Services for students
Members of LTKY are entitled to use services offered by the student union. We offer everything from student advocacy to renting facilities and office services. In this page we tell more about the variety of services that LTKY offers.
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Supervision of interests
One of the most important tasks of ours is to drive benefits of our members. LTKY make advocacy work both locally and nationally. You can read more about lobbying via the link below.
Facilities
In Lappeenranta, the downstairs of the Student Union building is a bookable space known as “Kellari.” The basement and sauna facilities connected to it serve a very wide range of uses and occasions. Upstairs, the Student Union building has different places for studying and group work. In Lahti campus students can rent a band room and karaoke room. Members of LTKY can rent spaces at a lower price.
Office services
Lappeenranta
Our members are welcome to our office for a cup of coffee or tea. We don’t offer option for take away, the coffee is meant to enjoy at our cozy office.
You can get year tag for your student card from our office. You need to have your student card with you when collecting the year tag.
We have copy machine in our office that our members can use. Black and white copy is 0,10€/page and color copy 0,20€/page
Several magazines are ordered to our office and anyone can read these for free.
You can borrow board games from our office for free during the office opening hours.
Alcohol meter can be during office’s opening hours and it costs 1 €/use.
Borrowing thermos boxes and bottles is free for members. You can book these by contacting the member service secretary. Booked items can be collected from our office. We have two thermos boxes, two small thermos bottles and two larger bottles.
Trailer rental costs for LTKY members 5 €/day and weekend Fri-Sun 10€. Rental for non-members is 15 €/day and weekend Fri-Sun 30€.
Return on the next working day no later than 12:00, if the key is not returned on the agreed day, an additional fee of 25 €/day will be charged.
Payment is made when the key is picked up at the office by card.
Songbook Punamusta is LTKY’s own songbook. Songbook is used for sitz parties and annual celebrations. Songbook costs 5 € and you can purchase it from our office.
We sell overall badges, LTKY member pins and LTKY’s ribbons for annual celebrations and LTKY’s lanyards at the office. Please ask more when you visit us.
Lahti
LTKY provides coffee for members in Slounge (A134). We don’t offer option for take away, the coffee is meant to be enjoyed at the cozy guild room.
From the office, members can get year tags for students card. In order to get the tag, you will need to take your physical student card with you.
Members can rent a sewing machine, owned by the student union KOE, in the association room (A153) 2€ per day. It must be paid to the office during opening hours.
Book the set via booking calendar.
MOVEO sport equipments can b borrowed from out office. You don’t have to be member of MOVEO, the equipments are free to use for all LAB and LUT students. Equipments can be loaned for 1 week.
Equipments: padel and tennis rackets, skates, touring skates, snowshoes, basketball, frisbee golf discs.
Goods can be reserved by contacting the Lahti member service coordinator.
Kyykkä set: Students can borrow LTKY’s kyykkä set for free. Reserved goods can be picked up from the office at a pre-arranged time. Return on the next business day clean and dry by 12:00 at the latest.
Picnic set: Moisture-proof blankets (2 pcs), grill grate, tarpaulin and picnic table with four stools are free for members. Reserved goods can be picked up from the office at a pre-arranged time. Return on the next business day clean and dry by 12:00 at the latest.
First aid kit: First aid kit for events and occasions. Pickup from the office at a pre-arranged time and return on the next business day by 12:00 at the latest.
Ring light with tripod: A round lamp for producing digital content. The lamp has a bendable phone holder, dimming option, USB connection and a 1.5m tripod stand. Pickup from the office at a pre-arranged time and return on the next business day by 12:00 at the latest.
Tire pump: With the rechargeable tire pump, you can pump not only a football but also bicycle or car tires. Pickup from the office at a pre-arranged time and return loaded, the next business day by 12:00 at the latest.
Thermos, jug and heating box: Thermos (2 pcs), plastic jug and heating box are free for members. Reserved items can be picked up from the office at a pre-arranged time. Return on the next business day washed inside and out by 12:00 at the latest.
Songbook Punamusta is LTKY’s own songbook. Songbook is used for sitz parties and annual celebrations. Songbook costs 5 € and you can purchase it from our office.
We sell overall badges, LTKY member pins and LTKY’s ribbons for annual celebrations, LTKY’s lanyards and rent KOE’s hot tub (regular prices) at the office. Please ask more when you visit us.
Harassment contact person
The student union’s harassment contact person supports and advises students who have faced encountered harassment. Harassment contact person is bound by the confidentiality obligation. You can contct the harassment contact person via e-mailing [email protected] or via phone; +358 44 293 8825.
Teekkari cap
LTKY organizes the ordering of teekkari caps, but every student has to order and pay their caps themselves. Caps are ordered via LTKY online shop during the order rounds. There are two rounds each academic year: the first one is in November-December and the second one is in January-February.
Teekkaricaps are delivered to current academic year’s freshmen at Wappu after baptism.
Exam archive
LTKY has an Exam archive, from which you can find old exams of a specific course to help you study.
Communication
LTKY communicates and informs its members every day via different channels with important topics. Communication is mostly done by LTKY’s communicator and board member responsible for communications.
LTKY has active social media channels Instagram and Facebook, and we also send a newsletter via email.
LTKY also has a blog platform Alive media where students can write their own blog posts.
Lappeenranta
A newsletter is sent to students studying in Lappeenranta every other Wednesday. The newsletter is sent to those students who at SISU have approved the transfer of information to the student union.
The messaging application Telegram is used in the communication of student events in Lappeenranta. You can join Telegram’s “Skinnarila Bot” information channel here!
Lahti
The newsletter is sent to those studying in Lahti on the first Wednesday of the month. The newsletter is sent to those students who at SISU have approved the transfer of information to the student union.
Instagram is used for information about student events in Lahti. Follow the user account @lahoevents
If you have something you’d like to share to our members, contact our communication specialist via email [email protected]
Feedback on our communication can be sent via our feedback form or via our social media channels!
Other services
LTKY offers other services, which you can find information about below. Don’t hesitate to visit us or e-mail us, if you have any questions!
We want to serve our students as well as possible, and we are here to help you with all your questions. You can ask us via our social media, email, phone and also by visiting our office. Welcome!
For us, it’s important that we can develop our services. We encourage you to give us feedback regarding both our and university’s services and actions. This way we can develop our activity and also give the feedback forward to people responsible for it. The easiest way to give feedback is via our feedback form.
LTKY owns two golf shares for Golf Club Viipuri Golf to fields Etelä-Saimaa Golf and Kahilanniemi. Golf shares are for student union members to use. Introductions for golf shares using are presented below:
-Go to https://ltky.fi/en/shop/ and reserve share there.
-After reserving the share from LTKY shop, reverse the time for the game from VG’s Caddiemaster via phone or e-mail.
-When arriving to the field, you can confirm your arrive via phone without going to talk to Caddiemaster.
The caddiemaster can be reached by phone number 0600 95 630 (0,30 €/min + local network fee/mobile phone payment) and by e-mail from the address [email protected]. More information about Viipuri Golf can be found from their website www.viipuringolf.fi.
As a member of LTKY, you are also a member of the Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL). Read more about member benefits here.