Know your rights
- You may submit a request for rectification of an admissions decision.
- You may request for reconsideration of a grade awarded for a study attainment or a decision on Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) from the teacher responsible for the study attainment in question or from the Academic Appeals Committee of the University of Lapland. (Lisää linkki)
- As a Master’s Degree student, if you have completed at least 60 credits of courses included in the degree requirements during your first academic year, you are entitled to a 100 % waiver of the second academic year tuition fee of your studies. – Pitääkö paikkansa?
- You can contribute to improving the quality of your study experience by making use of your feedback opportunities (Lisää linkki) and taking part in the University’s quality assurance processes.
- As a member of the Student Union, you are entitled to a range of discounts.
- As a degree student, you have the right to vote in the elections for members of Faculty Councils and the University Board. (Lisää linkki)
- Students have the right to representation on executive boards and working groups of the university – get involved and make a difference!
- You have the right to check your personal data in the student register.
- If you experience any kind of harassment or bullying in the university community, you may get in touch with the anti-harassment contact persons of the Student Union to seek advice and support.
- Voit hakea harjoittelutukea valmistuttuasi kandidaatiksi/notaariksi ja aloitettuasi maisterin opinnot. Huomaathan, että harjoittelun tulee mahtua kokonaisuudessaan osaksi suorittamaasi maisterin tutkintoa. Harjoittelutukea voit saada vain kerran opintojen aikana.
Know your responsibilities
- It is your responsibility to observe the time limit for degree completion.
- You are required to register as attending or non-attending for every academic year.
- It is your responsibility to complete a minimum of 55 credits during your first year of study in order to be eligible for a scholarship of an equivalent amount for the second year.
- If you violate University rules and regulations on studying or research, you may be temporarily suspended from the University.
Lisätietoja
Photographing at a lecture (this in a suitable place)
A picture or a video equivalent in data protection law, in which the persons appearing are identifiable, are records containing personal data. According to data protection legislation, recordings containing personal data may not be published without the voluntary and explicit consent of the persons depicted. And this consent must be obtained in writing so that it can be evidenced ex post if necessary.
A teaching situation and the students/teachers involved may be filmed without the consent of the persons described above, provided that the use of the recording is limited to teaching purposes within the same teaching group. The decision to use the recording for teaching purposes is of course taken by the teacher.
However, if this material, filmed with permission for educational purposes, is to be published outside the teaching group, the above-mentioned consent of all those filmed is required.
Any person who publishes an unauthorised image or video may be guilty of dissemination of information in breach of privacy or defamation under the Criminal Code.