Digistartti offers you an introduction to the digital study environments used at the University of Eastern Finland. We recommend that you complete the Digistartti assignments preferably before the beginning of your studies, and, at the latest, within two weeks after their start. You will find Digistartti in Kamu.
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Peppi will replace WebOodi at the end of November 2021: student, get ready now!
Peppi will replace WebOodi at the end of November 2021: student, get ready now!
The University of Eastern Finland will introduce a new study information system at the end of 2021, when WebOodi will be replaced by a modern Peppi system. Peppi is a data ecosystem that includes the planning of teaching, the reservation of space and other resources and the student and study register, in which the functions are divided into virtual desktops based on different user roles.
The Peppi handbook (opens in a new tab) (requires login) contains information about the Peppi system and its implementation at the University of Eastern Finland. In the handbook, you can read current information about Peppi and browse the instructions by user group (note: to read the Peppi handbook, you need to sign in with your UEF account). Follow Peppi in Yammer (opens in a new tab) (requires login) too!
Prior to the deployment of Peppi in week 48, the student register is out of use for weeks 44-47. WebOodi will continue in reading mode during and after the service break, but no new information can be added there. The updated teaching schedules are already visible during the service break from the Lukkarikone and other teaching information from the Study Guide.
Please note
- Follow the information in the Peppi Handbook, Yammer, and email, and participate in the Peppi info in weeks 41 and 48!
- Check your curriculum and the valid curriculum for the academic year 2021–2022. If necessary, contact your PSP instructor, amanuensis or similar body.
- Update PSP in WebOodi and download it for yourself no later than week 43 – PSP will not be transferred to Peppi as such.
- If you want, order a transcript and a certificate of study from WebOodi no later than week 43.
- Check the adequacy of the study grant if you do not achieve your bachelor’s degree within the target time.
Are you planning to graduate in the fall of 2021?
If you want to receive a diploma in 2021, submit your master’s thesis for examination no later than 1st of September 2021, and a bachelor’s degree thesis 10th of September. Request for study module evaluation as soon as possible after completing the study units. Closed study modules will speed up the graduation process.
Theses submitted after these dates are also evaluated but saving the completed theses to the study register may be delayed. Theses will be backdated to the date of grading. Apply for a degree no later than 1st of October. Graduation will also be possible after the beginning of October, but getting the certificate can be delayed until 2022.
MieliChat can support your well-being!
The FSHS has opened a new chat service, MieliChat. The service is available from Monday to Friday (8 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and can be accessed via the Self online service.
MieliChat will be available until the end of 2021 thanks to additional funding from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The additional funding is intended for the enchantment of the wellbeing of Students in Higher Education during the coronavirus pandemic.
- MieliChat can be accessed via Self (opens in a new tab)
- Further information (opens in a new tab)
Midsummer opening hours in campus libraries and KUH Medical Library
Thu 24th June 10am – 2pm
Fri 25th June Closed
We are looking for students to participate in a unique, communal housing experiment
Would you be interested in communal housing? We are looking for University of Eastern Finland students to participate in a communal housing experiment that will take place in Kuopas’ apartments in Kuopio in the autumn semester 2021.
We offer you:
- A travel card valid on Kuopio City buses and/or the right to use a city bike during the tutoring period.
- A wonderful chance to experience a new way living in communal housing.
- An opportunity to help new international students.
- A YUFE Civic Star to be included in your Diploma Supplement.
Your duties in communal housing will include:
- Helping a new international student in getting settled in Finland, especially when it comes to housing-related matters (such as grocery shopping, visiting city offices, sorting of waste, etc.).
- Giving advice in case of any possible problems.
- It is estimated that the duties will take up no more than 20 hours/month.
The experiment is part of the activities of YUFE (Young Universities for the Future of Europe); more specifically the YUFE in our Cities activities, which are coordinated by the University of Eastern Finland. YUFE in our Cities aims to increase cooperation between universities and their home cities/regions. More information: Home | YUFE | Young Universities for the Future of Europe or riikka.pellinen@uef.fi.
Sign up as a volunteer by 21 June 2021 via this form.
For further information, please contact: Director of International Affairs Riikka Pellinen (riikka.pellinen@uef.fi)
The participants are required to be fluent in English.
