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Training series: Scalable teaching and assessment with MyCourses 12.-13.12.2024
MyCourses’ features can be useful when working in courses with many students. This training is meant for teachers and teaching assistants who need scalability support and hands-on guidance on using MyCourses in their courses.
The Flinga service may end suddenly
Update 26.11.2024: The Flinga service is currently available as usual.
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News 31.10.2024: Nordtouch, the producer of the Flinga service used in Aalto, has ceased operations according to the Finnish Business Register. Consequently, the continuity of the service may also be threatened.
We recommend that Flinga users recover their data as soon as possible.
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News 31.10.2024: Nordtouch, the producer of the Flinga service used in Aalto, has ceased operations according to the Finnish Business Register. Consequently, the continuity of the service may also be threatened.
We recommend that Flinga users recover their data as soon as possible.
Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering is the new name of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
The name change was confirmed as part of the update to the School of Engineering bylaws.
Allocation of local amounts of the collective agreement in 2024
Aalto University has agreed with employee representatives on the allocation of this year's arrangement reserve. The locally agreed arrangement reserve is 0.5% of the salaries paid in September 2024.
Tuomas Savolainen: In astronomical research we often navigate in uncharted waters
'As a researcher, you must constantly tolerate uncertainty. You also have to remember that there would be no point in researching if we were always sure of everything. And first, you always have to convince yourself.'
Learning Services – enabling success: Opin.fi feedback form open for staff
Give feedback to the developers of Opin.fi. In the beta phase, the first user experiences are being collected.
Finland is strongly investing in AI and establishing an ELLIS Institute to accelerate research and attract talent
Public and private sector investment are coming together to launch ELLIS Institute Finland.
Make break exercise a habit and affect by responding to a survey by 31.10.!
UniSport offers diverse break exercise services that make it easy to add exercise to everyday life. Use the ready-made exercise calendar to make breaks part of your day – with the calendar, it is easy to create a routine that suits you. You can also have your say on the development of break exercise services by responding to a survey.
The old Webropol course feedback system will be shut down in November 2024
Feedback collected with Webropol has been transferred to a data warehouse and can be accessed using PowerBi.
Webinar invitation 20 November, 9–9:30 AM: Find the recovery method that best suits you
Welcome to UniSport’s webinar to learn how recovery and exercise can promote your wellbeing. The webinar will be held in Finnish and will be recorded with subtitles in Finnish, Swedish and English for all subscribers to UniSport’s Wellbeing Tips.
National Theater offer for Strawberry field-play
National theater's Strawberry field (Mansikkapaikka) shows now 10€/ticket. Strawberry field is a frighteningly topical drama with thriller-like twists and turns, where people become pawns of a hostile ideology.
Aalto IT Thursday News 7 November 2024 at 10 to 11
Join us to hear the latest on current topics of general interest for all Aaltonians, presented by Aalto IT.
Support for staff and students impacted by the situation in the Middle East
The university supports and helps staff and students in dealing with the crisis
Support for students impacted by the situation in the Middle East
The university supports and helps students in dealing with the crisis
Aalto AI Assistant trainings for non-academic uses!
Aalto AI Assistant for non-academic use cases training covers the basics of Aalto AI Assistant, data protection, and advanced use cases in two parts.
Summer School teacher interview: "Great branding comes from solid substance"
We spoke with the teachers of the Summer School course Designing Brand Strategy to get a closer look at how students will learn to develop a successful and distinctive brand strategy through design thinking. This project-based course allows students to work in small teams to redesign the brand of an established Finnish company.
The School of Science equality, diversity and inclusion group is looking for volunteers for 2025–2026
We hope for a broad representation from different departments, personnel groups and backgrounds.
Collaborating through Data
Transforming Aalto University's data management system for handling partnerships.
Merja Tornikoski: I am an observing astronomer by soul
'I spend a lot of sleepless nights because of my hobby. I am especially interested in night photography and natural phenomena, and the Northern Lights photography combines both elements. I think the northern lights are the most beautiful manifestations of solar activity.'
