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

16.09.2024 Leave a Comment

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

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

Tue 17.9. klo 11‒11.45 Precision Artificial Intelligence or why current AI won’t save us / Associate Professor Mohammed Saqr (in English)
Wed 18.9. klo 12‒13.30 The Key Role of Customer Experience in Continuing Education / Head of Academic Affairs Senni Pykäläinen (in English)
Tue 1.10. klo 10–11.15 Ohjaustaidot työpaikalla/Professori Sanna Vehviläinen (in Finnish)
Fri 11.10. klo 13‒14.30 Roles of law in implementing the EU Green Deal / Professor Niko Soininen, Professor Seita Vesa and Associate Professor Kaisa Huhta (in English)

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

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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.

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.

Maintenance break on eLearn-Moodle, 5th September, 00:00 – 01:00 EET. During the break eLearn-Moodle is not available.

05.09.2024 Leave a Comment

Student, would you like to participate in the development of digital learning services?

03.09.2024 Leave a Comment

A new channel for students has been added to Viva Engage. On the Developing digital learning services -channel we’ll inform students about upcoming development workshops and surveys, and the results of past surveys. The channel is used for sharing information and discussing the topic.

Join the channel and stay informed about upcoming development projects and to have a say in how digital learning services are developed. You can join the channel here.

The university monitors careers of graduates

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The university follows the careers of the graduates, e.g. with a career tracking survey. This year, the career tracking survey starts on 1 October 2024 and ends on 9 December 2024. The target group of the survey is those who have completed a Master’s degree in 2019 and those who completed their doctorate in 2021. The survey is carried out in cooperation with other universities as part of the Aarresaari network.

Why should you answer the survey? With the help of surveys, information is gathered about the academic labor market, the career paths of university graduates, and feedback about studies is collected. The information obtained is used in the guidance of current and future students (e.g. the Töissä.fi- service, which is said to be a particularly popular tool in high schools), in the development of curricula, and in studies about the working life of university graduates. The master’s career tracking survey is also part of the universities’ funding model, so the feedback is really important to the university.

Those who belong to the target group are approached by letter, e-mail or text message, so if you’ll received a contact, we really hope that you will respond to it! The results of previous years can be viewed e.g. Vipunen, maintained by the Board of Education. from the fi statistics service and the aforementioned Töissä.fi service. The University of Eastern Finland’s own results can also be found in Kamu (only in Finnish).

The Student and Learning Services’ customer service opening hours are extended 19 August – 13 September 2024

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19 August – 13 September 2024 the Student and Learning Services’ customer service desk and phone service opening hours are extended. During this time both the customer service desk and phone service are open Mon–Fri from 10 am to 3 pm.

From 16 September 2024 onward the Student and Learning Services’ customer service will return to the regular opening hours (below).

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 when there is a lot of email traffic)

Phone number: +358 29 445 8900

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

Student, find power and purpose for your career and register to career planning and job seeking courses for the autumn 2024!

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Are you wondering about your future? Where will I find work? How will I be convincing in the job interview? What can I do with my degree? What are my strengths? Am I in the right field? What should I study as a minor subject? What rights and obligations do I have as an employee?

Students pondering about their future directions or seeking traineeships and employment are troubled by many questions. Nevertheless, don’t worry! Practical guidance, knowledge and support is there for you on the career planning and job seeking courses offered by UEF Career Services.

Sign up for the career planning and job seeking courses in the autumn starts 12.8.2024. The first courses begin on 9 September 2024. Find the course details in Peppi!

In the Peppi Study Guide you will find further information about the courses. The courses for the academic year 2024–2025 include the following courses in English and Finnish:

Career planning – self-study course, 1 ECTS
Career planning – practical exercises, 1 ECTS
Job seeking – self-study course, 1 ECTS
Job seeking – practical exercises, 1 ECTS
Basics of Finnish working life – self-study course, 1 ECTS (only in English)

The courses offered by the UEF Career Services are meant for all students to support and help them during studies and when the move towards working life becomes timely. The courses offer you knowledge, skills, courage and attitude for the future working life. In these courses, you can also clarify your thoughts about your future and career possibilities.

We have received positive feedback about the studies from students. Participants in the career planning self-study course have stated:

“I think the course was good in stirring up thoughts and it helped me analyze my own, sometimes scattered, thoughts about my future career. Although I already had a lot of knowledge about the working life, this course was a good add-on in creating my own career plan.”
“Thanks to the career plan I composed during the course, I now feel more confident about my studies. The course clarified my career aims and I also got a clear picture of what working life skills I already possess and what I should develop further.”

The job-seeking self-study course furnished students with hands-on tools to be used in practice:

“I managed to find new job seeking methods that I can use in the job seeking process. The different channels where jobs can be found were especially useful.”

The basics of Finnish working life self-study course introduces the general outlook of the Finnish working environment with its regulations and habits:

“I think this course was good especially for foreign students who would like to find a job from Finland.”

Information about working life and career is collected in the students’ Kamu databank . In Kamu, you will also find other services offered by the Career Services and contact information.

Further information

We can be reached through the email address urapalvelut@uef.fi.

Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2024–2025 will be held on 5 September

01.08.2024 Leave a Comment

The Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2024–2025 will be held on Kuopio campus on Thursday, 5 September 2024, at 1.15 p.m. in the Great Lecture Hall, Snellmania building. Welcome!

Opening Ceremony Service in the Great Lecture Hall at 12.15–12.45 p.m.

Liturgy by University Chaplain Satu Karjalainen
Speech by ThD, MSc, Chaplain, Oona Leiviskä
Music by Cantor Jarkko Maukonen
UEF Kuopio Student Choir

PROGRAMME at 1.15 p.m.

Academic Procession

Opening Address
Rector Jukka Mönkkönen

Speech
Author Sirpa Kähkönen

Address by the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland
Chair of the Executive Board of the Student Union Mirka Nieminen

Choir Music
UEF Kuopio Student Choir
with Richard Nicholls as Conductor

The Finnish National Anthem
“Maamme”

Coffee

The Opening Ceremony will be hosted by Director of Language Centre Lauri Tolkki and University Teacher Sanna Niskanen.

Opening Ceremony starting at 1.15 p.m. can be followed online in the address https://vimeo.com/event/4399452.

Information on the Academic Year Kick-off and City Orienteering Happening following the Opening Ceremony programme, will be updated later on the student union´s web pages in the address https://www.isyy.fi/en/whats-on/upcoming-events/academic-year-kick-off-and-city-orienteering.html.

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