What member services consist of?

Metropolia UAS is the biggest university of applied sciences in Finland, with almost 18 000 students. To be able to be and advocate everywhere it is needed, METKA sells memberships to fund the daily work. An essential part of membership is member services. The Member... Lue lisää

What is advocacy?

What is advocacy and what do METKA’s advocacy people even do? Advocacy tends to be pretty invisible if you don’t need it yourself. But behind the scenes, METKA’s advocacy team is dealing with student contacts AKA cases throughout the year. The handling of cases is... Lue lisää

Apply as a METKA’s candidate for SAMOK’s or OLL’s Board for 2026

This application period is unfortunately only in Finnish as the working language of SAMOK and OLL is Finnish. At the next meeting of METKA’s Representative Council on May 15th 2025, it will be decided who will stand as METKA’s candidates for the SAMOK and OLL boards... Lue lisää

Here’s how you can get credits for student activities

At Metropolia there are many ways to become a so-called activist. This can be tutoring, serving on the board of a student association, acting as a student representative or organising METKA club activities. It is possible to get credits for student activities. As a... Lue lisää

Municipal and county elections are now over – METKA hopes for cooperation with the new councillors

Municipal and regional elections are now over. SDP won the elections in Finland in both the municipal and county elections. For the first time, the municipal and county elections were held simultaneously. Voter turnout in Finland was 54.2% in the municipal elections... Lue lisää