ISYY's statement: Hybrid Teaching for Increasingly Reachable Education - Putting Lessons Learned from the Pandemic into Good Use

Time during the pandemic has resulted in the need to look at studying and teaching methods from an entirely new perspective. ISYY is however worried, that the pedagogical tools and solutions developed during the pandemic will not be incorporated into permanent teaching practices. 

The Student Union asserts that the University of Eastern Finland should develop its teaching practices towards increasingly multimodal methods, such as lecture recordings, interactive assignments and group discussions. In addition, contact teaching has a great role as a constructor of community and wellbeing among students, which makes it increasingly important that the university offers learning spaces and room on campus to study or attend teaching activities. 

Vappu never ends and here we go again!

Are you interested in organising and fulfilling ISYY’s May Day traditions or even developing something completely new? If you are interested in organising events, and you want to be part of making the most epic student May Day ever in Joensuu or Kuopio, this team is for you! Previous experience with ISYY is not required.

We are looking for committed team members from both campuses. Committed team members will get tickets for Savo-Karjala excursion for free! The term of the team is 1.3.2022-15.5.2022. Leave your application by 20.2.2022.

May Day-team is expected to arrange certain May Day traditions, but there is also room for new ideas. Both campuses have traditional and epic Sawo-Karjala-excursion. In Joensuu, the traditions include May Day parade and Student Union’s speech. In Kuopio, the traditions include washing of the Tooth statue at Lukema, Ordination to sophistication, May Day event by the market square, where the Velj’mies statue is washed and gets a graduation cap.

ISYY’s Executive Board member Sonja Soinne operates as the team’s contact person the whole time of the team’s term.

What is BRIDGES?

The University of Eastern Finland has received a special grant from the Ministry of Education and Culture for the years 2021-2022 to promote well-being of students and prevent exclusion. The project has several subcontractors, one of which is ISYY. The aim of the BRIDGES project is to reduce the experience of loneliness and to prevent exclusion through activities that increase students' community and well-being.

Basics of the Olympic weightlifting course is coming up!

This course is suitable for beginners and those who want to rehearse safe lifting techniques. The course takes place for two days and it's held from Saturday 26th of February at 13.30–15.00pm to Sunday 27th of February at 11.00–13.00pm. On Saturday, the focus is on Jerk and on Sunday on Snatch technique.

With a valid SYKETTÄ-sticker the course fee is only 49 euros! Enroll for this course via SYKETTÄ Sports Calendar on 19.2. at the latest.

Online classes

There is two online classes during February in the Sports calendar:

• Mondays at 17.00 Dynamic Flexibility60'
• Thursdays at 17.30 Pilates45’

Get to know/Free trial

👉 ITF Taekwon-Do - open trial Tue 8.2. starting at 17.00 at Studentia

More tips and information on

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

More information: The discount ticket should be purchased at the Kuopio Music Centre Ticket sales 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.

Calls for Application for Outgoing Student Exchange in February!

The application period for outgoing exchange during academic year 2022-2023 is open in February! The application period ends on Tuesday, 15 Feb at 3 pm – late applications will not be accepted, so please make sure you submit your application in time!

Read more about placements in the calls for applications on Kamu and fill in the application form on SoleMOVE. For more information, please see the Study Abroad section on Kamu linked below.

Student2Student-peer counselling is here to support you!

 Do you have any difficulties in your everyday life or in your studies? Do you find yourself anxious in online classes? Do you have anything on your mind that you would like to talk about? Don’t be left alone with your thoughts.  

We Student2Student peer counsellors are here for you. You can contact us in any thoughts you have concerning your studies or wellbeing. All the conversations are free of charge, confidential, and you can also discuss your situation anonymously. Let’s ponder your situation together! You can also leave a callback request at any time during the week, and we will call you back during on-call hours.

Contact us:  

• CALL 029 445 8580 or
• CHAT kamu.uef.fi (Tue–Thu: 2pm-5pm)

Read the latest information related to COVID-19 on the:

• website of the Finnish institute of health and welfare
• Kuopio City's website
   
• The regional coronavirus steering group recommends to wear a mask when distancing recommendations cannot be effectively observed.
• The University of Eastern Finland recommends the use of masks on campus! Also, UEF recommends the use of the Koronavilkku app to its students and staff.
• If you have any flu symptoms and suspect that you might have been infected with Covid-19, you can take a home test which are available in local supermarkets.
  • See here who is eligible for a coronavirus test via the municipal services.
    • If you belong to a risk group and you think that you have coronavirus, you can call Kuopio City Corona Help Line and book an appointment for a test: +358 44 704 6700. The help line is open weekdays Mon-Thu from 8am to 3pm, Friday from 8am to 2pm and on weekend Fri-Sun from 8am to 12 noon.

Take-aways from Intercultural Communication Studies: How to Understand Your Stay in Finland

We wish you warmly welcome to Susanna Kohonen’s lecture in Zoom at 16-17 on Thu 17 Feb.

The topic of the lecture is "Take-aways from Intercultural Communication Studies: How to Understand Your Stay in Finland (and anywhere, really)?" Susanna will briefly overview a couple of useful frameworks and theories related to intercultural experiences. These frameworks may prove helpful in our own reflection and sense-making processes.

This session is offered by the Sillat – Bridges project. If you have any questions, please contact: kirsi.konttinen@uef.fi

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.