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Break exercise program for students

14.05.2020 Leave a Comment

Break Pro break exercise program is now available free of charge for UEF students and staff from 15th May.

Break Pro is a professional break exercise program. It reminds to take breaks while working and provides break exercise guidance based on the latest exercise recommendations.

The program includes over a hundred short break exercise videos, ranging from the traditional shoulder exercises to ergonomics instructions and voice exercises for speakers. The user can program reminder settings at certain intervals or at specific times of the day.

The programme is available in Finnish, Swedish and English. The program may be installed on UEF’s staff and students´ computers and mobile devices, as well as on a personal mobile phone. Teachers and lecturers may also use the programme for break exercising during lectures.

Further information and installation instructions:

Kamu
Heimo (logging required via UEF-user name)

Book picking service for UEF staff and students starts on 14.5.

11.05.2020 Leave a Comment

Due to the exceptional circumstanses, we are opening a book picking service for UEF staff members and students, who already have a library card. The service starts from 14.5. and is valid until further notice. UEF Libraries are closed from customers.
We pick the books from shelf based on reservations made 14.5. or after. The service is intented only for material you absolutely need for your studies and research. Unfortunately National repository library books, legal deposit copes and reading room copies are not available during the service. Interlibrary services are also closed until further notice. Please notice, that this is an exceptional arrangement and our customers need to follow given instructions.

1. Check the availability of the book from UEF Primo. You can have max. five (5) books at a time.
2. Make a reservation in UEF Primo. Make sure, you have chosen the right edition and so on. We pick the books from shelf based on reservations made 14.5. or after. In case you have earlier reservations on books you absolutely need, contact library[at]uef.fi.
3. If the book or article is available in electronic format, a printed version will not be delivered.
4. The books will be ready for pick-up within a week from order. We will notify you by email, when your order is ready to be picked up from the campus.
5. It is crucial that you follow the given pick-up time, since the order will be canceled, if you don’t pick it up on the given day.
6. Pick up the books your ordered from Joensuu Olola (Carelia-building) / from Kuopio, Snellmania-buildings lobby. It is crucial to avoid any contact with other people.
7. The books are on the shelf by your name. They have been borrowed for you and you can see them in your loans in UEF Primo.
8. Notice, that this is an exception and the Libraries are closed due the Coronavirus pandemic.
9. As usual, the customer is responsible for the borrowed material, as told in the Library’s Terms of use.
10. Thank you for co-operation! If needed, contact [email protected]

The University of Eastern Finland will begin restoring its functions in phases beginning 14th May 2020

07.05.2020 Leave a Comment

Amended 12.5.: Work-related visits to campus are allowed only with permission from the head of department/unit.

The University of Eastern Finland will begin lifting restrictions on its functions in phases while observing the restrictions and guidelines from the government at every turn in order to ensure safety and security.

The university staff will continue to work remotely. No contact teaching will be organized during the spring 2020 semester. In accordance with the decision made by the Finnish government, basic education in the teacher training schools will begin on May 14th. The library’s services will open in part starting May 14th. Apart from these exceptions, the facilities of the University of Eastern Finland will remain closed in general.

– Right off, I want to thank our staff and students for following the restrictions carefully and for showing great team spirit during this exceptional time. We will begin lifting restrictions on the university’s functions gradually and with consideration while prioritizing health and safety, the rector Jukka Mönkkönen sums up.

The recovery plan of the University of Eastern Finland will comply with the decisions made by the Finnish government as well as Universities Finland (UNIFI).

– The recovery plan may need to be revised or specified in accordance with possible developments in the coronavirus situation or to comply with new decisions made by the Finnish government. The university will announce any decisions made as the situation develops through the spring and autumn.

The use of facilities and working at the university

Because the university’s facilities remain closed, the staff will continue remote working at least until the end of May. Work-related visits to campus are allowed only with permission from the head of department/unit. Otherwise, visiting the campus remains prohibited. Decisions about steps to be taken in June will be made at the end of May with the coronavirus situation in mind as it then stands.

