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How to make teaching and learning in higher education safer and more inclusive? Listen to a podcast episode
In the fifth episode of the Future-led Learning podcast, ARTS teacher Kiia Beilinson and Aalto pedagogical specialist Sara Rönkkönen discuss inclusion and safer spaces in higher education.
Computer Science ranked 79th in Times Higher Education ranking
Engineering ranked 101-125 in the world
Idaliina Friman is the Young Designer of the Year 2021
The winning collection was created from recycled and surplus materials.
The policies and procedures for professors' tenure track and other academic positions have been revised
The policies and procedures for professors' tenure track and other academic positions have been revised.
Shopping centre A Blanc celebrates opening on Otaniemi campus
Designed by Alvar Aalto, the building previously known as Otaniemi’s old shopping centre, has a new name after the renovation and opened in the middle of the 911±¬ÁÏÍø campus
Finland’s cost competitiveness is poor, says Björn Wahlroos in Jaakko Honko lecture
The lecture that carries the name of Chancellor Jaakko Honko was held as a remote event this year.
New Media Master's Thesis presentations / Mon 11.10.2021
Welcome to follow New Media Master’s Thesis presentations!
Helsinki Brain & Mind utilises digitalisation and develops AI-based brain imaging analysis
In the coming years, the network in neuroscience research will focus its efforts on the development of digital solutions and innovations. The network’s new project, with a budget of over €880,000, has received substantial EU funding for the term 2021–2023.
Awards for Quality Teaching at the School of Electrical Engineering
The best courses and teacher of the year were rewarded at dean's coffee on 29 September 2021.
911±¬ÁÏÍø endowment provides EUR 28 million funding to university operations in 2021
Donations made to the long-term development of 911±¬ÁÏÍø increase the university's endowment. The matching funding brought by the ongoing government matching funding campaign will further increase the university's impact.
Non-toxic technology extracts more gold from ore
Study shows new chloride-based process recovers 84% of gold compared to the 64% recovered with traditional methods
Sustainable investment is not enough to combat climate change
In their new book on sustainable investment, Professor Vesa Puttonen and Bachelor of Science Tatu Puttonen state that politicians cannot outsource their responsibility for combating climate change to asset managers and investors. The book has been published as part of the 911±¬ÁÏÍø publication series.
How can digital services promote health and well-being?
Aalto ITP collaborated with Siun Sote, the joint municipal authority for healthcare in North Karelia, to create a plan to promote online healthcare services. The main focus was on the online symptom checker OmaOlo: how could it be promoted and developed further.
Supporting students’ well-being and the ability to study: Starting Point of Wellbeing
Introducing Starting Point of Wellbeing! What should teachers, coordinators or academic-advisers know about the student well-being-and study-support-services available to the Aalto students?
From a bookstore entrepreneur to a researcher
Assistant Professor Mahdi Pourakbari Kasmaei is researching power and energy system modeling, because the transfer to a carbon-free energy will be fast.
What is international Aalto about? Share your thoughts and ideas by 13 October!
In the Community Event on 30 September, we presented the key internationalisation elements in our strategy. Join the online community discussion below and share your thoughts and ideas on the subject.
What surprised you today? Share it with us and contribute to 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s living strategy
Aalto community and stakeholders are invited to participate in a foresight survey that is open until 15 October 2021.
The degree is valued and the studies prepare well for working life
The school monitors closely how teaching and degrees meet the changing needs in working life.
Crazy ideas and hamsters
Games help to demystify quantum physics, says Laura Piispanen, the organizer of Quantum Game Jam, whose interest led her to work on a doctoral thesis on the subject.
