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Apply to a career mentoring programme for international degree students!

A mentor is a professional who can offer support, perspectives, and networks to students. Mentoring can help you, the actor, look at your strengths and encourage you to take on new challenges.

“The mentoring program was a great experience. It is a chance not just to meet a mentor but to find a friend. I learnt a lot about her profession, past experiences, and knowledge, got an evaluation of my personal skills and achievements, as well as recommendations regarding my future career path. My mentor believed in me and inspired me to move forward confidently. I wish you all find great mentors and have a fruitful time within the program!” – Mariia Pohorila (Mentee in Talent Hub Mentoring Programme 2023)

The programme includes mentors from a wide range of backgrounds from a variety of fields (also academics). Mentoring is done in form of group mentoring, and it takes place in English.
Check out the spring 2024 Mentors´ profiles and read more about our mentoring programme .

The application period ends at the end of November (Please, Hurry up!) and the groups will be filled based on the applications.

The mentoring programme is part of the Talent Hub Eastern Finland project Co-funded by the European union.

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. See more information on Viva Engage.

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.

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.

Exceptions in the library opening hours due to Finnish Independence Day

Joensuu and Kuopio Campus Libraries are open on Tuesday 5th December 2023 8am–3pm (customer service 10am–3pm) and KUH Medical Library 10am–3pm.

On Independence Day 6th December 2023 all library offices are closed. 

The library's 24/7 self-study facilities are open despite these exceptions.

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.