Teaching

The university’s facilities will primarily remain closed during the spring semester, and teaching will continue to be carried out chiefly online as per the current plans and principles. Assessments about teaching in the autumn semester will be made based on decisions made nationally and by observing forthcoming developments in the coronavirus situation. Facilities for electronic EXAM examinations will remain closed. The EXAM rooms can only be opened by a decision of the dean.

Teacher training schools

Both teacher training schools will reopen for contact teaching for basic education on May 14th in a controlled and safe manner: it is prohibited to attend work or school while ill, unnecessary physical contact at school should be avoided, and particular attention must be paid to hand and cough hygiene. Particular care will be taken to ensure the cleanliness and hygiene of the facilities. Meetings between teachers must be kept to a minimum or organized electronically. Outsiders are not permitted on school grounds without a specific reason.
Distance teaching will be continued at the upper secondary school of the teacher training school until the end of the semester in accordance with the Finnish government’s recommendation.

Research

For the time being, research will primarily be carried out remotely. Beginning May 14th, carrying out research activities in the university’s facilities can be permitted by decision of the head/director of the department/unit in cases where access to the university’s facilities is crucial for carrying out research and the activities comply with official guidelines. These cases include, for example, field research, laboratory research, and research that requires the university’s secure telecommunications link. The amount of personnel permitted in the facilities at the same time is limited, and safety and health guidelines as well as restrictions on gatherings must be adhered to in each laboratory and research space.

The current field research guidelines remain in effect. Field research or other research conducted outside of the university may be carried out while observing general protective measures and the following restrictions at all times:

– Equipment used for research may be retrieved from the university’s facilities with permission from one’s supervisor while following both the university’s and government’s general guidelines to avoid the risk of infection.
– In accordance with general guidelines, travel is not recommended. If the research subject/site is located near one’s residence, one should primarily travel there alone and avoid carpooling and ridesharing. If traveling alone is not possible, the passengers in the same vehicle must be able to maintain a minimum distance of one meter from one another.
– General guidelines must be adhered to at research sites. These guidelines include restricting the number of participants at a gathering to a maximum of 10 as well as following any specific guidelines stated about or at the research site.
– Persons in any risk group, persons who are ill and persons manifesting any symptoms of infection are not permitted under any circumstances to participate in research work.
– These guidelines pertain only to research work. All contact teaching and contact guidance is prohibited for the time being.
Additionally, clarifications on research activities conducted in the university’s facilities:
– The head/director of the department/unit must always know which persons are working in the facilities.
– The head/director is responsible for ensuring that there are never more than 10 people working in the same space and that the minimum distance between all persons present is 2 meters.
– All writing and analysis work relating to research that can be conducted remotely will continue to be conducted remotely.
– Group meetings will be carried out as video meetings.
– Gloves must be worn at all times when using any equipment in joint use.
– Persons in any risk group are not permitted to physically participate in research at all.
– No one who is ill or manifesting symptoms is permitted in the facilities.

Public examinations of doctoral dissertations

All public examinations of doctoral dissertations must be organized remotely until the end of May. This method is recommended thereafter as well. According to the decision of the Finnish government, meetings of up to 50 persons will be permitted from the beginning of June. Public examinations of doctoral dissertations can therefore be organized on campus while observing restrictions on the number of participants and caution to maintain safe distance.

Library

The library’s online services will continue to function normally. A limited pickup service of printed books and the chance to return borrowed books will open on May 14th. For the time being, the service will only be open for UEF staff, students and contract customers. Up-to-date, detailed instructions on this will be posted soon on the library’s website.

The Kuopio campus library will be renovated between June 1st and August 31st, 2020. During this time, the library’s book collection will not be available for use, because the books will be put into storage for the duration of the renovation.

The Joensuu campus library will be renovated between June 15th and August 7th, 2020. During this time, services will continue within the limits dictated by construction site restrictions.

Restaurant services

The campus restaurants follow general national guidelines and will continue to sell take-away meals in the Carelia restaurant in Joensuu and the Snellmania restaurant in Kuopio, as before.

Entrance examinations

In accordance with the renewed admissions procedures, the entrance examinations will be organized in May and June, primarily as remote examinations that will be implemented in two phases. The safety measures for the exams in which the second phase requires the applicant to be on campus will be announced separately. More information on the entrance examinations can be found here: https://haeyliopistoon.fi/valinnat-2020-muutokset/.

