Tamko Topics 51 / 2020

Tamko Topics is a weekly newsletter of The Students’ Union of Tampere University of Applied Sciences.

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English Summary

  1. Info event about student’s health care services 16.12.2020 at 3pm (for foreign students)
  2. Portti työelämään – Gateway to Work-life 18.-21. January 2021
  3. Tamko’s office is open by appointment during December
  4. Higher education students, please note: remember to pay the student healthcare fee!
  5. A Food Business Networking Event: The FAN Night before Christmas
  6. Hey student of higher education! Your health care services changes on 1.1.2021.

1. Info event about student’s health care services 16.12.2020 at 3pm (for foreign students)

From 1 January 2021 onwards, all degree students in higher education will be entitled to use FSHS services, as long as they have registered as an attending student for a particular term and paid the healthcare fee to KELA. Tamko organises info about up coming health care changes in Zoom on Wednesday the 16th of December at 3 pm. 

Topics: How the services will change? Where to find local services? What you need to know about healthcare fee?

Time is also reserved for questions, welcome! Join Zoom Meeting: https://tuni.zoom.us/j/68876837175More information about the change.
Check out the frequently asked questions from FSHS.

2. Portti työelämään – Gateway to Work-life 18.-21. January 2021

Normally Portti Työelämään is a recruiting event where organizations can meet students face to face, but this time Portti will be held remotely. Portti 2021 event at Jobteaser.

The themes for event days:
18th of January: Organizations from Technology branch
19th of January: Information and communications technology (ICT) and Technology branches
20th of January: Social and health, Media and Music branches
21st of January: Information and Communications technology (ICT), Business economy, Service economy branches

Read more: www.portti.tamk.fi/portti-in-english

3. Tamko’s office is open by appointment during December

Tamko’s office is open by appointment during December

We are closed on following dates:
from 23rd of December until 3rd of January
Also closed on 6th of January (Epiphany)

Read more.

4. Higher education students, please note: remember to pay the student healthcare fee!

Students in universities of applied sciences and universities who are entitled to use the services of the Finnish Student Health Service (YTHS) must pay a healthcare fee to Kela. Higher education students must for the first time pay the healthcare fee to Kela for the spring term 2021. The fee can now be paid. Pay the healthcare fee to Kela if you are completing a degree in higher education and will be attending the spring term 2021. For the spring term, the healthcare fee must be paid by 31 January at the latest, provided the student has registered as attending by then. No bill will be sent on the healthcare fee, and thus you have to pay the fee on your own initiative. The healthcare fee can be paid via Kela’s e-service (in Finnish). There are also other options where you can pay the fee, contact Kela for more information. In 2021, the fee is EUR 35.80 per term.

How to pay the student healthcare fee in higher education
FAQ about the healthcare fee in higher education

5. A Food Business Networking Event: The FAN Night before Christmas

Have your glass of glögi at hand and join us to hear what’s going on in Tampere region in terms of food tech, food biz, startups and more! Enroll here (enrollment period ends on Dec. 16th at 1pm): https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/The_FAN_Night

In this laid-back Xmas online networking event you’ll exchange thoughts on sustainable food & Xmas, have a chance to introduce your business ideas at the virtual Pitch Lounge, learn about opportunities and meet key people supporting food-related innovations.

6. Hey student of higher education! Your health care services changes on 1.1.2021.

From 1 January 2021 onwards, all degree students in higher education will be entitled to use FSHS services, as long as they have registered as an attending student for a particular term and paid the healthcare fee to KELA.

More information about the change. Check out the frequently asked questions from FSHS.