by Laureamko | Aug 26, 2020 | News, Yleinen
Politics is about doing common things! This morning I woke up at 5am bcause my six-year-old didn’t want to sleep any longer. Couple hours later she was already taking her first nap and I sat down to write this blog. At the same time I wonder how politics affect...
by Laureamko | May 26, 2020 | Yleinen
Laureamko’s advocacy team has continued to operate remotely during the Corona Spring. We have met with Laurea’s administration regularly and advanced our projects through Zoom meetings. Spring 2020 has been exceptional for all of us, but Laureamko’s advocacy...
by Riku Simola | Apr 7, 2020 | Yleinen
When I started at Laureamko on Monday, March 23rd, a week had passed since the Government had declared a state of emergency. Restaurants were still open, and people were crossing the Uusimaa border as usual. Arriving at my new place of work, I was aware that after...
by Riku Simola | Apr 6, 2020 | Yleinen
The Council of Representatives held their fourth meeting on Thursday 2nd of April. The meeting was a General Spring Meeting which is statutory, or required by the Finnish Associations Act. Due to the current situation the meeting was held remotely in Zoom. The Council...
by Riku Simola | Feb 14, 2020 | Yleinen
The Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS or in Finnish YTHS) will expand to include students at universities of applied sciences from the beginning of 2021, and the new service network has been published! The service network shows where FSHS services will be offered...
by Riku Simola | Feb 11, 2020 | Yleinen
In many respects working full time for the student union has been unique opportunity. Protecting student rights has been important to me for years and it has been great to be able to do it as a job. I have learned a lot about student issues from education policy to...