The committee is chaired by Vice Rector for Education Piia Björn and secretary by coordinator Mia Kyyhkynen.

Vice Dean Kirsti Lempiäinen, Faculty of Education
Vice Dean Janne Autto, Faculty of Social Sciences
Vice Dean Pirkko Heikkinen, Faculty of Law
Vice Dean Maria Huhmarniemi, Faculty of Art and Design
Director Merija Timonen
Service Manager Päivi Martin
University lecturer Pia Eriksson
Education manager Katri Kuusela
Student Union’s Advocacy Specialist and two other members appointed by the Student Union

Secretary of the Teaching Development Committee
Coordinator Mia Kyyhkynen
P. 040 484 4025
firstname.lastname (at) ulapland.fi

Provide feedback and share your study experience with us. You may comment on teaching, guidance, or your overall satisfaction with your studies at our university. The feedback provided by you will be used to develop the operations of the University with the objective of further improving your study experience.

We send out the feedback questionnaire to all attending Master’s students by email in May.

Give feedback in two simple steps

1. Make sure that the email address you have entered in Peppi system is one that you use regularly.
2. Complete and return the feedback form we send.

Feedback helps the university improve the teaching and learning experience

Our university makes use of a range of student feedback data to enhance your study experience. We collect feedback from our students comprehensively and systematically. Data on our students’ experiences helps us keep up to date with the state of teaching and learning at our university. Student feedback helps the university assess teaching and learning quality and further improve the curricula. By completing our feedback questionnaires and by providing feedback via other forums, you can help us identify factors which help or hinder study progress and, thus, your feedback contribution helps improve the teaching and learning experience at our university.

Take part in the feedback wrap-up meetings

The total feedback about teaching and learning collected across different channels is discussed in the annual feedback wrap-up meetings.

Every spring, each field of study will organize its own feedback wrap-up meeting open to the students and staff of the field in question. In the meetings, the course feedback and yearly feedback are discussed with a particular focus on planning, development and evaluation of teaching and questions about the contents of the study subject. The meeting memos are delivered to the faculties to be examined at the feedback meetings.

In addition, every year in November/December, the faculties organize their own feedback wrap-up meetings. The meetings are open to teaching personnel, students and other personnel of the faculty organizing the meeting. In these meetings, the student feedback collected across different channels during the year is discussed. On the basis of the feedback, the faculties assess the need for development measures and agree on these.

The implementation of the development measures agreed upon by the fields of study and faculties is monitored not only by the fields and faculties themselves but also by the University Board and the Working Group on Management and Development of Teaching (OPKE). The Working Group on Management and Development of Teaching reviews feedback on the basis of the meeting memos provided by the fields of study and faculties and informs the University Board annually of teaching quality, the functioning of the feedback system and the impact of student feedback.

Composition of the Academic Appeals Committee 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2026

Members
Professor Kirsi Kuusikko, Chairperson
Professor Leila Juanto, Vice-chairperson
University lecturer Elina Härkönen
Lecturer Ossi Vuorilampi
Student Axel Ojala
Student Aku Westerholm

Deputy members
Professor Satu Uusiautti
Professor Matti Nojonen
University lecturer Heidi Sinevaara Niskanen
University lecturer Arto Kauppi
Student Jesse Pöllänen
Student Marianne Laurikainen

Additional members
Professor Marjaana Kangas

1. A student who is not satisfied with the evaluation of his coursework or the decision regarding the crediting of his studies can request a correction orally or in writing from the person who made the decision. A student who is not satisfied with the evaluation of a master’s thesis, licentiate research or dissertation or similar theses or similar theses can request a correction in writing from the faculty council.
2. The request for correction must be made within 14 days from the time when the student has had the opportunity to receive the results of the assessment and the application of the assessment criteria or the decision on recognition of prior learning.
3. If the teacher is not available within the deadline, a written correction request can be left in the faculty’s office.
4. The teacher must give his rejection decision to the correction request in writing when the student requests it. For a possible appeal, the decision needs to be in writing.
5. If the student is dissatisfied with the rectification decision regarding the assessment and approval of the credit report, he can apply for an amendment to it from the Academic Appeals Committee within 14 days of receiving information about the decision.
6. The appeal is submitted to the university’s registry office, kirjaamo(at)ulapland.fi.

Rapporteur of the Committee
Coordinator Minna Ankerman
Tel. +358 40 481 3785
firstname.lastname (at) ulapland.fi

email. opinto@ulapland.fi

Tel.+358 40 4856 583

GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) and other similar AI-based text editors or text generators, known as large language models, are interactive AI applications that generate content based on user input. AI-based generators can be used to produce text, images, sound, video, etc. The use of language models described at the University of Lapland covers all these forms.

The University of Lapland’s first AI policy was prepared by the Teaching Management and Development Committee and discussed by the Strategic Management Group in spring 2023. The AI policy emphasizes a critical and reflective approach to the use of artificial intelligence. The language model is a tool that is useful to learn how to use. Its use is permitted as long as, for example, the use of artificial intelligence is described in connection with the study performance. However, the language model may not be used to produce the final content of an assignment or thesis, nor may content created using the language model be presented as having been produced by the student themselves. Teachers may deviate from the recommendations, but they must clearly inform students of any exceptions and the reasons for them at the beginning of the course.

The AI policy was updated in spring 2025, and joint guidelines for the use of AI in teaching and research were drawn up for the entire higher education group (University of Lapland and Lapland University of Applied Sciences). You can find both policies below.

If you have any questions about the use of artificial intelligence in a course, ask your teacher!

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.

Students with children may participate in classes with their children. Students must be considerate of other students in the classroom by leaving the classroom when caring for or calming their children. When a student leaves the classroom, they should allow those working in the offices near the classroom to work in peace.

Exceptions when a child cannot be present in class

• the child is ill
• the study or teaching involves the use of facilities, equipment or materials that require safety precautions
• the child’s presence in the classroom limits the discussion of the topic or makes it difficult to follow the teaching and participate actively in it
• the content of the teaching is harmful to the child’s