VYY member, are you interested in getting involved in national student unions? Apply as a VYY candidate for the Board of SYL and OLL!

Are you interested in being on the board of the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL) or The Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL)? Here you can find information about board activities and instructions on how to apply.

 

Interested in the National Union of University Students in Finland?

The Board of the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL) for 2024 will be elected at the General Assembly on 17–18 November 2023. Six members and the President will be elected. Delegates elected by the student unions will vote on the Board at the General Assembly. All delegates with voting rights can nominate candidates for the Board and President.

Board work is full-time and requires living in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The Board compensation paid out to board members will be 1,365 euros per month, while the President will also receive a bonus of 475 euros per month, and the Vice President a bonus of 100 euros per month.

See below for the key dates if you are interested in becoming a Board member or if you are chosen as a candidate for the Board.

September

• Short presentation of candidates at the fall seminar on 14–15 September.

October

• Presentations of candidates in Instagram Stories on weekdays, starting on 16 October. Further details to be provided later.

November

• Candidates’ written presentations will be published on SYL’s website on 6 November.
• Candidates’ streamed interviews on the morning of the General Assembly, Friday 17 November.
• Election of Board members at the General Assembly.

More details of the presentations and panel discussion will be provided in early October.

If you are interested in running for the SYL Board as a VYY candidate, please express your interest by sending an email to kirjaamo@vyy.fi or by expressing your interest at the Representative Council meeting on 7. September 2023. The first autumn meeting of the council will be the last opportunity to express your interest in working on the SYL Board.

For more information about the application process and about working on the SYL Board, please contact VYY Secretary General Lauri Tuohiniemi (paasihteeri@vyy.fi).

For more information, you can also contact SYL’s Vice President Pauliina Ryökäs (pauliina.ryokas@syl.fi).

 

Interested in The Finnish Student Sports Federation?

Do you want to promote the well-being and health of university students? Do you wish to influence the conditions and sports policy of student sports at the national level? All this is possible on the board of the Finnish Student Sports Federation!

You can find more information about working on the OLL board from on OLL's website. 

If you are interested in applying for the OLL Board as a VYY candidate, please express your interest by sending an email to kirjaamo@vyy.fi or by expressing your interest at the Representative Council meeting on 7. September 2023. The first autumn meeting of the Assembly will be the last opportunity to express your interest in working on the OLL Board.

For more information about the application process and about working on the OLL Board, please contact VYY Secretary General Lauri Tuohiniemi (paasihteeri@vyy.fi).