A range of gifts and souvenirs featuring the university logo is now available at our partner Innoflame’s webshop. An opening discount of -10 % on all the products is available until 31 March 2022. If you would like to order to an address outside Finland, please place your order at customer service´s email address [email protected]. Check the selection here.
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Academic community touched by war – how to get help and support?
Katri Ruth, Study Psychologist at the University of Eastern Finland, shares advices how we can foster compassion in our community and alleviate tensions, both of the body and of the mind, during the war events in Ukraine.
“Fostering compassionate interaction as part of our work and study culture is particularly important right now. Communicating encouragement and caring will alleviate tensions, both of the body and of the mind. We can foster compassion in our community by doing these simple things: We ask one another about how we are doing and feeling. We can take a moment to listen to one another. We can ask how we can help with small things. We can speak nicely and with compassion to ourselves. We should also remember our need to recover and be present for the people close to us”, Katri Ruth writes.
For all students who feel worried about the events in Ukraine, this is a useful blog post that you should read: https://blogs.uef.fi/puheenvuoroja/2022/03/02/academic-community-touched-by-war/.
Short service break in Peppi on 28 February 2022
There will be a short service break in Peppi on Monday 28 February 2022 from 4:30 pm to 5 pm.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Working, studying and communicable diseases in the university’s facilities
Communicable diseases refer to respiratory infections, various poxes and stomach flu, for example.
You may work on campus only when you are healthy. If you have symptoms of a respiratory infection or, for example, stomach flu, stay home. Contact your supervisor or teacher responsible for your course about your absence from work or, if your condition allows, about your switch to remote work.
Returning to campus after illness:
If your infection is not caused by the coronavirus, you can return to the campus once your symptoms have subsided and your coronavirus test (e.g., an at-home test) is negative.
After a positive coronavirus test, you can return to the campus when you are without symptoms or when your doctor has given you permission to return.
Being without symptoms means, according to THL’s definition that you have no fever and the other symptoms are clearly in decline. If the only symptom is a change in your sense of smell or taste or an irritative cough, there is no need to continue isolation.
For your information: The Finnish Defence Forces and agencies will complete defence exercises together in Northern Karelia from 26.2 to 5.3. – The exercises are a part of regular inter-agency cooperation
The Finnish Defence Forces and local agencies will exercise together in Northern Karelia on 26.2.-5.3. The exercises are part of the Defence Forces’ and the region’s agencies’ joint local defence exercises, which take place every two years. The exercises are not connected to the war in Ukraine, but they are a part of regular cooperation between agencies. Finland’s leadership has stated that Finland is not facing a military threat now.
The exercises will take place in Northern Karelia between 26.2-5.3. around Joensuu, Liperi, Juuka, Tohmajärvi and Kitee. There will also be exercises in other parts of Finland.
More soldiers and military vehicles than normal will be visible on Joensuu’s streets until Friday, 4.3. Approximately 340 people from the Defence Forces and 40 vehicles will participate in the exercises. Individual exercises may involve the use of blank ammunition that does not pose a threat to bystanders but will cause some noise. The exercises will involve flight operations on Wednesday, 2.3.
During the exercises, the on-call number 0299 451 964 will be available for residents to contact.
UEF expresses support for Ukrainian students and staff members
The University of Eastern Finland condemns Russia’s military action in Ukraine and expresses its support for Ukrainian students and staff members.
The University of Eastern Finland is an international and multicultural community with students and staff members representing over 100 nationalities. The recent events in Ukraine are causing concern within our community.
There are Ukrainian students, doctoral researchers and staff members in our academic community, and the university will contact them to offer support. We wish to express our support to them and their families, and to everyone in our academic community who are concerned about the events in Ukraine. More than ever, we need to stand together despite our roots and backgrounds and offer our support to those in need.
The university has set up a team to coordinate actions resulting from the situation in Ukraine and is preparing support measures.
Support is available to students and staff members. A list of providers of help for students is available in Kamu, and staff members may turn to the occupational healthcare provider, Terveystalo.
For further information, please contact:
Rector Jukka Mönkkönen, University of Eastern Finland, [email protected]
Director of Administration Tuomo Meriläinen, University of Eastern Finland, [email protected]
Problem with the SPSS licenses for home computers
University of Eastern Finland has a contract with a software provider that delivers the licenses from IBM for SPSS. We are still waiting for the home computer licenses ordered in January.
During the wait, SPSS can be used in two ways:
1. On the campus computers
2. Via Windows Virtual Desktop on your own computer, either install the app or use via a browser
The Windows Virtual desktop acts like a virtual desktop of a campus computer. More information on how to deploy Windows Virtual Desktop in Heimo (login by using UEF-username): https://studentuef.sharepoint.com/sites/heimo_en/services/software-and-licenses/Pages/Software-for-home-computers.aspx
Short maintenance break in Peppi on 21 February 2022
There will be a short maintenance break in Peppi on Monday 21 February 2022 from 4 to 5 pm.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
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, [email protected]
Virva Pietarinen, HR specialist, [email protected]
Heidi Honkanen, HR trainee, [email protected]
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)