1. Influencing the development of the graduate school
The DSS
Influencing the development of the graduate school
Jaana Isohätälä
19th October, 2017

2. Doctoral Students’ Section of the Student Union (OYY) Influencing the development of the graduate school since Chair Jaana Isohätälä

3. What is the Doctoral Students’ Section (DSS)?
The voice of doctoral students
The organization to contact when doctoral students need someone to speak up for them or when someone wants to know something about Doctoral Students
Represents doctoral students in University administration through nominated student representatives

4. For example…
Promoting equal rights and information for doctoral students, for example guide for all doctoral students
Promoting the recognition of PhD research
Sharing information about doctoral students’ experiences

5. What is the Doctoral Students’ Section (DSS)?
The community of doctoral students
Offers networking, news and events for all doctoral students across disciplinary boarders
Offers opportunities for all doctoral students to influence their study experience

6. Research presentations
For example…
Info sessions
Research presentations
PhD Afterworks

7. How do we reach and represent doctoral students?
Active communication channels
Monthly meetings
and events
Student representation
Hearing the voice of doctoral students
Discussing the opinions of doctoral students, networking
Taking the voice of doctoral students
forward

8. Student representatives
Research Council: Pauli Väisänen
UniOGS Management Group: Jaana Isohätälä, Marian Tumanyan  
UniOGS Education Development Group: Anna-Maija Juuso, Krista Wallenius, Yueqiang Xu (vice)
Health and Biosciences Doctoral Training Committee: Krista Juurikka, Atiqul Mazumder (vice)
Human Sciences Doctoral Training Committee: Riikka Tumelius, Taina Cooke, Essi Jouhki (vice), Santtu Karhinen (vice)
Technology and Natural Sciences Doctoral Training Committee: Linda Omadara, Gautier Baudry, Olli-Pekka Siira (vice), Pablo Pinero (vice)
IT and Electrical Engineering Doctoral Training Committee: Mohammad Majidzadeh, Sandun Dasanayake (vice), Aleksandra Zienkiewicz (vice)

9. Do I need to be a Student Union member?
The DSS equally represents all doctoral students– no sign-up or membership is required.
However, joining the Student Union supports our work and offers many benefits,
e.g. legal advice, help from specialists in Academic or International Affairs, events, news, info sessions
55 € / year, 27.5 € / semester

10. Help from Student Union staff
For example…
Amazing Oulu
city race
Independence
procession
Vulcanalia party
Student discounts at gyms, movies, hairdressers, restaurants, shops!

11. How to get involved and stay tuned?
Join our events and monthly meetings
Join our mailing list at tinyurl.com/dsslist JOIN NOW!
Facebook “Oulu Doctoral Students Section” LIKE NOW!
Facebook group “UniOGS - PhD students, Oulu”
Website oyy.fi/doctoral-students
to chair: jaana.isohatala at oulu.fi
Become a doctoral student representative

12. Call for doctoral student representatives
Participate in University decision-making and the development and quality assurance of doctoral training
Open positions:
Chair and vice-chair of the Doctoral Students’ Section
Members in the UniOGS Education group, Research Council and Doctoral Training Committees:
Committees: Health and Biosciences; Human Sciences; Technology and Natural Sciences; Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

13. News Our brand new survey study is now available online!
Seminar about the findings on Oct 31 at 9-11 at the Linnanmaa main hall