Articles with tag: Advocacy
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Finnish representatives join international student sport umbrella organisations
Published:To develop sports in higher education institutions, student representatives nominated by the Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL) have been elected to a number of international umbrella organisations for student sports. Atte Kolehmainen, Lari Koskinen and Tia Saharinen take up their posts in 2024.
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The Exercise Day of Your Dreams: exercise is for everyone
Published:Physical activity has an indisputable positive impact on mental health, and all students should be able to benefit from this regardless of their background or abilities, according to human rights activist Selinä Nera and Tommi Yläkangas, Influencing Specialist at Nyyti ry. The university sector is currently offering a wide variety of sports services for students, but is exercise for everyone if all students don’t have equal access to these activities?
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Celebrating its centenary, the Finnish Student Sports Federation strengthens co-operation within the higher education community to encourage people to be more physically active
Published:In its latest Extraordinary General Assembly, the Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL) changed its rules to strengthen co-operation within the entire higher education community in promoting a more physically active lifestyle among students and improve their ability to study.
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Advocacy pays off: One million euros for promoting sports and physical activity in higher education
Published:The Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL) is pleased with the funding of the Finland on the Move programme for higher education institutions. In April 2024, the Ministry of Education and Culture will provide a state grant for the academic year 2024–2025 to a maximum value of one million euros for the implementation of the Students on the Move programme in higher education institutions.
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Liikkeestä voimaa -somekampanja kannustaa suomalaiset liikkeelle
Published:Varusmiesliiton, Opiskelijoiden Liikuntaliiton ja Sotilasurheiluliiton yhteiskampanjan tarkoituksena on rohkaista suomalaisia liikkumaan itselleen sopivalla tavalla toimintakyvyn ylläpitämiseksi. Kampanjan suojelijoina toimivat tasavallan presidentti Sauli Niinistö ja liikuntaministeri Sandra Bergqvist.
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President of the Finnish Student Sports Federation: The Finland on the Move programme not properly implemented for students
Published:Emilia Junnila, President of the Finnish Student Sports Federation, sees potential in the Finland on the Move programme included in the Government Programme to make students more active. However, she is concerned about cuts affecting students, which can scupper any good intentions.
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These are the means by which the new government wants to increase the physical activity of students
Published:We asked the party representatives before the election how they intend to improve students’ physical activity. Here are the responses.
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OLL reminds negotiators at the House of Estates of the value of university sports
Published:Opiskelijoiden Liikuntaliitto (OLL) muistuttaa Säätytalolle kokoontuneita hallitusohjelmaneuvottelijoita korkeakoululiikunnan tärkeydestä maanantaina 8. toukokuuta klo 8–9. OLL:n tavoitteena on saada hallituksen ohjelmaan toimenpiteitä, joilla edistetään opiskeluhyvinvointia turvaamalla yhdenvertaisesti kaikkien opiskelijoiden mahdollisuus fyysiseen aktiivisuuteen.
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We will include students in the promotion of exercise
Published:The problems of students are hidden beneath the coping narrative, and the cause is their youth, writes Niko Peltokangas, Secretary General of OLL. During the parliamentary election, the Federation is campaigning to see students identified as a separate group in the legislation for exercise promotion.
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Higher Education on the Move supports long-lasting and overall well-being
Published:How does the activities of Universities on the Move manifest in the everyday life of students and why should the programme's funding be continued? Special Advisor for University Sport Anni Liina Ikonen writes in the second part of the Finnish Student Sports Federation's election blog series about the importance of the Universities on the Move programme.
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Student sports must be taken into account in university funding
Published:Korkeakouluopiskelijoiden hyvinvointi on viime vuosina kriisiytynyt, minkä vuoksi korkeakoulujen liikunnan rahoitukseen tulisi panostaa enemmän, kirjoittaa Opiskelijoiden Liikuntaliiton puheenjohtaja Emilia Junnila. Suurempien kriisien ja liikkumattomuuden kustannusten ehkäisemiseksi tulee panostukset tehdä nyt.
