The National Union of University Students in Finland’s (SYL’s) Development Cooperation Advisory Board (KENKKU) is a voluntary group of students representing different student unions from Finland. KENKKU is responsible for managing SYL’s development cooperation projects with professionals from the field and participates in advocacy work and fundraising. KENKKU has two teams, the project management team … Read more

The Election Aid Application for Student Parliament Elections is open for everyone. Explore the answers and find your favorite Candidate! The questions are both in Finnish and English. You can find The Election Aid here  LYY recommends that the person using the Election Aid does not limit the gender and age of the candidate. This will … Read more

How do companies take the climate, the environment and human rights into consideration in their activities? Do stores offer responsibly produced clothing? How about laptops or phones? These are the questions to which we are trying to find answers in autumn 2021, as theme weeks or events for sustainable development related to responsible consumption are … Read more

The Student Union of the University of Lapland is organizing futsal and floorball leagues to students of our university and the Lapland University of Applied Sciences. The participation fee for a team is 100eur/league. Floorball games are held at Jokiväylä 9 Sports Hall on mondays and tuedays from8pm to 10pm. Futsal games are played in … Read more

The student union of the university of Lapland rewards every year one Student achievement. The achievement can be any kind of accomplishment made by one person or a group, which has affected positively or meaningfully way to the student life. The Student achievement will be rewarded at the student union’s annual ball on 9th of … Read more

Every year at the annual ball the student union rewards people with badges of merit, who have been taking part in the student union’s activities in a commendable way. Again this year, the members of the student union can suggest people, who deserve the student union’s badge of merit. If you know a person, who … Read more

The Student Union of the University of Lapland has decided not to organize the Semester start (3.9.) and the Freshmen party (8.9.). The reason for the cancellation is the continued acceleration phase in Rovaniemi. The events are not held for health reasons but the cancellation has also been affected by restaurant restrictions in the area. … Read more

LYY’s student guide 2022 is now out! In the student guide you can find all the information you need about student life in Lapland. The guide includes information about LYY, studies and all kinds of student activities! Find your copy of the guide from our office or at our service point in the F-wing!

During the spring and summer there have been several recruitments for staff in the student union. At its meeting on March 24th, 2021, the Council of Representetives of the Student Union of the University of Lapland elected Inka Komonen and Lotta Lautala as the new Editors of the Student magazine. At its meeting on April … Read more