Student union’s blog posts
In recent days, the United States and many other countries have witnessed protests and statements against racism and police violence after the death of George Floyd. Floyd was a 46-year-old black man from Minneapolis who died as a result of…
The year is 2018 and the merging of the universities and students unions of Tampere is approaching. But who will advocate for students in the new faculties or in the new universitys administration in general? In the spring of 2018…
What are we talking about when we discuss free education? The first thing that usually comes to my mind is tuition fees, which probably happens to anyone who is actively following the broader societal discussion about educational affairs. However, this…
According to the Youth Barometer the lack of trust towards the future is related to climate change amongst Finnish youngsters. Three out of four of them are feeling insecure because of the global catastrophe. Every once in a while there’s…
This spring has been odd – and not only because coronavirus pandemic has tied us to our homes. For me this spring has been peculiar, because I took two months study leave to finalise my studies. In this blog I…