turku
and LAB University of Applied Sciences. The network offers courses related to sustainability
and environment. The courses are open for all degree, doctoral and exchange students of the
member higher education institutions.

You can freely choose a course or courses based on your own interest from the course
selection. Most courses are either online or remote teaching.

You can study courses through the network without including them in your major or minor
subject studies. If you want to include the courses in your degree, you should contact your
supervisor at their home higher education institution.

The course selection can be found here.

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. 

At Kuopio Historical Dance Group we practice dances from 15th to 19th century Italian, French and English courts. You are welcome to try out a new hobby at a beginner friendly dance class where we practice easy English country dances and French court dances. You don’t need prior experience or partner and you can join the practice in your everyday clothes. The beginner friendly dance class is during our weekly dance practice on 14.11.23. Cost-free dance practices take place at Kulttuuriareena (Kauppakatu 44) on Tuesdays at 18:30-21:00 from September to May.

More information on our website or via email kuohitar@gmail.com

Kuopio's Päättäribileet 2023 ft. Isac Elliot

Ring Ring Ring 🔊 Do you hear the Party Alarm ❓ Will you answer the invitation when 13.12. KUOPIO'S END OF THE SEMESTER PARTY frees all the city's students to the Christmas holidays with a BANG 🤩🎉✨ At the most groundbreaking, semester-ending party of the year, you can have a frosty one without worry, not to mention school stress – you won't be wondering why you're Sleepless 💃🕺

HUSH! As usual, Päättärit will be held at Apteekkari and the artist of the evening... None other than ISAC ELLIOT himself! 🔥🔥🔥 So it's clear that you have to get to this party - night full of Glitter and First Kisses 💋💥✨

Ticket sales start on Monday 27.11. at 2 PM ⏰  The ticket price is €10 in Kide.app and a batch of tickets will be sold at the door in the event starting at 10 PM for €12. With a Kide.app ticket, you can enter from the bottom door of Apteekkari until 11 PM. Ticket includes the Päättäribileet overall badge from its own badge series. ♦️♦️♦️ Here is your No 1 reason to go to home for Christmas after 13.12.! 🎆 This night we can be Rich & Famous 😎

There will be a lot of partygoers on the move, so we urge all Kide.app ticket holders to arrive at Apteekkari as early as possible to avoid the longest waiting times in the line outside.

WHAT: Kuopio’s Päättäribileet 2023 ft. Isac Elliot  🤩🤩🤩

WHERE: Apteekkari (Vuorikatu 24, 70100 Kuopio) 🍷🍻🥂

WHEN: Wednesday 13.12. starting at 9PM -> (showtime at 0.45) 🎤😎✨

DRESS CODE: With overalls (if you have them)

TICKETS: from Kide.app €10 Mon 27.11. at 2 PM // €12 at the door from 10 PM

WHY: Because THE LAST AND BEST STUDENT EVENT OF THIS SEMESTER!!! 🔥🔥🔥

NOTE! You can buy maximum of three (3) advance tickets at once.

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.

Use Turnitin Draft Coach for assistance during the writing phase of your assignment

Turnitin Draft Coach is a tool that helps writers during the writing phase. The Draft Coach service operates within Word Online, and you'll need to log in using your UEF credentials. You can find instructions for enabling Draft Coach in the Turnitin plagiarism detection system course (course key for the course is "turnitin"). With Draft Coach, you can check both the originality of your text and the references within the text and sources. In addition, Draft Coach includes an English language proofreading tool.

Draft Coach provides the familiar originality report found in Turnitin. Draft Coach identifies similarities in the text from extensive databases, such as the internet, student papers, and publications. Draft Coach does not report or archive work anywhere. It is designed to assist students in addressing any potential issues before submitting their assignments. You can use Draft Coach instead of the assignment check in the Student Turnitin course in Moodle.

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.