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Kansalaistorilla 22.2. kisataan päättäjien ja korkeakoululiikunnan edustajien välillä
Published:Opiskelijoiden Liikuntaliiton (OLL) Liikuttavan arvokas -eduskuntavaalikampanja avataan yhteisellä tempauksella 22. helmikuuta klo 14, jolloin opiskelu- ja työpäivää tauotetaan 54 minuutin ajan liikkumisen merkeissä. Helsingin Kansalaistorilla päästään sekä liikkumaan yhdessä että seuraamaan päättäjiä ja korkeakoululiikuntaa edustavien joukkueiden välistä kisailua.
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OLL’s joint event on the 22 of February will bring student sports into the election debate
Published:The Finnish Student Sports Federation OLL's campaign Liikuttavan arvokas is all about highlighting the importance of student sports in the parliamentary election. The campaign will be launched with a joint national event on the 22 of February 2023. On the same date, OLL is also organising a public event open for all at Kansalaistori in Helsinki in collaboration with UniSport.
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Time to put an end to issues in student wellbeing - The Finnish Student Sports Federation demands actions for university sports
Published:The increase of poor wellbeing among university students is common knowledge, but attempts to take on the issue have remained lukewarm. At the next parliamentary election it is time to focus on university students’ wellbeing and physical activity, the Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL) demands at their General Assembly, held in Vuokatti on the 2nd and 3rd November.
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Higher Education on the Move News: Collaboration Makes Wellbeing Easier
Published:Read the latest news from the Higher Education on the Move network!
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Joko puhutaan liikkumisesta? Opiskelijoiden Liikuntaliitto vaatii vaalitavoitteissaan konkreettisia toimia liikunnan edistämiseksi
Published:Mikä toimiala on 1) miljardien arvoinen, 2) kaikkien poliitikkojen suosiossa ja 3) lähes näkymätön vaalikeskusteluissa? Kyse on liikkumisen ja liikunnan edistämisestä. Opiskelijoiden Liikuntaliiton (OLL) kunnianhimoisena tavoitteena onkin tuoda korkeakoululiikunta kevään eduskuntavaalikeskusteluihin.
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The pilot episode of the Opiskelijaliike podcast debates the future of national advocacy work
Published:This is the Opiskelijaliike podcast, where we will be looking into the future of university sports! On our pilot episode we had a visit from Siiri Turunen from the Student Union of the University of Turku (TYY) and interviewed Tytti Saarinen, chair of Badminton Finland.
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Opiskelijoiden Liikuntaliitto yhtyy vaatimukseen Olympiakomitean ylimääräisestä yhdistyksen kokouksesta
Published:Opiskelijoiden Liikuntaliitto (OLL) kannattaa Sulkapalloliiton vaatimusta Olympiakomitean ylimääräisen yhdistyksen kokouksen koollekutsumisesta. Liikuntayhteisön kannattaa luoda tilaa keskustelulle ja päätöksille, jotka edistävät yhdenvertaisuuden toteutumista Olympiakomitean toiminnassa.
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OLL comments on the results of the health and wellbeing survey – the solutions emphasise exercise, community, and varied life situations
Published:When it comes to supporting students’ coping and ability to study, it’s time to go from research results to actions. At the webinar on the results from the KOTT study, OLL's 1st Vice President Tekla Hahl spoke about the opportunities within the universities on the move programme and acknowledging students’ varied life situations.
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Tekla Hahl: University sports recommendations at the core of sports lobbying
Published:Advocacy by the Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL) is based on university sports recommendations that guide universities in the creation of sports services and a healthy studying environment. OLL’s vice chair Tekla Hahl studied the recommendations only to realise that she had already come across during her studies at a university of applied sciences.
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Student, county elections also affect you!
