LYY’s board held its constitutive meeting for 2024

LYY’s executive board held its constitutive meeting 22.01.2024. The executive board chose Jesse Pöllänen unanimously as the Vice Chair of the Board. The areas of responsibilities were distributed as follows:   Jesse Pöllänen – Internationality  Aku Westerholm – Community + Business cooperation  Alexandra Aho – Student Advocacy + Finance  Iris Rantala – Social relations + … Read more

New shirts now available for ordering!

LYY’s new college shirts and hoodies are now available for ordering through webstore. he material of the shirts is a blend of cotton and recycled polyester, which makes these stylish shirts also ecological and comfortable. The webstore is open for a limited period 15. – 28.1.2024. The webstore is managed by Kloffa clothing. Kloffa is … Read more

F-Wing Service Point Opening Hours 9.1.-27.2.

LYY’s Service Point at the F-wing is open Monday to Tuesday, from 12 PM to 2 PM, starting January 9. You can for example buy new overall-badges at the Service Point! LYY’s Office will be open again by reservation. To set up a visit, please contact us via lyy(a)lyy.fi or +358 44 787 5670. You … Read more

The LYY Board for 2024 was elected

The Representative Council met on December 5th for the first time after the elections held in November. Roope Rantala, a second-year law student, was elected as the Chair of the Board. Rantala has served as a member of LYY’s board this year, taking responsibility for educational policies and matters related to studies. Other members elected … Read more

Customer service point will be on Christmas break from 5.12.2023

Customer service point at the F-wing of the University of Lapland will be on Christmas break from 5.12.2023. Customer service point will open again in January. Service- and Administration Specialist wishes happy holidays and thanks everyone for the past year. LYY’s office will be open until 20.12. after which office will be closed for the … Read more

The new Representative Council begins its two-year term 

The new Representative Council will have its first meeting on Tuesday 5.12. at 16:00. The meeting will be held in room B127 (former LS2) and remotely. The term for the incoming representative council is from 1.12.2023, to 30.11.2025.   The new representative council will immediately make important decisions for the upcoming term. During the meeting, both … Read more

It’s time to apply to the LYY Board 2024

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LYY is looking for members to its next Executive Board! However, as Finnish is the offcial working language of the student union, we have only posted instructions in Finnish. Please contact us if you have any questions on the matter!

Jesse Häyhä was elected to SYL Board

The General Assembly of the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL), which represents the approximately 140,000 students at Finnish universities, has elected a new Board for 2024. The General Assembly also made decisions on next year’s Plan of Work and SYL’s finances. The new SYL President is Akseli Tiitta, 23, from the Student … Read more

Electronic diploma as an official certificate for those graduating from November onwards

The University of Lapland will starts using electronic degree certificates during November. The authenticity of electronic diploma can be verified more reliably than paper certificate. Student can save the electronic diploma in one´s own files, for example on a computer or cloud service. – An electronic diploma is convenient to use, for example, in an … Read more