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‘Finland and Aalto have given me a whole new view on digital business’

International students experienced the Finnish spring and deepened their knowledge of digital business at the Aalto University Summer School’s Digital Business course in March.
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Group pucture taken at the stairs in Väre of happy Digital Business students, smiling and waving to the camera.

Application period for FITech summer courses is open

Upgrade your knowledge on nearly 80 university courses free of charge.
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Opiskelijat istuvat pöydän ääressä ja tekevät yhdessä muistiinpanoja.

Summer School alum story: “The Scandinavian way of teaching and learning appeals to me – it’s all about collective well-being”

Aalto University Summer School alumna and Global Brand Communications Lead at adidas Margo Camus combined her passion for sustainability and fashion and created the career she always wanted.
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Margo Camus in long brown hair and a black blazer sitting in front of a computer screen and smiling towards the camera.

Open University: free-of-charge studies for Ukraine citizens

The Open University is offering free-of-charge studies for Ukraine citizens. The studies may be taken for free during the school year 2025–2026. Course registration process must be completed by 31 July 2026.
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Blue and yellow Aalto University flags

How to lead and educate for the future?

Aalto's capacity building project experiments with methods, which may help us become more capable of implementing systemic changes
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Otto Scharmer, Senior Lecturer in the MIT Sloan School of Management and Tuomas Auvinen, Champion of Radical Creativity at Aalto University.

Aalto University chosen as a pilot university for the Digivision 2030 project

Aalto University joined the pilot of continuous and flexible learning, which is Digivision's first implementation.
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Digivision banner image with people with laptops

Logging in to Sisu changes: important information for Open University students

When logging in to Sisu from outside the Aalto network, extra authentication besides the Aalto user ID is required.
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Phone, laptop, people. Photo: Unto Rautio / Aalto University

Learning for the future: systemic solutions require new ways of learning and collaborating

Aalto offers its staff a chance to experiment with transformative learning method, that can initiate changes in mindsets and remove invisible barriers to creativity
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Social Presencing Theater UN Cambodia

Open University services during the Christmas season

Open University services will be limited during the Christmas season.
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Dean's Christmas Coffee

Register for Open University spring courses!

Check out our Spring 2022 course offerings and sign up.
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Students at Otaniemi campus in the winter and snow, photo by Unto Rautio

Tom Lindholm appointed Head of Lifewide Learning at Aalto University and Managing Director of Aalto University Executive Education Ltd

He will start in his new position on 2 January 2022.
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Why is human interaction and lifewide learning so important in the changing working landscape?

To keep up with the fast-changing working landscape we need to constantly develop ourselves and learn new things.
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Students discussing around a laptop on an outside terrace during a summer course at Aalto University Summer School.

Teacher, do you recognize the possibilities of lifewide learning in teaching planning?

This year, teachers are planning curriculum work as part of identifying lifewide learning (LWL) offerings. The task has raised questions, so here are some things to promote work.
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Open University courses for spring 2022 have been published

Course offerings for spring 2022 have been published on our webpages. The first registration period will commence 30 November 2021.
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Students outside School of Business / photographer Unto Rautio

Everyday choices: As an expert of lifewide learning, what skill did you learn most recently, Laura Sivula?

The Head of Aalto's Summer School and an expert of life-wide learning is constantly trying to learn new things.
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Laura Sivula valokuvattuna ulkona, kaupunkimaisemassa, taustalla näkyy kerrostaloja, kuvan oikeassa yläkulmassa on männyn oksa, Sivula on pukeutunut mekkoon, jonka helma hulmuaa, hänellä on jalassa valkoiset tennarit.

‘I wanted to reorient my career towards sustainability’

Beatriz Ramírez shared her story of starting a new career in Finland as part of the Finland Works open online course.
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A portrait of Beatriz Ramírez.

FITech Network University gained extra time for free ICT courses

The university courses open to all in the field of ICT will be continued until the end of 2023.
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Henkilö seisoo kädet puuskassa seinän edessä, jolle on heijastettu virtapiirejä esittävä kuva ja katselee tyynen näköisenä poispäin kamerasta.

Aalto University Executive Education’s link ʵ University tightens – the role of lifewide learning strengthens

Pekka Mattila will leave his position as Aalto EE's Group Managing Director on 31 December, while continuing as Professor of Practice at the School of Business
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Aalto-yliopisto Töölön yläaula.

Open University Autumn 2021 registrations begin 17 and 18 August 2021

Autumn 2021 registrations are about to begin! When filling in the registration form pay attention that you fill in all the required fields in order to make a successful course registration.
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Students doing group work, Aalto BIZ

FITech offers courses from Aalto and eight other universities to study free of charge

A wide selection of courses focusing on the ICT sector, energy storages, 5G technology and other fields of technology.
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Opiskelijat istuvat luentosalissa, he hymyilevät ja kuuntelevat etualalla olevaa puhujaa, joka on selin kameraan..