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Lecturers’ career system renewed
Career path and advancement criteria now harmonised in all Aalto Schools, providing equal advancement opportunities for all Aalto lecturers.
Alumnus Patrick Lees: Any working experience is valuable both on a social and career perspective
The career of Patrick Lees, School of Business Mikkeli Campus alumnus, took an unexpected turn early on and led him to work with renewable energies. “Small details and timing can have a significant impact on your career, and I urge not to be too fixed with your career plan.”
Aalto University establishes a unique professorship in ownership
The professorship, established with donated funds, promotes high-quality academic research and teaching as well as Finnish ownership expertise and the culture of ownership.
Everyone from directors to team members can help to create an inclusive organisation
There are many forms of diversity in our society. For example, gender, ethnicity, ability or educational background should be reflected in organisations from start-ups to multinational corporations or NGOs to academia.
My Kauppis Memory: ‘Organising the photo archive proved to be excellent orientation’
‘I took over the photo archive.’
Maire Syrjäkari has promoted pedagogical expertise since the early days of Aalto
University pedagogics expert Maire Syrjäkari believes that the environment and the positive and open atmosphere of the School of Engineering enable and support the development of teaching communally.
School of Business alumni story: Married couple Mia Hoang and Juhana Polso
The Bachelor’s Program in International Business is not only an exceptional business education opportunity, some even find their significant other there. Our alumni Mia Hoang and Juhana Polso started a life together while studying in the program, and after Mikkeli they both combined studies of business and technology in the University of Nebraska.
Digital services have a greater carbon footprint than aviation does – research project aims at reducing ICT environmental impact
A new research project by Aalto University and LUT University examines the utilisation of surplus heat from data centres and the design of more efficient digital services, for example.
Alumnus Nicolas Dolce: Sustainability is only going to become a more important topic, one that practitioners of many different professions will need to be familiar with
Study course projects and a Social Hackathon competition helped Nicolas Dolce, our Creative Sustainability alumnus, to prepare for working in sustainability consulting. 'The Capstone course sharpened my project management, client interface, and business development skills.'
Creating original and aesthetically sustainable designs
From fellow design students to business partners, Jukka Jokinen and Heikki Konu's vases are available in the Aalto University Shop.
Hanna Renvall: Being a professor and working in the emergency room at the same time teaches ‘what kinds of questions our research should seek to answer’
Hanna Renvall has a shared professorship at Aalto University and the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), she serves as Director at the BioMag laboratory and is also the Deputy Director of the Philomela choir
My Kauppis Memory: The focus was on becoming more international, on networking and branding, and all this at a fast pace
‘There was no time to be bored.’
First cross-institutional studies cooperation initiated within the FITech network
Aalto University and University of Turku have signed a cooperation agreement that enables cross-institutional study of minor subjects.
New starts at the Kemira Boot Camp
Kemira together with the School of Chemical Engineering organized a Boot Camp for the students of Aalto University.
Aalto Students and employer organizations met virtually at Aalto Talent Expo Online
Aalto Talent Expo Online was organized between 12th - 14th of January 2021. Thousands of online visit occurred during webinars and video meetings.
How do you know where a drone is flying without a GPS signal?
In Jouko Kinnari's doctoral dissertation, the location of a drone can be determined using map data and sensors.
My Kauppis Memory: Quality projects have been central to development at the School of Business
‘Triple crown means quality.’
Alumna Tuuli Hakkarainen: To know your strengths, you need to get to know yourself first
Unlike most of her fellow students, School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumna Tuuli Hakkarainen chose an academic career path. She defended her dissertation in December 2020, and in her doctoral thesis she examined expertise sharing within multinational corporations.
Alumna Elina Lamponen: Internships and other jobs during your studies are a good way to try out different things
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumna Elina Lamponen gives current students a valuable piece of advice regarding working during studies: “Try to get a job at a smaller company. The company might not seem as prestigious as bigger companies, but the duties are usually more varied, and you get to see and do more and get responsibility early on.”