Conferences and seminars

All conferences and seminars are being held online until further notice. Traveling abroad is prohibited for the time being.

Leisure activities

Restrictions on university sports will be in place until the end of May. University sports activities will resume at the beginning of June. More information on this will be announced later.

Inquiry to institute directors about restoring functions and experiences during this unusual situation

At the beginning of the week, an inquiry was sent to department directors to map out the institutes’ viewpoints on returning to campus. The inquiry canvasses how the university’s functions could be recovered in phases, especially from a safety perspective. Additionally, the aim is to reflect on what we have learned from this unusual situation. The answers to the inquiry will be used to aid in forming the university’s recovery plan and for further development.

The University of Eastern Finland will make decisions on the next steps at the end of May.
Questions regarding these topics should primarily be sent via email to: COVID-19(at)uef.fi.

Apply for student exchange for the spring semester 2021!

04.05.2020 Leave a Comment

The second calls for applications for Erasmus+, FIRST+, Nordlys/Nordplus, and bilateral student exchange in the spring semester 2021 is open until Sunday, 31 May at 11.59 p.m. (23.59).

At this first stage of application, applicants submit an exchange application to UEF to be accepted as a UEF candidate for exchange (internal call for applications). This is followed by the second stage of application during which the selected UEF candidates apply for their host university to get the final acceptance on the exchange placement.

More information on the second calls for applications may be found in the Calls for applications article in Kamu. Illustrated application instructions and more information about applying for student exchange may be found in the Applying for student exchange and traineeship abroad article in Kamu.

Do you need help with your application on the application system SoleMOVE? Do you want to discuss your exchange plans with a coordinator? If you have questions on student exchange or applying, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] . Meetings can be arranged via Skype or Teams.

UEF entrance examinations to be organised remotely and for small groups

30.04.2020 Leave a Comment

The University of Eastern Finland will be organising its entrance examinations in May and June mostly as remote examinations that will be implemented in two phases. Information has been provided to the applicants of the changes to the student admission procedure and criteria via email, and those who have not yet received the information should do so by the end of today (30 April).

“Contrary to what has been said in the media, universities have not cancelled their entrance examinations for this spring. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, we will be using other ways to organise the exams instead of the traditional exams for hundreds if not thousands of applicants at the same time ,” says the Academic Rector of the University of Eastern Finland, Tapio Määttä.

In the first phase of the two-phase remote entrance exam, the applicant takes the exam independently at a time indicated by the university. In the second phase, there are two ways to take the exam: individually as an oral exam or in a small group, with an invigilator present, on campus either in Joensuu or Kuopio, where the necessary safety precautions will be taken.

“The final decision on how to organise the second phase has not yet been made for all study programmes. Where permitted under the pandemic-induced restrictions, certain small-scale entrance examinations may be organised on campus. Where the exam is organised on campus, the applicants are split into groups of no more than 10 people per room. The applicants who go through to the second phase will be informed of the arrangements in more detail after the results of the first phase are in,” says Määttä.

With certain UEF study programmes, the student admission decisions will be made on the basis of an online course instead of an entrance exam.
“The student admission procedure used for the Western Theology and Education and Adult Education study programmes – replacing the entrance exam with an online course – is innovative, and it could potentially be introduced on a more permanent basis,” Määttä comments.

According to Määttä, the coronavirus situation has required changes to be made to the original admission quota for certain study programmes.

“The number of applicants to be admitted through certificate-based admissions has been increased, while the number of applicants to be admitted through entrance examinations has been reduced for certain study programmes. At the same time, the certificate-based admission procedure originally intended for first-timer applicants has now been made available to other applicants as well,” Määttä explains.

In the second joint application process of this spring, 24,000 applicants applied to study at the University of Eastern Finland. The number of applications was the highest for medicine (4,910 applicants), business (3,391 applicants), law (3,380 applicants), and psychology (2,321 applicants). The total number of study programmes in the joint application process was 65.

