Student representatives
Administration student representatives (HallOpEds, from ‘hallinnon opiskelijaedustajat’) play an important role in decision-making at the university. Their mission is to represent the students’ points of view, all the while taking into account the interests of education and research in general. In addition to decision-making, the tasks include the preparation for meetings and dialogue within the Student Union, students associations and among students, as well as reporting for and communication with the above-mentioned decision-making entities after the decision-making process. The hallopeds represent the entire Student Union and all students, providing efficient advocacy for matters that are important to students. The decisions that are made by the University’s governing bodies affect students in particular.
You can find the minutes of each meeting of each decision-making body on the university intranet, Messi. You can log in to Messi with your own student IDs.
If you have any questions about student representative activities, please contact the Student Union's Specialist in Students Interests or the General Secretary. You can find contact information in the contact section of our website.
You can also request a student representative certificate from the General Secretary of the Student Union.
Administration student representatives in the University of Vaasa
University of Vaasa Board (1.1.2024–31.12.2025)
The highest decision-making body of the University of Vaasa is the Board, which is selected by the University Collegium. The University of Vaasa Board has nine members, five of whom are from outside the university and four from within the university community.
| Actual member |
| Paloniemi Elmo |
University Collegium (1.1.2024–31.12.2025)
The University Collegium consists of elected members of the university community. The collegium has 15 members who represent professors, teaching staff, researchers, other staff and students. The University Collegium selects the members of the university Board.
| Actual members | Personal deputy members |
| Rahim Dariush | Karppinen Laura |
| Lehtonen Emma | Eskelä Mimmi |
| Gummerus Niklas | Alasuutari Sara |
| Miettinen Henri | Koskimies Elle |
| Hasunen Sami | Saukko Tiina |
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT GROUPS (1.1.2024–31.12.2025)
School of Accounting and Finance
| Actual members | Personal deputy members |
| Rahim Dariush | Rantanen Niko |
| Saukko Tiina | Mattila Joni |
| Vuorenoja Laura | Hyppönen Eetu |
School of Marketing and Communication
| Actual members | Personal deputy members |
| Eskelä Mimmi | Ojanperä Lassi |
| Laakso Maisa | Korhonen Viivi |
| Hynönen Riina | Kuortti Jonni |
School of Management
| Actual members | Personal deputy members |
| Karppinen Laura | Koskimies Elle |
| Rantamäki Jaakko | Miettinen Henri |
| Vakkilainen Miika | Nea Irri |
School of Technology and Innovations
| Actual members | Personal deputy members |
| Nurmi Joonas | Mäkelä Matias |
| Haakana Roni | Rauta Veikko |
| Hiltunen Jenni-Julia | Stenborg Siiri |
The Council of Education (1.1.2024–31.12.2025)
The University has a Council of Education, which is the administrative body responsible for the quality of education. The council is chaired by the Vice-Rector and includes one representative from each of the Schools, as well as nine other representatives of the University community and their personal deputy members.
| Actual members | Personal deputy members |
| Karppinen Laura | Rahim Dariush |
| Kuortti Jonni | Jaatinen Joel |
| Alasuutari Sara | Irri Nea |
The Council of Research (1.1.2024–31.12.2025)
The University has a Council of Research, which is the administrative body responsible for the quality of research.
| Actual member |
| Karppinen Laura |
Language Centre management group (1.1.2024–31.12.2025)
| Actual members | Personal deputy members |
| Eskelä Mimmi | Karppinen Laura |
| Salminen Maaria | Lehtonen Emma |
Interested in becoming a representative?
New representatives are selected in odd-numbered years at the end of the year. During the season, additional applications for student representative positions in the administration will also open. When the student representative position opens, the board opens a call for the position. After this, you can inform about your interest in the position to kirjaamo@vyy.fi. The applications will be anonymized and the halloped selection task force will make a proposal to the representative council. Decisions about halloped selections are made by the representative council of the student union.
The open positions can be found here.
If you have any questions regarding student representative work, please contact the Specialist in Students Interests eva@vyy.fi.
Resignation
When the situation approaches where you will graduate soon, move away from Vaasa for a longer period of time, or feel that you are not capable of working as a halloped, you can submit your resignation to the student union. You can send your resignation request to eva@vyy.fi and paasihtieri@vyy.fi. Getting the information is important in order to ensure that the necessary number of student representatives will always be present at the meetings in the future.