Working groups and representations
Students' voice in working groups
We develop university of applied sciences education and the well-being of UAS students by bringing our views forward in various working groups, projects and boards and by participating in the activities of our stakeholders. We represent UAS students broadly in working groups related to, among other things, the development of education, health and well-being, housing, livelihood and equality. In the working groups, UAS students are mainly represented by our advisers, but in some cases the representative may also be a Board Member or an alumnus.
For more information on the working groups, you can contact our advisers, whose contact details you can find here.
Well-being and equality
- Coordination group for promoting the mental health of higher education students (FSHS)
- Advisory board for student health care of higher education students (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health)
- Steering group of the Finnish Student Health Survey KOTT (THL)
- Right to Learn advisory board
- Core group of the OPHY student well-being network (Nyyti ry)
- Student health care forum (Kela)
- Supporting immigrants in higher education SIMHE cooperation group (Ministry of Education and Culture)
- Steering group of the Ympäristö ja tulevaisuus mielessä (Environment and future in mind) project (Mieli ry & Nyyti ry)
- Steering group of the Loneliness work in higher education institutions project (Nyyti ry)
- Finnish Student Health Service FSHS, Board
- Finnish Student Health Service FSHS, national health working group
- Finnish Student Health Service FSHS, Supervisory Board
Livelihood and housing
- Working group for the comprehensive reform of student financial aid
- Monitoring group for the working group set up to prepare proposals on the comprehensive reform of student financial aid
- Student Financial Aid Appeal Board
- Advisory Board for Student Financial Aid (Ministry of Education and Culture)
- Student Legal Protection Board (Ministry of Education and Culture)
- Sillanrakentajat (Bridge builders) network on affordable housing
- Finnish Student Housing SOA ry, Board
- Advisory Board for Financial Literacy (Ministry of Justice)
Working life and continuous learning
- Open Learning Award jury
- ELO Forum for Lifelong Guidance (Ministry of Education and Culture and Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment)
- Steering group of the Skills Anticipation Forum (Finnish National Agency for Education)
Developing education
- Education Finland, education export steering group
- EU30 working group (Ministry of Education and Culture)
- EU3 Subcommittee on External Relations, extended composition
- EURASHE Committee for Strategic Advice
- Government proposal to amend the Universities Act and the Universities of Applied Sciences Act (raising of tuition fees), legislative project working group
- Finnish Education Evaluation Centre FINEEC, Evaluation Council
- Finnish Education Evaluation Centre FINEEC, Higher Education Evaluation Committee
- Sustainability and responsibility working group (Arene)
- Board of the Finnish National Agency for Education (Finnish National Agency for Education)
- Working group drafting the sub-policy on open access to theses
- Steering group for learners' information flows and the VIRTA study information service (Ministry of Education and Culture)
- Expert group on engineering higher education (FINEEC)
- TAKKI cooperation network for working life and vocational education
- Working group supporting national cooperation on graduate tracking and the preparation of the European Commission's European graduate tracking (Ministry of Education and Culture)
Other cooperation networks and representations
- Finnish Association for Substance Abuse Prevention EHYT ry, Board
- Finnish Association for Substance Abuse Prevention EHYT ry, Supervisory Board
- Nyyti ry, Board
- Board of Opiskelija-Holding Oy
- Foundation for Research on Studying and Education OTUS rs
- Board of OSS-Järjestöpalvelut Oy
- Kreisiryhmä, cooperation network of non-aligned student organisations
- Finnish Youth Co-operation Allianssi ry, Board
Organisations in which SAMOK is a member
- Ehkäisevä päihdetyö EHYT ry
- Confederation of Finnish Industries EK
- Eurooppalainen Suomi ry
- European Students’ Union (ESU)
- Fingo ry
- Nuorisoalan kattojärjestö Allianssi ry
- Nyyti ry
- Service Sector Employers PALTA ry
- Pohjola-Norden Youth Association
- Seta ry (supporting member)
- SOSTE Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health
- Finnish Student Housing SOA
- Family Federation of Finland