Published:The historic regional county elections will be held for the first time in January 2022. The Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL), University of Applied Sciences Students in Finland – SAMOK and National Union of University Students in Finland want to remind the students of the importance of the county elections.
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Physical activity fixes the corona-induced wellbeing deficiency
Published:Distance learning, forced by corona constraints, easily exposes the student to difficulties in concentration, body aches and loneliness. Even before the corona, students sat for nearly 11 hours a day. In light of these facts, higher education sports are a necessary pillar of student and staff well-being now in the final stages of the pandemic as well as when studies move back to campuses.
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Jatkokysely koronan vaikutuksista korkeakoululiikuntaan on nyt ulkona
Published:Elämme yhä koronan vaikutusten kanssa ja eritasoisia rajoituksia on yhä voimassa ympäri Suomea. Haluamme selvittää korkeakoululiikunnan tilannetta jatkoksi viime vuotiselle kyselylle. Kysely on koostettu aiempien kysymysten pohjalta.
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Työryhmähaku: Tule mukaan miettimään OLL:n ja opiskelijaliikunnan tulevaisuutta!
Published:OLL:n hallitus on päättänyt perustaa jäsenyystyöryhmän ja liikuntapoliittisen linjapaperin sparrausryhmän. Lue lisätiedot alta ja hae ryhmiin 12.3.2021 mennessä!
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OLL: Physical activity must be taken into account in the education policy report
Published:Last week, we issued an opinion on the government's education policy report. In it, we emphasize the promotion of students' physical activity.
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Liisa Reinola: University students – an easily forgotten group of users
Published:Children and young people’s physical exercise is often discussed, and equal opportunities for them to be active: how certain sports are expensive, but how physical exercise is important for personal development, social relationships and even health. Once this case is somehow fixed, the discussion jumps ahead many decades and focuses on exercise opportunities for the elderly. It is a well-known fact that physical exercise does play a key role in supporting their health and ability to function. So, the opportunity for safe gym training, jogging paths close to home, and guided sports groups for seniors by the city sports services must be provided.
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Ruotsinkielinen seminaari Liikkuva Korkeakoulusta 27.11.2020
Published:Finlands Svenska Idrotts järjesti Liikkuva opiskelu -aiheisen seminaarin ruotsiksi 27.11.2020. Seminaariin osallistui Opiskelijoiden Liikuntaliiton puolesta vuoden 2020 varapuheenjohtaja Sanna-Maria Ahl. Hän piti siellä esityksen opettajien merkityksesta osana opiskelijoiden matalankynnyksen liikkumista.
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Effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Finnish higher education sports
Published:In the late spring of 2020, the National Sports Council commissioned a report on the situation in the sports sector. The report completely forgot the Finnish higher education sports services. On the basis of the National Sports Council’s questionnaires, the Finnish Student Sports Federation (OLL) carried out its own survey for those working in higher education sports.
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Jussi Ansala: Municipal elections and cycling – the holy trinity for commuters and students: bicycle, route and a wholly reliable lock
Published:In June, the Board OLL, the Finnish Student Sports Federation, decided on the federation's goals for the 2021 municipal elections. The decisions are based on statements by member organisations. The first goal, or rather the solution, is this: the conditions for cycling must be improved and city bike networks expanded – cycling is a great form of everyday exercise for all residents of a municipality, including students. In this blog post, I will address the municipal election theme mainly on the basis of my personal experiences in the saddle.
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Tuire Ranta-Meyer: The playing human has the courage to move in the higher education
Published:In this blog post, I discuss whether universities of applied sciences can have imaginative leaders and “masters of madness”, as in Little’s office. Could a creative idea that seems a little crazy today be a driving force for the development of tomorrow? Are there any aspects of higher education sports where students do not need to be full of athletic power in order to exercise on their own terms, take part in and enjoy physical activity one step – or, say, one wrist rotation at a time?
Page last updated 30.8.2020