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Study advocacy

The education policy sector of the Student Union of LUT University monitors the interests of the members of the student union in study matters as well as in national university policy matters. LTKY’s education policy sector consists of the board’s higher education politics member and the advocacy expert. The responsibilities of the person in charge of higher education politics are higher education policy and study matters. In addition, lobbying work is carried out by a lobbying committee, which consists of representatives of the guilds in addition to the members of the student union.

The activities of the higher education policy sector are divided into advocacy activities and the provision of member services. Advocacy activities mainly consist of contacts with various parties both locally and nationally. Locally, there is active contact with, for example, the study office, the vice-rector responsible for education and the student representatives in the administration, in addition to actively participating in several different LUT working groups and committees. Nationally, contacts are maintained with many national influencers as well as other student unions. Close co-operation is established with, among others, the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL), the Teekkari and Kylteri Student Unions, the Peripheral Student Unions, the trade union for academic engineers and architects in Finland (TEK) and central organization for the Finnish Business School Graduates (Suomen Ekonomit).

Study guidance

If you feel like your studies are not proceeding as you’d like, contact your study field’s study counsellor or study advisor. With them you can go through your study plan and how to proceed with your studies.

In Bachelor and Master Thesis, help can be asked from your study advisor and master thesis instructors, or your programme’s teacher tutor.

More information about the study guidance team can be found in eLut.

Study Psychologist

“We will help you succeed in your studies, feel good and have energy for other things too!” 

There is a study psychologist in LUT to give support and counseling for students on study-related issues. Study psychologist offers individual sessions, lectures and webinars.

Students can book a session with study psychologists to discuss topics such as:

  • Finding motivation 
  • Thesis-related anxiety 
  • Coping with workload 
  • Difficulties with distance learning 
  • Coping with stress 
  • Stage fright 
  • Hard to focus 

Contact information and other information is also available in eLut. 

Learning difficulties

Some students have learning difficulties that can make it difficult to take things up, write assignments, take exams, work in groups, or follow instructions given by a teacher. 

If you have a documented diagnosis of learning disability, it can be taken into account in different study-related situations, depending on your needs and possibilities. If, on the other hand, you have not yet been diagnosed with a learning disability, but you think you might have one, you can contact FSHS about this.

The student must be in contact with the student services tenttivalvonta(at)lut.fi at least 1,5 week before the exam in order to take the exams with special arrangements. In the email please provide your contact information, course name and code and documented expert opinion.Special arrangements for the course are agreed directly with the teacher in charge of the course.

More information about study accessibility and individual services can be found in eLut.

Instructions for taking the exam​

  • If possible, the student may, for justified reasons, take the exam in a separate room and be given additional time to complete the exam.
  • If possible, the student may, for justified reasons, write the exam on a computer at the exam session.
  • The student may be offered alternative ways of taking the exam, such as oral examinations. This must be agreed with the teacher in charge of the course.
  • Students have the right to receive feedback on their exam orally. This must be agreed with the teacher in charge of the course.

Guidelines for evaluation

  • When assessing a student’s performance, point credits are not granted due to reading difficulties, but the student’s performance is supported in other ways mentioned in the university’s common guidelines.
  • In the assessment of performance, the main focus is on assessing the quality of the information and not on assessing the appearance of the language.
  • Language courses also give a grade for content, if possible.
  • Any assessment should also take into account the different possibilities for compensation.

SOURCE: Teacher’s Quality Guide

Who to contact if you have learning difficulties?

  • If you suspect you have a learning disability
    •  Study supervisor or FSHS
  •   If you know you have a learning disability
    • Accessibility contact if you need help informing the training program (e.g. you don’t want to talk to the teacher directly)
    • Teacher when you want to discuss directly the completion of the course with special arrangements
    • Student services when you need special arrangements for the exam
      You can also always contact the Head of Student Services at LUT