Students of the University of Eastern Finland have several different possibilities for having a say in the operations of the university. Students may have a say in teaching, guidance, counselling and their development through the feedback they give. Feedback is regularly reviewed as part of the curriculum work and the teaching quality management system.
Students play an important role in the improvement of the quality of the university’s operations.
University-level surveys
Course feedback
You can ask direct questions from or give direct feedback to the teacher (e.g., person in charge of the course) concerning teaching and guidance. In this way, your feedback can be taken into consideration sooner.
Course feedback is systematically collected. However, it does not mean the collection of feedback for every course every year. The course feedback tool is integrated into Peppi but discussion sessions and other feedback collection methods are also used.
Further information on Cource feedback in Intra (requires logging in)
Study path feedback
During your studies, you will also have opportunities to give feedback in the form of so-called study path feedback surveys. They are typically university-wide feedback surveys targeted at students at a specific stage of their studies (first year, bachelor’s and graduates).
Further information on student feedback systems in Intra (requires login)
Initial guidance survey
The initial guidance survey is targeted at students who started their studies in the autumn. Questions concern the starting of university studies, such as what expectations the student had regarding guidance, how the guidance was implemented and in what kind of matters the student needed guidance.
Further information on Initial guidance survey in Intra (requires login)
Bachelor’s feedback
The national Bachelor’s feedback survey is for all who have completed a Bachelor’s degree or students with corresponding studies from universities. The survey is carried out in the same way in all Finnish universities.
The survey is used to collect feedback of the current state of teaching and guidance, and to chart student experiences from working life and their well-being. The answers are important for the development work of university teaching and the performance assessments. The feedback survey also forms part of the performance metrics of the universities.
Further information on Bachelor’s feedback (requires login)
Employment and career follow-up surveys
The employment survey concerns the employment of the graduates and, correspondingly, the national career follow-up survey concerns their employment five years after graduation.
Further information on Employment survey, Career monitoring and Doctoral degree career monitoring (requires login).
Customer feedback
By collecting feedback, the university wishes to further improve its activities, and both positive and critical feedback is welcomed. Customers may also give feedback if they feel that they are treated unfairly, or their case is being processed in an unfair manner.
Feedback relating to teaching or course evaluations should primarily be addressed to the teacher/department/head of department concerned.