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Month: September 2024

Apply to Talent Hub Eastern Finland group mentoring programme until 1 October 2024

27.09.2024 Leave a Comment on Apply to Talent Hub Eastern Finland group mentoring programme until 1 October 2024

Talent Hub Eastern Finland mentoring programme helps international students and talents to integrate into Finnish working life and build their networks. Mentors are individual professionals and also employer organisations from different field of working life. Mentoring is carried out in small groups and the mentoring language will be English.

Get help with your career planning

Mentoring can help you find your strengths and areas for development and encourage you to take on new challenges. Also, the mentors can get new energy and fresh perspectives on their work through students and other talents (actors).

By taking part in the mentoring program, you will improve your skills and knowledge in

  • job search and getting to know different career options and paths
  • getting to know interesting employer organisations
  • developing professional expertise and finding your strengths
  • communication and interaction with others
  • building professional networks
  • developing self-confidence and self-knowledge

In addition to the mentor’s support, mentoring gives peer support and new views on topics discussed in the group.

What we expect from you?

As an actor, we expect you to

  • commit to the mentoring program and group meetings
  • take an active role in the group
  • share your expectations and goals with other participants
  • to understand that mentoring is about sharing working life experiences and spurring you in the first steps of your career, not getting a job offer or an internship from a mentor

How to apply?

Application for the spring 2025 group mentoring program is open until 1.10.2024. International students and other talents affiliated in Eastern Finland are eligible to apply.

The mentors leading the groups are professionals/employer organisations from different fields and diverse backgrounds. You will be placed in a mentoring group according to your preference of the mentor (please study the available list of mentor profiles carefully), and give your selection in the application form (you need to select 5 suitable mentor options for you in the order of your preference).

You can find the mentor profiles from here (PDF).

Please apply to the mentoring programme from this link!

Further information:

Marko Pietilä, International Affairs Specialist, University of Eastern Finland, marko.pietila@uef.fi

UEF students, open call for YUFE Challenge Teams until 6 November 2024!

26.09.2024 Leave a Comment on UEF students, open call for YUFE Challenge Teams until 6 November 2024!

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) is a partner in the Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) alliance, a major strategic partnership that currently includes 10 universities from across Europe.

YUFE Challenge Teams offers UEF students a unique three–month journey where a team is built around students, researchers, experts and citizens to deliver solutions for specific challenges. It is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on entrepreneurial activity, work on real-world challenges and in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams with students from various YUFE Academic Institutions.

You will be guided by academic mentors and experts, and you are expected to propose a solution for the Challenge you choose to apply for and present it to the YUFE Evaluation Committee.

Participating in challenge teams it is an activity counting towards receiving a Professional Star. You are also eligible to apply for 3 ECTS.

In this call there are three Challenges:

  • Impact Leaders
  • Monitoring and Evaluation Solutions
  • Strengthening of philanthropic activity among generation Z

Please find below important information: 

  • Registration Deadline: 6 November 2024.
  • You can apply via the YUFE Virtual Campus.
  • Duration of a YUFE Challenge: November 2024 – January 2025.

For more information, please contact:

Mari Argillander, Key Account Manager, UEF, mari.argillander@uef.fi

Did you, or will you, publish your thesis open access? You can take part in a raffle!

24.09.2024 Leave a Comment on Did you, or will you, publish your thesis open access? You can take part in a raffle!

Every year, UEF Library raffles off a grant worth EUR 100 among UEF students who have made their master’s (level) thesis publicly available that same year.

The grant will be raffled off a couple of weeks before the international Open Access Week among all UEF students who have since the last raffle made their master’s thesis publicly available on UEF eRepo and who sign up for the raffle using this form.

You haven’t limited or aren’t going to limit your own work beyond open science, have you?

Good luck!

Peppi is out of use on Wednesday 25 September 2024 from 3 to 4 pm

23.09.2024 Leave a Comment on Peppi is out of use on Wednesday 25 September 2024 from 3 to 4 pm

There will be a maintenance break in the Peppi production environment resulting from version update on Wednesday 25 September 2024 from 3 to 4 pm. The new version contains, e.g., VAT decimal corrections.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the maintenance break!

The Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk in Kuopio is closed on Friday 20 September 2024

19.09.2024 Leave a Comment on The Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk in Kuopio is closed on Friday 20 September 2024

On Friday 20 September 2024 the Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk in Kuopio is closed.

