International study news
Updates on Sisu: personal study plan for doctoral students and Sisu webinar for teachers
Sisu webinars for students and teachers are arranged to help the transition into the new system and to cover the upcoming changes. Webinars will be recorded to be watched afterwards. Doctoral students can now also make their personal study plan on Sisu.
Alumna Roosa Mannonen: My career path has been a very colourful mix
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumna Roosa Mannonen sees the value of working with course projects not only when in work life, but also when applying for a job: 'The confidence you’ll gain from those numerous presentations done during studies might just make you land the job you want.'
Open University courses for summer 2021 have now been published
See the course selection and find intresting courses in business, technology, art and languages.
Aarni Kapanen illustrates Dudes & Feelings podcasts
Fighting toxic masculinity with a podcast and the help of Visual Communication Design.
Feedback reveals high satisfaction among exchange students
According to feedback from exchange students both teachers and students made a very successful digital leap in the spring of 2020.
Universities organise entrance examinations with strict safety arrangements
The majority of entrance examinations will be held in May–June. Changes to the manner of administering the examinations are made onlyif required by regulations issued by the authorities.
Silja Sormunen and Erik Härkönen received the prestigious School of Science Master’s Thesis Awards
Only about 1% of Aalto School of Science graduates received such an award
From Oodi to Sisu - Important dates and upcoming events
Switching from Oodi to Sisu is getting closer, and teachers and students are invited to join Sisu webinar.
New Senior Program Manager for the Information Technology Program
Regina Casteleijn-Osorno is the new Senior Program Manager for the Information Technology Program at 911±¬ÁÏÍø.
Aalto ENG's Teaching Forum encouraged teachers to co-teach and interact in teaching
Samuel Cross, winner of the 2020 Award for Achievements in Teaching, held a presentation on the development of challenge-based learning and co-teaching in distance education.
Website opens up the world of lifewide learning at 911±¬ÁÏÍø
911±¬ÁÏÍø’s site for Lifewide Learning (LWL) will launch by mid-March.
AV team is renewing the teaching facilities to support future learning
911±¬ÁÏÍø’s five-person AV team (audiovisual technology team) is preparing campus facilities to support the hybrid model, which will likely be introduced as the corona situation eases.
Key problems regarding equality have been recognized - A pilot to promote solutions
As a result of Aalto participating in the Equal career paths (NOW!) project, Learning Services are piloting a service concept where students share their experiences on e.g. working in teams and teachers get to walk in the students' shoes. The expected outcome is that the participants become more aware of their unconscious biases, learn how their behavior affects other people, and ideate on how the experiences of the students in (gender) minority can be better acknowledged in teaching.Â
Entrepreneurs build the future instead of predicting it
Get behind the scenes with the teachers behind this year’s courses at 911±¬ÁÏÍø Summer School. Lidia Borisova, Head of Education, Aalto Ventures Program and Simo Lahdenne, university teacher, dig deeper into their course Entrepreneurial Path.
How can there be an education crisis when the children are going to school?
UNESCO estimates that about half of the schoolchildren in developing countries do not even have the basic skills that they need even though they have been attending school for years.
Tutor Oskari Ponkala: Tutoring experience makes you grow
Electronics and Electrical Engineering student Oskari found introducing Finnish sauna culture to international students and interesting conversations unforgettable
Leap for Learning project status update in February
​​​​​​ The Admissions project reached a significant milestone in February as the first version of the tool was deployed. The tool is used for Master’s admission from now on and Apply- system is going to be decommissioned.Â
Aalto ENG: The newsletter for period IV is available
The current Study Affairs Newsletter of the School of Engineering has been published and sent to students by e-mail.
Alumna Hanna Hovi: Meaningfulness in working life is extremely important
'For me, meaningfulness comes from the fact, that I feel that I am doing good things that change the world for the better in small steps, but also from the various encounters and atmosphere I create in my workplace every day,' says our finance alumna Hanna Hovi, who currently works as the Director of Mental Health Services at Mehiläinen.