The University of Eastern Finland takes part in many joint application processes with other Finnish universities. The study programmes for which the student admission procedure is arranged with other Finnish universities through a joint online application system include medicine, education, social work, business, law, and geography, among others.

Originally, the University of Eastern Finland intended to organise 42 entrance examinations during April–June, with approximately 20,000 applicants attending the exams on the UEF campuses in Joensuu and Kuopio.

Earlier in April, the Finnish universities concluded that, due to the coronavirus situation, organising traditional entrance examinations is not possible without compromising the safety of those involved. (Unifi Bulletin 9 April 2020)

The universities have published information on the changes made to their student admission procedures and criteria by 30 April at the latest. (Unifi Bulletin 30 April 2020)

All the changes to the student admission procedures and criteria made by UEF are available (in Finnish) at https://haeyliopistoon.fi/valinnat-2020-muutokset/

If you have any questions about student admissions and the related procedures, please send them to: valintakokeet2020(at)uef.fi

Further information:
Tapio Määttä, Academic Rector, [email protected], tel. +358 50 575 1589

Universities decided on changes to spring student admissions

30.04.2020 Leave a Comment

It is important that applicants keep preparing for the admissions and take care of their wellbeing. Their long-term preparations have not gone to waste.

The universities have decided on the implementation of student admissions in the current emergency conditions. All the units responsible for the study options available for application will publish their changed policies no later than today, 30 April.

The traditional entrance examinations have been replaced by remote examinations, oral examinations, assignments for submission and a more extensive use of certificate-based admissions. Most entrance examinations will be organised as two-stage examinations where only the most successful applicants of the first stage continue to the second stage. Students will be ranked primarily with the help of an online platform. The second stage can be organised either remotely or in the form of a small-scale examination held on campus.

‘The universities made their decision with due consideration to the applicants’ status and attempted to keep the changes minimal. Under these exceptional circumstances, we have managed to find solutions that guarantee that persons from all applicant groups have a chance to be admitted’, says Petri Suomala, Chair of the Unifi meetings for vice presidents for education.

Each field has adopted the solution best meeting its needs. The universities will keep a close eye on the progress of student admissions and the effects of the changes made. The solutions have been devised by a versatile group of experts, including academic experts as well as experts in student admissions, law, health, security and information technology. Suomala continues:

In student admissions, we are selecting the newest members of the academic community, which is why we want to ensure that the procedures run as smoothly as possible. The solutions reflect the characteristics of each university: different disciplines have traditionally organised their admissions in different ways, and the same continues to be true under the current circumstances, too. Student admissions also vary greatly in size: some programmes have a few dozen applicants, while others have thousands.

The universities consider it crucial that the identity and competence level of each applicant can be verified, and technical means to do so have now been found. The pandemic situation permitting, also small-scale entrance examinations held in the university premises are possible.

‘The changes made to the admissions criteria, such as reducing the number of those invited for the entrance examinations and introducing two-stage admissions procedures, have allowed universities to reduce the number of people invited to entrance examinations on campus to a fraction of the usual number. Universities prepare for the on-site examinations with strict security arrangements in collaboration with a host of experts, such as the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)’, Suomala clarifies.

The universities and organisers of joint admissions will notify their applicants of the changes by email and on the Studyinfo portal. Additional information for applicants is available on the websites of the universities and organisers of joint admissons, on the Studyinfo portal and from the admission services of the universities. The applicants should familiarise themselves with the changes very carefully and, in the case of any questions, contact the admissions services of their prospective university.

‘It is important that applicants keep preparing for the admissions and take care of their wellbeing. Their long-term preparations have not gone to waste. Although the practicalities of student admissions have changed, the content knowledge required of the applicants will remain unchanged’, assures Suomala.

