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Learn about Climate University courses!

The University of Eastern Finland is a part of The Climate University network, coordinated by the University of Helsinki. Network has formed a teaching cooperation contract between 18 universities. With these new contracts, a majority of Finnish university students can take the network’s climate and sustainability themed courses.

Climate University

The first Climate University courses open to all the students at the network universities will start in January 2022 and registration for them is open now. Specialists from the different universities have collaborated to design the instruction within the courses. Learn more about the courses: https://climateuniversity.fi/.

The first Climate University courses to open are:

  • Leadership for sustainable change (University of Helsinki is primarily in charge)
  • SystemsChange.now (Aalto University)
  • ClimateComms.now / Ilmastoviestintä.nyt (University of Oulu)

The course materials are open for everybody, but to get credits for the courses, you must be registered as a student at one of the partnering universities or the Open University. The courses mainly run online, but in addition to remote assignments, the instructors responsible for each course will offer real-time instruction, as well, and will grade the students’ performances.

The Climate University courses are geared towards students, teachers, and anyone already in the labour market, who are interested in themes of climate change and sustainability. The main language of the courses is English, but they are also being translated into Finnish and Swedish.

The academic rector of the University of Eastern Finland, Tapio Määttä, has worked for establishing the operations of the network and promoting the collaboration contract. He considers the principles of the network exemplary.

– The courses produced by different universities are widely available to all the students at the networked universities.  The network has also inspired instructors to develop courses together, Määttä says.

The partner universities of the Climate University are Aalto University, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, University of Helsinki, Häme University of Applied Sciences, the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Jyväskylä, LAB University of Applied Sciences, the University of Lapland, LUT University, Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, the University of Oulu, Hanken School of Economics, Uniarts Helsinki, the University of Tampere, Turku University of Applied Sciences, the University of Turku,  and the University of Vaasa.

Source of information: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/climate-change-and-biodiversity/climate-university-courses-18-universities-open

UEF info session on 16 December 2021 at 13–14

Welcome to a UEF info session on Thursday, 16 December 2021, starting at 13.00. The topics to be discussed include the university’s activities and resources in 2022, as well as information about the coronavirus situation and the university’s guidelines.

The info session will be led by the Rector, Academic Rector and Director of Administration.

A recording of the info session will be published on Yammer later.

To join the info session, please go to https://www.uef.fi/live1/.

Questions and comments can be sent via Presemo during the info session in the address https://presemo.uef.fi/ueftietotori/.

The Student’s Desktop OPPI opens on 29 November 2021 at 12 pm

The November service break will end soon when OPPI, the Student’s Desktop in Peppi, opens on Monday 29 November 2021 at 12 pm. You can login to Peppi with your UEF account at peppi.uef.fi or through the shortcut on the KAMU Tools page.

On the Student’s Desktop, you can, for example, plan your studies, register for course units, monitor your study attainments, and order certificates (transcripts of records and study certificates) digitally signed by the university.

The timetable programme Lukkarikone opened on 25 October. You can find it at lukkarit.uef.fi and login with your UEF account.

Support for using Peppi

User support will be provided to help students when Peppi comes into use.

  • The Peppi Handbook provides a lot of information on Peppi and how to use it. On the Students page of the Handbook (login with UEF account) you can find user instructions, previously published newsletters, and the recordings and slides of earlier info sessions. Remember the FAQ page as well! Note that to read the Handbook, you need to login with your UEF account.
  • Peppi-Helppi is open 29 November – 3 December from 12:15 pm to 1 pm (12.15-13.00) and on Tuesday 7 December from 4:15 pm to 5 pm (16.15-17.00) on Zoom. Ask for help online in Finnish or in English!
  • The Peppi support email helps with topics related to using Peppi at peppituki@uef.fi. With questions about your study attainments, please contact opiskelu@uef.fi.
  • With problems regarding the Peppi PSP, please contact your amanuensis or PSP instructor.
  • You can find current news about Peppi in the Peppi Yammer group (login with your UEF account).

Upcoming info sessions and events

There are still some more info sessions and events related to the Peppi deployment and using Peppi coming up before the end of the year. Join us!

  • Peppi in use – info session on Thursday 2 December from 3 pm to 4 pm (15.00-16.00) on Zoom.
  • The Peppi Road Show during weeks 48 & 49 on both campuses. Come along and ask about Peppi and try your luck spinning the wheel of Peppi! The event schedules will be announced in the Peppi Yammer group.
  • PSP clinics about the technicalities of the Peppi PSP in Finnish on Zoom on Tuesday 11 January from 3:15 pm to 4 pm (15.15-16), in English on Wednesday 12 January from 3:15 pm to 4 pm (15.15-16) and in Finnish on Monday 17 January from 3:15 pm to 4 pm (15.15-16).

