The Student Union of the University of Lapland (LYY) is disappointed with the decisions made at Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s government’s mid-term budget session, which will impose massive cuts of €117.7 million to the core funding of higher education institutions. At the same time, the government has outlined granting degree-awarding rights to open universities, which … Read more
Rovaniemi is Finland’s northernmost university city – and one of the few – but this isn’t always reflected in the city’s decision-making. The student housing situation in Rovaniemi has reached a crisis point, and the Student Union of the University of Lapland (LYY) and the Student Union of Lapland University of Applied Sciences (ROTKO) are … Read more
The Student Union of the University of Turku and The Student Union of the Univesity of Lapland oppose the change being prepared by The Ministry of Education and Culture, after which university students would have to pay a 50 euro fee for applying for an extension of their study right. This change is being justified … Read more