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Student Council meeting 5/2025

Welcome to attend Student Council meeting 5/2025! Place: Teachers’ room, floor 5 (Helsinki) and room V105 (Vaasa) Time: 22.4 at 17:00 The agenda includes: Approval of the annual report for 2024 Decision on the adoption of the financial statements for 2024 Review of the auditor’s report for 2024 Review of the inventory report for 2024 Granting discharge

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Student Council meeting 2/2025

Welcome to attend Student Council meeting 2/2025! Place: Teachers’ room, floor 5 (Helsinki) and room V105 (Vaasa) Time: 18.2 at 17:00 The agenda includes: Election of president of the Gulnäbbskommittén Election of the president of the Freshers Committee Approval of the implementation plan 2025 Distribution of scholarships in 2025 will be noted for information Granting attendance rights

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Sponda: Is presence the most important modern (business) skill to master?

Modern life with its ever-present technology and continuous interruptions challenges ourability to focus on the moment. Authentic presence is a superpower that reduces stress,increases well-being, and improves productivity. What can we achieve if we are trulypresent in what we do? In working life, the situation is paradoxical. While working conditions in knowledge work arebetter than

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Sponda: For Sponda, corporate responsibility means taking concrete action

There is strength in collaboration – this old wisdom applies very well to the volunteer work that is part of Sponda’s sustainability programme. Thanks to the initiative, started in 2022, Sponda’s employees are able to spend 1-2 working days annually doing volunteer work. During 2023, the company’s volunteers did more than 600 hours worth of

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The club grant application is open

Hi Clubs! I hope that the semester has started off well! We have now opened the club grant application, and it will be open from today September 4th until September 15th at 23:59. Remember to apply before the deadline! You also have to participate in the Student Union fair in Hanken’s foyer September 13th from

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Greetings from the President of the Union

Dear Hanken students, Welcome back to a new school year! After a long summer, it’s great to see all the old friends again old acquaintances, but also a lot of new faces. To you new ones, I would like to extend a special welcome to the most fun student union in Finland! Autumn is often

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Are you Hanken’s next official student ambassador?

We are looking for students that, on behalf of Hanken, can represent their university and act as an official student ambassador. Being a student ambassador for Hanken means representing Hanken at different occasions, for example at fairs, on student recruitment online and on-site events or at other events such as photographing/filming occasions. During these events,

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The Annual Ball Committee for 2024-2025 has been elected!

The Annual Ball Committee for 2024-2024 has been elected! 11 new members and 2 continuing members have been chosen amongst the applicants, in addition to the president and vice president. Many thanks to everyone interested, we’ll see you at The Best Party in the Universe (at the latest)! PresidentPauliina Haarala (ordförande)Matilda Eriksson (vice ordförande) New

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The government’s plans to renew the housing benefit harms students heavily

The Student Union of Hanken School of Economics (SHS) condemns the government’s plans to return to the student housing supplement. According to the government’s plans the student housing benefit in the future would at most be 260€ a month. In addition students will only get their housing benefit for months they also get student benefit,

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Nordic Forum 2024

From April 9–12, 2024, economic student organizations from across the Nordic countries gathered in Helsinki for the annual Nordic Forum – a platform for knowledge exchange, collaboration, and discussions on common challenges. This year, KY hosted the event together with SHS, and we had the pleasure of welcoming participants from SASSE, NHHS, BI, and SHGS.

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Sponda: Communal spaces provide an opportunity for integration

As competition for skilled employees gets more intense, organisations are investing in theintegration of their personnel into Finnish society. One key ingredient in this integration process is having communal facilities that also promote language-learning. Eveliina Korpela, a researcher at the University of Helsinki, comments that as Finland is attracting more and more international workers, integration increasingly emphasises

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Danske Bank Career Story

A career at Danske Bank has been a learning journey into various aspects of banking business Mikko Kotilainen, Deputy Head of Investment Advisory Centre, has been working at Danske Bank for over 15 years and has served in various roles from customer service to business management. He describes the journey as extremely interesting and constantly filled with