What will change with Peppi?

Student number

In Peppi, a student has a single student profile but might have several study rights. E.g., a student could have a master’s degree study right and a doctoral degree study right or an exchange student’s study right. Each study right has its own study right number. The Peppi study right number is not the same number that was your student number in WebOodi.

PSP, i.e., personal study plan

In Peppi, the PSP is a more central tool than before. A base PSP has been created for you, and you can edit it immediately once Peppi is in use. You can add minor subjects and other optional studies to your PSP but cannot reorganise the PSP or delete studies from it. If you notice that the base PSP attached to your study right is incorrect, contact your amanuensis or PSP instructor.

The PSP contains all of the compulsory studies of your target degree. The studies you have completed have already either been placed into the PSP or have fallen outside of the PSP structure. Your PSP instructor can move the studies from the outside into the PSP structure. It is also possible that some of your studies might have transferred to another one of your study rights. Make sure to check all of your study rights!

Course unit registration

Registering for course units is done through the PSP. The Course Registrations page will automatically show the courses (i.e., course units) for which registrations are open for the study units in your PSP. Through your PSP, you can also search for available teaching for course units that are not in your PSP.

Help, I cannot find all of the studies I have completed in Peppi?

Your study attainments have not disappeared, but they may have been attached to another one of your study rights in the data transfer. Click on your name on the upper corner of the screen to see your other possible study rights. Study attainments that have been attached to the wrong study right can be transferred to another study right (e.g., from an exchange student’s study right to a master’s degree study right). In these situations, please contact your amanuensis or PSP instructor.

Please note that there will be a backlog in saving study attainments once Peppi is in use. Studies completed during the November service break will be saved in Peppi by the end of December. Please wait patiently, it might take until the end of the year for all your study attainments to be saved in Peppi. If necessary, please contact opiskelu@uef.fi.

What on earth, I have too many credits!

In some situations, the credit points of your completed study modules might appear to have doubled. The issue is being corrected along with reorganizing PSPs. You do not need to worry about this, but the issue does need to be rectified. If you are about to graduate, contact your amanuensis or PSP instructor immediately.

Study right duration in Peppi

In some cases, the durations of study rights might differ from the duration shown in WebOodi. This is because Peppi interprets study right durations slightly differently to WebOodi. Do not worry, the deviating data is constantly being corrected. However, if necessary, please contact opiskelu@uef.fi.

Student financial aid and completed degrees

Graduating bachelor’s degree students: You can apply for student financial aid for master’s degree studies in the Kela e-service with a notice of changes to student financial aid even if your bachelor’s degree is not saved in Peppi at the very start of December.

Graduating master’s and doctoral degree students: If you receive student financial aid and complete your master’s degree or doctoral degree, you must notify Kela that you have graduated. The easiest way to do this is in the Kela e-service.

You can find more information on student financial aid in the October Peppi info session slide show (login with UEF account) and Zoom recording (login with UEF account). Apply for changes to your student financial aid in the Kela e-service.

In a hurry?

In December, priority is given to fixing any issues with graduating students’ studies. The focus will be on other students a little later.

Student’s to do list

  • Take your time getting to know Peppi. Many things look different or are located in a different place in Peppi.
  • Check the PSP that has been formed for you and edit it. Some study attainments might not have been affixed correctly in the data transfer. If you are about to graduate and notice that some study attainments have been attached to the wrong study right, contact your amanuensis or PSP instructor. When you start updating your PSP for the first time:
    • Find your latest accepted PSP in WebOodi.
    • Compare the PSP that has been formed for you in Peppi to your latest accepted PSP in WebOodi.
    • If there are minor subjects or optional studies missing from the PSP that has been created for you, you can add them.
    • If you are about to graduate, book a study guidance appointment as soon as possible. Your amanuensis or PSP instructor can reorganize your PSP.
  • Register for course units if your registrations have not transferred from WebOodi or the registrations have been reopened in Peppi.
  • Be patient and wait for study attainments received during the November service break to be saved in the register. The backlogged study attainments will be saved as soon as possible, but not all studies can be saved at the start of December.
  • Remember to mention your study right number when you contact your instructor or the Peppi support.

Keep calm and use Peppi!

UEF-Digistartti will be available until 31st July, 2022!

UEF-Digistartti version 2021-2022 will be available until 31st July, 2022 (https://digicampus.fi/course/view.php?id=1793).

Digistartti will be updated for the new academic year during next summer and the updated version 2022-2023 will be available starting 1st of August, 2022.

Updated info on Digistartti in Kamu:https://kamu.uef.fi/en/tietopankki/new-students/uef-digistart-course-for-new-student/

Are you a Master or PhD student interested in bioeconomy and entrepreneurship?

