The working committees the Executive Board manage are a part of LYY’s activity. The purpose of the committees is to be a conversational and cooperational forums for the student union, the student associations and other people who are willing to collaborate in working for the University of Lapland students best interest. There may be experts visiting the committee assemblies to deepen the committees understanding of a certain topic. The committees can also make excursions to places they find worth visiting.
The committees are an important part of LYY’s work because many issues that will be implemented by the Board are first prepared in a committee assembly. A committee is lead by a Member of the Board that has been appointed to be responsible of a sector the committee handles. The committee consists of student association actives. The assemblies of the committees are open for all members of LYY. The time and the place of the assemblies are informed in our website’s event section and the Facebook groups of each committee as well as the committee email lists. Each committee assemblies about once a month.
The Executive Board has set up six committees for the year 2026.
Tutoring Committee
The Tutoring Committee handles student tutoring in cooperation with the tutoring representatives of the subject associations. The committee is usually chaired by LYY’s board member responsible for tutoring and its secretary is LYY’s Specialist in Student Affairs
Study Committee
The Study Committee meets approximately once a month during the academic year. The committee deals with issues related to educational policy advocacy, such as matters concerning the completion of studies and vouchers distributed by the university. The committee is usually chaired by LYY’s board member responsible for education policy and secretarial duties are performed by LYY’s Specialist in Student affaris
Internationality Committee
The internationality committee is all about protection of the international students interests from topics like entrance fees to housing and more. The people in charge of each student association’s internationality sector attend to the assemblies of this committee as well as ESN Lapland actives along with the university’s internationality unit. The chair of the committee is the Member of the Executive Board who is responsible for the internationality sector. The secretary is the Specialist in Students Affairs. The Internationality committee is open for everyone who’s interested in the topics it handles.
More information on the internationality committee from: edunvalvonta(at)lyy.fi
The Free Time Committee
The Free Time Committee produces events and organizes a great variety of projects within the Student Union. The committee assembles about once a month and has a different emphasis on each meeting depending on what events or projects are currently in the making. The people who join the Free Time Committee are the students in charge of the culture sector in different student associations and in the student union. The Executive Board appoints the Chair of the Committee. The Secretary of the Committee is the Member Services Employee. The assemblies of the committee are open for everyone to visit.
More information on the Free Time Committee from paasihteeri(at)lyy.fi
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee deals with matters related to finances, corporate cooperation, and working life, so it includes people involved in the finances of subject and student organizations, such as treasurers and fundraisers, as well as working life representatives. The committee is usually chaired by LYY’s treasurer and its secretary is LYY’s secretary general.
More information on the environment committee: paasihteeri(at)lyy.fi
Responsibility Committee
The Responsibility Committee deals with matters such as the environment, climate, and equality. It is usually chaired by LYY’s board member responsible for responsibility and secretarial duties are handled by LYY’s community expert.