Mid-Week Mail, week 47

TYY MAKES STATEMENT ON REGULATION CHANGES CONCERNING UNSUITABILITY
RESULTING FROM DIFFERENT FACTORS SHOWING UP IN THE COURSE OF EDUATION

A Ministry of Education work group is preparing regulation changes for universities, universities of applied sciences and vocational education and vocational adult education institutions. The changes concern the withdrawal of study rights due to the unsuitability of the person in the field, the permanent removal from educational institutions a result of extremely serious misconduct, the implementation of drug testing as well as the issues of the transference and protection of information.

The regulation changes were sent for statements until the end of October. TYY's statement can be read at http://tyy.fi/node/468 (in Finnish only)

Information on other statements can be found at
www.minedu.fi/OPM/Koulutus/artikkelit/sora/index.html (in Finnish only)

GET ACTIVE IN 2010 - OPEN APPLICATION FOR TYY COMMITTEES

There are seven TYY Committees in TYY: TYY Committee on Sub-Organisations, TYY Committee on Student Affairs, TYY Committee on Development Cooperation, TYY Committee on International Affairs, TYY Committee on Cultural Issues, TYY Student Cafeteria Committee and TYY
Committee on Environmental Issues.

The new Student Union Council will select the chairs and members of the TYY Committees for 2010 at its final meeting of the year on 9 December. You should go to a Committee meeting to find out more of their activities. Meeting times are available on the TYY events calendar.

Committee member or chair applications must be submitted to the TYY Service Desk (Rehtorinpellonkatu 4 A, 20500 Turku) or by e-mail to tyy-kanslia@utu.fi by Monday, 30 November no later than 12.00. The application form is available on TYY website at
http://www.tyy.fi/in-english/student-union/tyy-committees.

TYY SEARCHES FOR FINANCIAL AID BOARD REPRESENTATIVES

The University of Turku Financial Aid Board is a body which deals with the affairs of state financial aid for University of Turku students. According to the regulations, the Board has a chair and five members as well as five deputy members. The Student Union names three members and
their deputy members and also gives a proposal for vice chair. Members should have Finnish language skills.

Free-form applications and CVs, addressed to the Student Union of the University of Turku, must be delivered to the TYY Service Desk or by post (Rehtorinpellonkatu 4 A, 20500 Turku) by Monday, 30 November no later than 12.00. Please mark Opintotukilautakunta on the envelope.

http://www.tyy.fi/ajankohtaista/2009/867

SYL UNION CONFERENCE 20 - 21 NOVEMBER

The union conference of the National Union of University Students in Finland will be held at Hotelli Korpimäki, in Espoo, from 20 to 21 November. The SYL Executive Board Chair and six other members will be selected at the conference for 2010 and politics of student affairs of
next year will be drawn up.

TYY has nominated its own, current TYY Executive Board Chair Jukka Vornanen for SYL Executive Board Chair. Thirteen Student Union Council members and thirteen deputy members from different council groups will be attending the conference. TYY Secretary General Katja Sauvola and Student Union Council Vice Chair Eero Hokkanen will be attending the conference as surveyors.

TAKE PART IN FREE EDUCATION DAY 30 NOVEMBER

The TYY Committee on Student Affairs, International Affairs and the TYY Student Cafeteria Committee will be organising Free Education Day on 30 November.

Free education is a current and important political issue because the possibility to have tuition fees for students who come from outside the EU/EEA has come up in the new Universities Act. International experience shows that tuition fees oven have ultimately expanded to encompass all
student groups.

All around campus, "exam invoices" and other information on the importance of free education will be distributed. Come be a part of the cause and hand out exam invoices and receive a free lunch! You can also come and discuss academic affairs and fee policy with the invoice distributors. If you are interested in distributing the exam invoices, contact TYY Committee on Student Affairs member Tuuli Ruotsalainen (tttruo@utu.fi).