WHAT IS THE REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL?

• The highest decision-making-body in our Student Union, which decides e.g. about the membership fee, action plan and budget of ISYY.
• The Representative Council consists of 39 students chosen by the elections. Elections are organised every other year, next time in autumn 2023.
• Every ISYY member has a right to vote and become a candidate in the Representative Council Elections!

Application announcement: Student representative to the FSHF delegation

Are you interested about making an impact nationwide on the student health care, FSHF strategy and students' health and well-being issues? We might have a place for you!

The Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland is looking for two (2) candidates to be members of the YTHS delegation for the term 2023–2024. Every member of ISYY who has registered to be present and paid their membership fee on time is eligible to apply as a candidate for the delegation. The delegation meets in Helsinki. The delegation member will be reimbursed for the travel expenses by public transport caused by the meeting. Unfortunately, interpretation or the translation of the meeting papers can’t be guaranteed.

Read more from ISYY website and apply by Wednesday 23rd November at 12 noon.

Greetings from the Coordinator

Hello! In this section you can get information about the upcoming events of the BRIDGES project. Do you have event wishes or ideas that the BRIDGES could organize next year? I'm happy to get some feedback and suggestions, because this project is for students! You can send me an email to riina.paakkonen@isyy.fi. I wish you a nice week!

-Riina

SYKETTÄ Kuopio news
 

New time to play floorball -  Tuesdays from 8-10pm

• Come and play floorball on Tuesdays evenings from 8-10pm
• Place: Klassillinen lukio (Opistotie 1)
• Enroll via this link
   

Upcoming courses

Swimming technique I and II:

• Swimming technique course 1, starts on 11.1.2023. More information and enrollment via the SYKETTÄ sports calender
• Swimming technique course 2, starts on 5.2.2023. Enrollment opens on 21.12.2022.

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. You can find the data protection records here.
 

More tips and information on

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

UEF Trainee positions for international degree students

The aim of UEF Trainee -programme is to enhance employment possibilities of international degree students (Finnish citizens are excluded). In the programme, international degree students have a chance to work at UEF research groups or services, or at placements provided by collaborators for two months. During this period, international degree students will gain work experience in expert tasks and become familiar with Finnish working life and culture.

The electronic application should contain the following appendices:

• CV
• Cover Letter
• Transcript of records from UEF (this is mainly needed to check that you are an active student during the application time)

The application period ends 30.11.2022. The application needs to be submitted no later than 30.11.2022 (by 24.00 hours Finnish time)

Telephone consultation from study psychologists in November and December

It is possible to consult the study psychologists via telephone still during this semester. At UEF, the study psychologist services are available for bachelor's and master's degree students. Send a contact request via text message, and the study psychologist will call you during the consultation hours. Include your whole name and your student number in the text message. You can also directly call the study psychologists during the following consultation hours:

• Wed 23rd Nov 2 p.m. – 4 p.m., Study Psychologist trainee Katja Mankinen, tel.+358 50 575 9687
• Wed 30th Nov 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Study Psychologist Marinia Sorjonen-Ward, tel. +358 46 922 3478
• Wed 7th Dec 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Study Psychologist Mari Tirronen, tel.+358505691806

Student2Student peer counselling

UEF wants to take care of its students’ well-being and is offering its students the opportunity to have counselling with a trained peer counsellor. You can reach UEF’s Student2Student peer counsellors by calling +358 29 445 8580 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays between 2pm and 5pm. The online livechat in Kamu is open during those hours too. You can also leave a callback request at any time, and a peer counsellor will call you when the service is open.

Discussions with peer counsellors are voluntary, confidential, and free of charge. When you call, your phone number is visible to the peer counsellor, but the chat offers the option of full anonymity.

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.

Friend café on campus every Tuesday!

Every Tuesday in November there is Kaverikahvila, "Friend cafe", at Kuopio campus. The meetings have some coffee, tea and snacks for the participants. You can come to the cafe as you are. Come alone or take your friends with you!

• Place: Chapel in the second floor of the Studentia building
• Time: 16.00 -18.00

Themes for the meetings:

•  22.11. Crafts: christmas cards and gingerbread decorations
•  29.11. Crafts: christmas cards and christmas carols sing-along

Offer for a Traineeship: Marketing and Communications

RealGame seeks a goal-oriented team player to join our energetic team as a Trainee for Marketing and Communications. We look for sharp, fluent and friendly candidates with excellent oral and written communication skills in English (and Finnish) and knowledge of online marketing and communication tools and practices. Tasks include developing marketing and communications plans, campaigns and activities for various platforms (email, website, LinkedIn, Twitter, and others) based on our strategy and business plan. Our target markets are UK, Germany, France and Spain. Knowledge of the target markets’ culture and language is a bonus.

The work is mainly remote work with occasional workdays in Helsinki and Turku. Salary is 1.300 euros/month. We will provide a phone and a laptop computer, and opportunities to learn and grow as a professional on an exciting and developing field!

Send you application to kirsi.lainema@realgame.fi by December 15th 2022.

RealGame Business Training is a rapidly growing Finnish learning technology company specializing in the development, research and provision of business simulation games. RealGame business simulation games are real-time, dynamic tools for learning business administration, industrial engineering and supply chain management. Thousands of higher education students in more than 40 countries have learned the key contents of business economics, industrial economics, operations and supply chain management, and team-based expert work with RealGame in an inspiring, efficient and memorable way.

For more information of the traineeship, please contact: kirsi.lainema@realgame.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.