Boost your curriculum with additional modules: moocs, quizzes, and face-to-face sessions during an intensive study week on 20-24 June, 2022 in Bologna.

Apply to the program by December 10, 2021.

Core modules

– Introduction to bioeconomy

– Accelerated sustainable entrepreneurship

– Design thinking, creativity and innovative products

– Knowledge management

– Business management and finance

– Leadership and execution, human resources

– Marketing

– Introduction to digitalization

Foebe add-on modules will be worth a total of 3 ects.

Modules will start in January 2022 and the mandatory study week (face-to-face sessions and hackathons) will be held on June 20-24, 2022 in Bologna. This week is funded by the Erasmus+ programme.

The training programme is designed for Master and PhD students.

You can apply now!

If you are interested, contact us for more information by email at foebe-application@agroparistech.fr or helen.reijonen@uef.fi.

To apply you will need to submit a short and inspiring video explaining why you want to study in the FOEBE program by Jan 0, 2022, 12 pm.

For more information check out our page on the European Bioeconomy University website or find us in LinkedIn!

About foebe

Our vision:

To encompass all dimensions of the bioeconomy from an European common approach by creating training programmes adapted to the needs of bioeconomy and develop its full potential. To do so, we foster innovative pedagogical practices to equip young professionals with sustainable entrepreneurship skills.

Our mission:

To provide bioeconomy students with sustainable entrepreneurship skills to speed up the European expansion of the bioeconomy sector.

Our partnership:

Agroparistech, France

University of Bologna, Italy

University of Eastern Finland, Finland

University of Hohenheim, Germany

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria

Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands

Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland

Foebe project takes part of the EBU alliance (European Bioeconomy University).

Answer ISYY’s Communications Questionnaire 2021!

How does the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland’s (ISYY) communications work and does it reach you? What kinds of things would you like ISYY to communicate about in the future and what channels to use? How would you develop ISYY’s communications?

Answer ISYY’s Communications Questionnaire and tell us! By answering the questionnaire, you can influence how we communicate now and in the future. The questionnaire is targeted at all our members and we wish that many of you will answer it.

The questionnaire is open till 29.11.2021 12:00 pm (noon). Answering the questionnaire will take approximately 10–15 minutes.

If you want, you can submit your email address at the end of the questionnaire and participate in a raffle of two “Straight outta Itä-Suomi” canvas bags.

Answer the questionnaire: ISYY’s Communications Questionnaire

More information about the questionnaire and the raffle can be found on ISYY’s website.

Call for Applicants: Become an Executive Board Member for 2022!

Are you ready to spend the best year of your studies? Do you want to gain valuable experience for working life? Are you interested in significant personal growth as you take the role of an employer for one year? What about promoting students’ welfare on a national level?

If you answered yes to any of the questions above, apply for the Student Union’s Executive Board for the year 2022!

The application period is 4.11.–21.11.2021.

The Executive Board for the year 2022 is selected at the Student Union Representative Council’s meeting on 1.12.2021.

The Executive Board will organise Board info session on 16 November 2021 at 4.30 pm, in which the Board’s activities and duties are explained in more detail.

You will find the application announcement, instructions for applying and a link to the Board info session on ISYY’s website.

Telephone consultation from study psychologists in November and December 2021

It is possible to consult the study psychologists still during this semester. 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:

Wednesday 24th Nov 1 p.m. – 4 p.m., Study Psychologist Mari Tirronen, tel.+358505691806
Wednesday 1st Dec 1 p.m. – 4 p.m., Study Psychologist Mari Tirronen, tel.+358505691806
Wednesday 8th Dec 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Study Psychologist Katri Ruth, tel. +358403552044
Wednesday 15th Dec 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Study Psychologist Katri Ruth, tel. +358403552044

Calls for Application for Outgoing Student Exchange – one week left!

One week left in the application period for outgoing student exchange!

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

We recommend that you start your application well before the deadline!

Read 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!

Student Exchange Info, Thu 4 Nov 3-4pm!

Exchange infosession today 3-4pm!

International Mobility Services organises an info session on student exchange that is open to all UEF students on Thursday, 4 November 2021 from 3.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. (15.00-16.00) via Zoom (link available here). During the info session, we will talk about the basics of student exchange and student exchange options available in the calls for applications that are open in November 1-15. You can also send in your questions via Padlet here!

For more information about the calls for application, please check the Calls for applications for student exchange page in Kamu. Welcome!

NB! The info session will be held in Finnish. If you can follow a presentation in Finnish, welcome to the info session! You can ask questions in English in the chat box. If you do not understand Finnish, no worries: a lot of information is available here in Kamu’s Study Abroad section. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact International Mobility Services at international@uef.fi , and we will help you!