The General Assembly of the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL), which represents the approximately 140,000 students at Finnish universities, has elected a new Board for 2025. The General Assembly also made decisions on next year’s Plan of Work and SYL’s finances.

The new SYL President is Anselmi Auramo, 27, from the Student Union of LUT University.

As well as the President, the General Assembly also elected six Board Members:
Tilda Lassila (HYY)
Samuli Leppämäki (Kokoomusopiskelijat)
Mirka Nieminen (ISYY)
Maria Saita (VYY)
Heli Ylikoski (JYY)
Mantė Žygelytė (AYY)

‘I’m excited about the great and skilled team we get to work with. I can’t wait for next year!’ says the new President, Anselmi Auramo.

The General Assembly also published two statements. In one of them, the General Assembly calls on the government to restore the honour of education and for a parliamentary agreement on the funding of education that extends across parliamentary terms. The second calls for an academic boycott of Israel and calls for the responsibility of universities to support human rights, peace and international law.

‘The contributions highlight issues of concern to students. It is very important that students’ concerns are heard and genuinely taken into account,’ says Auramo.

SYL’s General Assembly was held at Aalto University on 15–16 November. The full statements from the General Assembly can be read on SYL’s website: www.syl.fi/en/news.

There are many posts on social media (instagram.com/syl_fin) about SYL’s General Assembly under the hashtag #SYLliittari.

More information:
Roope Tukia, Secretary General, tel. +358 45 135 4314
Anselmi Auramo, SYL President for 2025, tel. +358 45 647 1116

SYL Board Members for 2025:
Tilda Lassila, tfn 050 595 0327
Samuli Leppämäki, tfn 044 205 4980
Mirka Nieminen, tfn 044 252 0704
Maria Saita, tfn 040 186 8919
Heli Ylikoski, tfn 044 208 3145
Mantė Žygelytė