BRIDGES -project supporting students' well being and smooth studying

The Bridges Sub-projects I (2021-2022)

1. ISYY Student Union / Easy-to-access support and advice for students on day-to-day studies, preparing for working life, maintaining studying capacity, and coping. | ISYY Student Union / Bridges -project internet pages (opens in a new tab)
   • Contact person: secretary general Sanna Heinonen (paasihteeri@isyy.fi), co-ordinator for the Bridges -project Riina Pääkkönen (riina.paakkonen@isyy.fi)
2. Student sports services / Sykettä, Joensuu / Small group, active everyday activity for students suffering loneliness and for students facing challenges in everyday life management. | Sykettä Joensuu -internet pages (opens in a new tab)
   • Contact person: sports coordinator Heli Aalto (liikuntasuunnittelija@isyy.fi)
3. Student sports services / Sykettä, Kuopio / The gentle start group offers health and wellbeing promotion services for students with the aim of reducing the feeling of loneliness and receiving peer support in small groups, boosting a sense of community by providing easy-to-access services, and motivating students to look after their own wellbeing and develop their social skills. | Sykettä Kuopio -internet pages (opens in a new tab)
   • Contact person: sports coordinator Sirpa Risto (liikuntasuunnittelija.kuopio@isyy.fi)
4. Student and Learning Services, international mobility services / International students in these exceptional circumstances, support activities.
   • Contact person: international relations coordinator Anna Jetsu (anna.jetsu@uef.fi)
5. Student and Learning Services, counselling and wellbeing services / Implementation of an easy-to-access digital contact point for students (TUUDO mobile app), as well as training and support to boost studying and wellbeing skills, activities and support measures to foster a sense of community, strengthening peer tutoring, and support measures related to tutor training.
   • Student2Student -peer counselling (project coordinator: Marinia Sorjonen-Ward,  marinia.sorjonen-ward@uef.fi)
   • Contact person: head of student services Tuija Pasanen (tuija.pasanen@uef.fi)
6. School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education / Better cooperation in the joint activities of peer tutors and teacher tutors (pilot: developing the tutoring programme in UEF’s teacher education).
   • Contact person: project researcher Ville Tahvanainen (ville.tahvanainen@uef.fi)

The Bridges Sub-projects II (2022-2023)

1. ISYY Student Union / Easy-to-access support and advice for students on day-to-day studies, preparing for working life, maintaining studying capacity, and coping. | ISYY Student Union / Bridges -project internet pages (opens in a new tab)
   • Contact person: secretary general Sanna Heinonen (paasihteeri@isyy.fi) and later on Helena Kansanen, co-ordinator for the Bridges -project Riina Pääkkönen (riina.paakkonen@isyy.fi)
2. Student sports services / Sykettä, Joensuu /  Sykettä Joensuu -internet pages (opens in a new tab)
   • Contact person: sports coordinator Heli Aalto (liikuntasuunnittelija@isyy.fi)
3. Student sports services / Sykettä, Kuopio /  Sykettä Kuopio -internet pages (opens in a new tab)
   • Contact person: sports coordinator Sirpa Risto (liikuntasuunnittelija.kuopio@isyy.fi)
4. Student and Learning Services, counselling and wellbeing services
   • Contact person: head of student services Tuija Pasanen (tuija.pasanen@uef.fi)