There will be a short maintenance break in Peppi on Monday 21 February 2022 from 4 to 5 pm.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
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UEF students, develop your study and working-life skills in online trainings!
University of Eastern Finland provides its staff and students with online trainings, which help to develop the most essential study and working-life skills.
“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 trainings are based on research. The expert group of Academy of Brain, consisting of members such as Psychologist, PhD Ville Ojanen, Executive Coach Jarmo Manner, and Professor Minna Huotilainen, is responsible for the content of the trainings.
Welcome to develop future work skills!
Further information:
Anne Kauppinen, HR specialist, anne.kauppinen@uef.fi
Virva Pietarinen, HR specialist, virva.pietarinen@uef.fi
Heidi Honkanen, HR trainee, heidi.honkanen@uef.fi
Student Barometer collects information on studies and student life – participate to the survey until 9.3.2022!
Student Barometer is a survey aimed at students in higher education. Its purpose is to collect information on students’ experiences and opinions of their studies, student life, and everyday life. Student Barometer is repeated data collection carried out by the Research Foundation for Studies and Education Otus sr.
Information produced by Student Barometer is used in work to develop student wellbeing, student activities, the quality of teaching, higher education internships, studies and reports on working life and living, and educational institutions. Participation in the study is voluntary. By responding to the survey, you are participating in discussions about topics that affect student life!
The survey will open on 9.2.2022 at the address https://link.webropol.com/s/ob2022. The survey will be open until 9.3.2022. Responding to the survey takes around 30–45 minutes. Students respond to the survey anonymously and their data will not be combined with data from other sources. You can respond to the survey in Finnish, Swedish, or English. Verkkokauppa.com gift cards will be available to win in a prize draw open to all participants.
The basic results of Student Barometer will be published in 2022 as an open Power BI database. Various reports on different topics will also be published. The collected data will be used for research purposes, for various reports, and, for example, to support public discussion and decision-making. Results will be published in such a way that it will not be possible to identify an individual respondent.
More information about the data collected by the study and how the data is processed is available in the study’s privacy policy. Otus is committed to complying with the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK’s guidelines for responsible conduct of research and the ethical principles of research with human participants.
Further information:
- Facebook: @Opiskelijabarometri
- Instagram: @opiskelijabarometri
- Twitter: @opiskelijabaro
- Study’s privacy policy
- Research Foundation for Studies and Education Otus (in Finnish)
Calls for application for outgoing student exchange!
The February application period for outgoing student exchange is open!
The application period ends on Tuesday 15th February at 3:00 PM (15:00).
Please note that your application must be submitted by the deadline. Late applications will not be accepted, so please make sure to send in your application on time!
During this application period, students can apply for Erasmus+ and Nordplus exchanges, as well as bilateral exchange. For more information on available placements and exchange programmes, please see the Study Abroad section on Kamu and the page Calls for applications for student exchange.
Students can apply for 1-2 exchange placements. If you wish to apply for two different exchange programmes, you will need to submit two applications. In this case, you can use the same attachments for both applications. You must indicate clearly in your application which placement is your first priority.
The application is compiled and submitted in the SoleMOVE system. For instructions on how to compile the application and the link to the system, please see Kamu.
The required attachments to the application are an up-to-date transcript of records (from Peppi) and a letter of motivation. For more information about applying in general, please see Kamu.
Exceptions in opening hours in Student and Learning Services’ offices
Current opening hours
The General Student Services’ customer service desk is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 am to 3 pm.
If you are unable to visit the customer service desk during these times, please contact us by email or phone, and we can set up a meeting for a different time.
Visiting address: Joensuu Aurora A, 1. floor; Kuopio Canthia, 2. floor
Email address: opiskelu@uef.fi (Please note that there might be delays in responses during vacation times)
Phone number: +358 (0)29 445 8900 (Phone service Mon-Fri from 10 am to 3 pm UTC +2)
We are constantly monitoring the situation, and the opening hours may therefore change. Any changes will be announced here.
University of Eastern Finland eases its restrictions on gatherings
The University of Eastern Finland will increase the number of people allowed to attend lectures, exams and public examinations of doctoral dissertations to 100 people at a time. The new restriction is based on the decision of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Eastern Finland to ease restrictions on public events.
The decision is in effect from 2 to 20 February 2022.
People attending in-person teaching are required to wear a mask.
Short service break in Peppi on 2 February 2022
There will be a short service break in Peppi today on the 2 February 2022 at 5 pm (17:00).
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Short service break in Peppi on 27 January 2022
There will be a short service break in the Peppi Atomi service (study certificates and transcripts of records) on 27 January 2022 from 8 pm to 8:30 pm (20.00–20.30).
We apologise for any inconvenience the service break causes.
Let’s respect the quiet working conditions at the library
Lately we have received feedback on excess noise at the library. We hope that every customer takes others into consideration by keeping their voice down, using a mask and keeping the shared space tidy.
Quiet working conditions are our common right and everyone has a responsibility to intervene. If the noise level gets out of hand, please immediately inform the people in question and, if needed, our librarians. Please notice that both campuses have self-study facilities for louder discussion.