Unifi Q & A on Student Admissions

Information for the media:

Petri Suomala
Chair of the Unifi meetings for vice presidents for education
Universities Finland
+358 40 591 8044

Media contacts for field-specific admissions:

Joint application procedure for engineering and architecture (DIA)
Jaana Sandström, Vice President, LUT University, [email protected] tel. +358 40 571 6197

Joint admissions for field of business:
Sami Saarenketo, Dean, LUT University, [email protected] tel. +358 50 308 6181

Joint admissions for the field of medicine
Jukka Pelkonen, Professor, University of Eastern Finland, [email protected] tel. 050 338 4736

Joint admissions for the field of law
Antti Aine, Professor, University of Turku, [email protected] tel. 050 413 9351

Psychology:
Jari Lipsanen, University Teacher, University of Helsinki, [email protected] tel. 050 448 4166

National selection cooperation network in the field of education (VAKAVA)
Anu Laine, Vice-dean, Helsingin yliopisto, [email protected] tel. 050 318 3920

Registration at the university for the academic year 2020-2021 starts on 2.5.2020

29.04.2020 Leave a Comment

The annual registration at the university to students who are already enrolled at the university (i.e. are in their second, third, etc., year of studies) starts on 2.5.2020 and ends on 15.9.2020.

Registration is mandatory for all undergraduate as well as post-graduate degree students.

You can register electronically either through the Oili-registration service or in WebOodi. We strongly recommend registration through the Oili-registration service.

For further instructions see Kamu (annual registration).

Food assistance for students

22.04.2020 Leave a Comment

Higher education institutions operating in Joensuu and Kuopio have acknowledged that the coronavirus epidemic is placing some students in need of special assistance. The educational institutions have now joined forces, making donations to support their students. These donations are used to purchase food vouchers that will be distributed to students by parishes’ diaconal workers.

Students of the University of Eastern Finland, Karelia University of Applied Sciences and Savonia University of Applied Sciences who are in financial distress due to the coronavirus epidemic now have access to food assistance in Joensuu and Kuopio. Funds donated by the educational institutions are used to purchase food vouchers, allowing students in urgent need to buy food from grocery stores.

The University of Eastern Finland, Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Savonia University of Applied Sciences, the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland and the student associations Poka and Savotta are donating a total of 140 food vouchers to students in urgent need of assistance. The food vouchers will be purchased and distributed via student chaplaincy and diaconal work carried out by the Evangelical Lutheran parishes of Joensuu and Kuopio.

The vouchers will become available via the customer service points of diaconal work in the city centre of Joensuu and Kuopio, and diaconal workers will distribute the food vouchers to students contacting them. Students will need to show proof of identity, and to prove that they are students of the university or the university of applied sciences, upon collecting their voucher.

Students in need of food assistance should contact the diaconal worker of their neighbourhood by telephone or email to agree upon the details on when and where to pick up their voucher. You can find the contact information of the diaconal worker of your neighbourhood here: http://yhteishenki.fi/opiskelijan-ruoka-apu/

For further information on the arrangements relating to food assistance, please contact the parishes’ student chaplains.

Markku Fräntilä
Student Chaplain
Ev. Lut. parishes of Joensuu
+358 50 3830336
[email protected]

Raimo Hakkarainen
Chief Student Chaplain, University Chaplain
Ev. Lut. parishes of Kuopio
+358 40 4848471
[email protected]

Online services during May Day

22.04.2020 Leave a Comment

On Thu, April 30th the library is at your service online by chat, e-mail and telephone, 8am – 4pm
All online services are closed on Fri, May 1st, 2020.

New uef.fi website opened 21 April 2020

21.04.2020 Leave a Comment

The University of Eastern Finland´s new uef.fi website is now open in the address https://www.uef.fi/en! The first ones to get a new layout are the main sections of the website: the home page and the pages dedicated to news and events, studying, research, collaboration and university presentation. The websites of the faculties and units will be moved to the new uef.fi website next summer. The websites of the UEF Library and the Centre for Training and Development, Aducate, will be renewed in autumn 2020.

Presentation of the new website can be found in release: https://www.uef.fi/en/article/new-ueffi-website-is-now-open. Quick and easy way to explore the website is a video presentation: https://youtu.be/WlKtJPCqkhY.

Moodle, WebOodi, email in O365 and other main tools for students are available in Kamu as before.

UEF Connect serves as UEF phonebook.

If you notice any problems in usability or contents of the website, you can give us feedback by this electronic form.

Project team will make changes and corrections to uef.fi in order of priority. Critical problems will be fixed first. Other feedback will be collected for evaluation and, if necessary, for implementation in the further development phase.

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