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Achieving excellent virtual learning experiences rather than simply carrying out remote lectures
Knowledge co-creation and taking into account different learning styles are both key principles in the virtual teaching of University Lecturer Ville Eloranta.
II International PhD School "Russia in the Arctic Dialogue: Local and Global Context" 2021
The aim of the International PhD School is to provide young scholars from the Arctic and non-Arctic countries with knowledge about the Russian Arctic strategy and large-scale industrial and environmental projects as well as facilitate international collaboration in studying and discussing contemporary issues of the Arctic Region in the global context.
DBMC Alumna Svitlana Chaplinska: ‘The course exceeded all my expectations'
The spring edition of the Digital Business Master Class by Aalto University Summer School took place in March this year.
Alumnus of SECCLO programme: ‘Creating a bond with Finland’
A summer internship led to a career in cybersecurity at Ericsson for Bruno Duarte from Paraguay, who graduated from the SECCLO Master’s programme in Security and Cloud Computing in 2020.
A meaningful career at the center of career events
Aalto University School of Business alumni and students discussed studies, career paths and skills required in working life at an online Group Mentoring event held on 11 March 2021.
European collaboration in joint degree programmes
Aalto’s international joint master’s degrees foster a spirit of innovation, collaboration, and appreciation for diversity among their students.
Alumna Wen Hui-Tu: If you are interested in working in the gaming industry, don't be hesitant if you don't have any programming background
‘I had never imagined myself working for a mobile game company until I started exploring this industry while writing my Master’s thesis,’ tells our alumna Wen-Hui Tu, who combined Management studies with more quantitative courses through Information and Service Management minor, and now works as an App Store Optimization Specialist at Next Games.
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
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 Aalto University
Aalto University’s site for Lifewide Learning (LWL) will launch by mid-March.
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 Aalto University Summer School. Lidia Borisova, Head of Education, Aalto Ventures Program and Simo Lahdenne, university teacher, dig deeper into their course Entrepreneurial Path.