Campus Libraries will open again on June 7, 2021
Joensuu and Kuopio Campus Libraries, which have been closed due to renovations, will open on Mon 7 June 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Summer opening hours are valid at all UEF Libraries until 31 August 2021. However, the KUH Medical Library will be closed from 28 June to 29 July 2021.
Notice some exceptions in the library services:
Making reservations is possible again from June 7, 2021.
The renovations will last throughout the summer and thus, it may not be possible to work in peace and quiet at the campus libraries. For more information about other self-study facilities on campuses, visit Kamu.
Kuopio Campus Library’s book drop hatch is located at the B-door of Snellmania-building during the renovation.
The Legal deposit working station of the Kuopio Campus Library will not be available during the summer. The workstation can be reserved for use again in the fall.
In Joensuu, Oppari and IT service desk serve in temporary facilities in Agora building for the time being.
During the summer season, the library serves by phone, chat and email Mon–Fri 9am–3pm.
There may be changes to services. Follow the news on the library’s website, on social media and on Yammer.
For more information: library@uef.fi
Teams: location change of video recordings on June 18, 2021
Video/meeting recordings storage change to OneDrive and SharePoint on June 18, 2021. Read more (new tab).
University of Eastern Finland gets back to normal studying and working by autumn
The coronavirus situation in Finland has improved significantly, and the vaccination programme is also in good gear. This makes it possible to get back to normal in studies and work over the summer and by next autumn – while of course taking any possible orders given by the authorities into consideration.
Teaching in the autumn semester 2021 is also prepared to be organised without any restrictions on physical attendance, facility capacities or group sizes. Student exchange will also be possible (exchange students and degree students, both incoming and outgoing) while observing the guidelines issued by the university, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, and the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, as well as the guidelines of the destination countries and host institutions.
People in at-risk groups may return to the campus 21 days after receiving their 1st dose of vaccine, if they have been vaccinated using the Comirnaty or Moderna vaccines, or 14 days after receiving their 2nd dose of vaccine, if they have been vaccinated using the Astra Zeneca vaccine.
Restrictions relating to classes and activities offered by Sykettä University Sports Services have also been lifted so that outdoors classes and activities are again available. Restrictions relating to indoors classes and activities are also sought to be lifted by the autumn. The university’s own gyms will open on 1 June 2021. Further information about classes becoming available will be published on Sykettä University Sports Services’ own channels and on Yammer.
The lifting of restrictions relating to face masks and physical distancing will follow the recommendations given by the regional coronavirus coordination groups and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare.
Survey on student well-being
Hi student! How did your studies go during last spring? How have you been? How well have you managed to recover?
An exceptional year is now behind us, so we hope you could take a moment to reflect on the past Autumn and answer this questionnaire. We would like to emphasise that the knowledge gained by our study will be utilised in monitoring and improving students’ well-being.
We are investigating the ways in which the state of emergency caused by the coronavirus pandemic influences our students’ studies and well-being during the years 2020-21. We are also interested in the stress factors related to the state of emergency, and the resources and means that have helped in coping with the situation.
The first part of this study was conducted in Spring 2020 and the second part at the turn of the year 2020–2021, so, you might have filled in our questionnaire already then. Now, we hope both previous and new participants to join in.
You can take part in the research by responding to our survey.
It will only take about 10 minutes. Every response is important!
And hey, we will raffle 10 iTunes movie vouchers among the participants who leave their contact details! 🙂
Thank you in advance! Thank you and have a nice summer!
Professor Markku Niemivirta & the team
Case of COVID-19 confirmed in Rantakylä Teacher Training School
A case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Rantakylä Teacher Training School in Joensuu. Exposure to the coronavirus has been possible during Friday, 21 May 2021. Approximately 40 persons in Rantakylä Teacher Training School have been exposed to the virus; for the majority of them, exposure has been deemed mild.
Those affected have been informed of the matter via Wilma, and Siun sote will contact everyone who has been exposed to the virus by telephone this evening.
Other pupils and staff members of the school are not regarded as having been exposed to the virus, because they have not been in close contact with the person who has tested positive for COVID-19. Their school work will continue normally.