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Sari Baldauf and Karel Luyben to continue as Board members
The term is three years and will begin 1 January 2021.
Registration open to Towards Oasis: Dialogues in Radical Wellbeing - Creating Belongingness in Higher Education Communities
Already almost 200 attendees from Finnish higher education institutes have registered to the online symposium that takes place on 19 November 2020.
Leap for learning project update: from idea to projects, from planning to deployment
Information about coming changes and their schedules (e.g. related to Sisu) will be published on Leap for learning pages in aalto.fi from November onwards. The projects in Aalto Service Platform are moving towards demos, testing and piloting.
Aalto is transferring to centralised waste sorting stations
When the coronavirus pandemic started this spring, we were all faced with something new. CMT (Aalto University’s Crisis Management Team) decided at the time, that personal waste bins would be removed to ensure that the persons providing cleaning services could better focus their resources on disinfecting the most important contact surfaces.
Flow of Studies II to improve course sizes, teaching schedules and periods
The work of the Flow of Studies Task Force II has been a general success. The task force plans to publish a final report of its results on for the purposes of further action and decision-making.
Business & Economics at Aalto rises to 53rd place in Times Higher Education ranking
Computer Science also places in the top 100 globally.
Personal data protection and information security at Aalto University
The skills and knowledge of Aalto University community members are the most important way to prevent information leaks. Update your information security skills with the Cyber Security Quick Guide.
TEE 2020 achieved peer reviews of degree programmes beyond school borders
The Teaching and Education Evaluation (TEE) 2020 has completed its self-evaluation and peer review reports on the degree programmes.
Degree regulation reform: draft of regulations to be discussed
The schools’ bachelor’s and master’s degree regulations will be replaced by shared degree regulations for all of Aalto University as of 1 August 2021.
Large phishing campaing targeted Aalto users with emails
Use Aalto VPN always when you are studying or working outside campus.
My tip for you: Make your research accessible
Ä°dil works towards long-term radical transformations for sustainable futures and is especially interested in urban transitions and giving businesses strategic tools to transform in the context of sustainability.
New aalto.fi hub to help teachers - please give us feedback
The aim is to make teaching-related services easier to find. Help us develop the hub by giving feedback.
SAHA integration of university's decisions published
All documents stored to SAHA need to clearly state whether the document can be published on the website.
 
 
Change in the book reservation policy
Starting from Oct 30th, it is only possible to reserve books that are borrowed at the moment.
Temporary notice on the seasonal influenza vaccinations in the autumn 2020
Seasonal influenza vaccinations are offered by Aalto also during autumn 2020 but the schedule is a little bit later than last year.
Improving the user experience is at the heart of the access control process reform
Access control policy and processes were renewed at Aalto University during spring 2020. The focus was on user experience and better utilization of technology and automation.
Several Finnish Film awards ÄûÃʵ¼º½ alumni
At this year's Jussi Gala for Finnish Film many alumni from the Department of Film, Television and Scenography as well as the Department of Design were awarded.
Aalto University's 10th anniversary was celebrated on 10 October
After Aalto University President Ilkka Niemelä's greetings, Alumni Studio featured three Aalto alumni discussing sustainable development and the most pressing global challenges of our time. The event was concluded with an entertaining science show where Aalto's top researchers stepped into the limelight to explain why their research is important right now.