The customer service desk in Joensuu is open normally.

Regular opening hours and contact information

The Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 am to 1 pm.

Visiting address: Joensuu Aurora A, 1st floor; Kuopio Canthia, 2nd floor

Email address: opiskelu@uef.fi (Please note that there might be delays in responses during vacation times)

Phone number: +358 29 445 8900

Phone service opening hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 am to 2 pm

Artificial Intelligence helps with information retrieval

17.09.2024 Leave a Comment on Artificial Intelligence helps with information retrieval

There is now information on how you can utilize AI applications and tools in information retrieval, including when searching for scientific information, available on the library’s webpages.

The permanent link to the page is included in the library’s Guides and Instructions, which is linked on the library’s homepage and in the Information Retrieval and Training section of the site.

Direct link to the page Artificial Intelligence in information retrieval

New tools for information retrieval will be available during this academic year. Stay tuned for the library’s AI news!

UEF Wellbeing Week 2024 will be on 30 September – 6 October, Autumn Sports afternoon on 2 October

16.09.2024 Leave a Comment on UEF Wellbeing Week 2024 will be on 30 September – 6 October, Autumn Sports afternoon on 2 October

The aim of the Wellbeing Week is to offer students and staff of the University of Eastern Finland a wellbeing promoting program throughout the week. During Wellbeing Week, a variety of activities will be organised to provide tools to increase one’s own wellbeing and support the ability to concentrate.

 For example, the Finnish Kennel Club’s Care Dogs will visit campuses and a lecture aimed at international students will offer tips on how to survive the Finnish winter and polar night. SYKETTÄ sports services will organize the traditional Sports Afternoon, and the week will culminate with a day trip to Tiilikkajärvi National Park. ISYY will also share on Instagram various wellbeing-related tips.

 Read more about the whole week’s program and offers on the event page isyy.fi/wellbeingweek.

Autumn 2024 Sports afternoon on 2 October 2024

SYKETTÄ Sports Afternoon is held on Wednesday, 2 October 2024, in Joensuu and Kuopio. The UEF, Karelia UAS and Savonia UAS hold a sports afternoon together and by the decision of the university rectors, the sports afternoon is lecture-free from 12:15pm. SYKETTÄ Sports Services organizes the sports afternoon program, but no SYKETTÄ sticker is required to participate.

On sports afternoon, a wide variety of different exercise options are available both indoors and outdoors, and arranged by external partners. Some of them are free of charge, while others include a separate fee.

The sports afternoon program also includes all the classes on the SYKETTÄ sports calendar that day! To participate in classes and turns in sports calendar on sports afternoon, you don’t have to have a valid SYKETTÄ sticker, but you must be registered as a user and enroll in classes and turns.

The sports afternoon programme is now published! City-specific sports afternoon programs and enrollment schedules can be found on the following websites:

Programme site Joensuu: https://xn--sykett-gua.fi/joensuu/fi/liikuntailtapaiva-2-10-2024/

Programme site Kuopio: https://xn--sykett-gua.fi/kuopio/en/sports-afternoon/

YUFE Academy is here again!

12.09.2024 Leave a Comment on YUFE Academy is here again!

YUFE’s open for all free lectures Autumn 2024 edition is about to start. It includes several interesting online lectures from UEF ‘s experts:

The times above are Finnish time. One must register to the lectures beforehand via YUFE Virtual Campus.

For further information on YUFE Academy and its wider offer of lectures in Autumn 2024, please check https://yufe.eu/academy/

YUFE Academy, i.e. YUFE’s open for all free lectures Autumn 2024 edition starts on 17.9 and you can already enroll. The programme includes interesting lectures from UEF’s experts, too. Check further details in the YUFE Academy section below and book your seat to the sessions of your interest!

Registration at the university for the academic year 2024–2025 ends on 15 September 2024

12.09.2024 Leave a Comment on Registration at the university for the academic year 2024–2025 ends on 15 September 2024

Annual registration for students who are already enrolled at the university (i.e. are in their second, third, etc., year of studies) ends on 15 September 2024. All bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students must register annually as being present or absent at the university within the registration period. Here you can find the instructions for annual registration.

Register electronically through the Oili-registration service (link opens in a new tab).

If you do not register for the academic year within the registration period, you will need to apply for having your study right reinstated and pay the handling fee for reinstating the study right. Here you can find the instructions for reinstating your study right.