Latest news for teachers
Leap for Learning 鈥 Summer 2022 review
New Service platform functionalities are on their way as the Student Success Hub and Programme director鈥檚 annual clock are taken into university-wide use from the beginning of the semester.聽
The President has appointed the first Principal university lecturers at Aalto University
The President has appointed two Principal university lecturers: Senior university lecturers Johanna Bragge from the School of Business and Kai Zenger from the School of Electrical Engineering are the first Principal university lecturers at Aalto University.
What is the future of digital textile printing?鈥
Technological developments are opening up new possibilities for textile printing.
Grants from Matti Lehti fund for the year 2022 awarded
The Matti Lehti fund has been donated to develop and encourage research, teaching and studies on digital information society in the School of Business
The student council assists in the development of the School of Business External Relations activities
School of Business Career Services student satisfaction survey results were represented to the School鈥檚 Premium Partners.
Language Centre, Open University curricula approved by AAC
AAC decision on Language Centre and Open University curricula for 2022鈥2024.
Unite! develops flexible study pathways
Flexible study pathways enable Unite! to offer meaningful experiences to students and prepare them for the future, broadening their cognitive and experiential capacity.
Business studies at Aalto are a great route for advancing sustainability
Also this year, students gave a good grade to their School in the international Positive Impact Rating (PIR), which measures sustainable development and responsibility.
Aalto University launches Design a Meaningful Career open online course
Aalto University launches a new open online course, Design a Meaningful Career, on sustainable career design. The course emphasizes creative and non-conventional ways to design a meaningful career in the radically changing world of work
N盲yt枚s22 fashion show brought a jackpot for Hanna-Lotta Hanhela
With winning three of the four prizes awarded, Master's student in Fashion Hanna-Lotta Hanhela was the most awarded student at the Aalto University鈥檚 annual Fashion Show.
New chat tool Zulip being launched at Aalto
The Zulip chat platform will soon be available to the whole Aalto community. Primarily intended to support teaching, Zulip can be used for example as a group chat, to facilitate Q&A and small group discussions.
MyCourses maintenance on Mon 20.6.2022, service out of use 9-16
MyCourses will be out of use on Mon 20.6.2022 from 9 to 16.
Re-built process for collecting course feedback launched
A re-built process for course feedback has been approved and launched. It can be seen as the 鈥淎alto way of collecting feedback鈥, where the process gives a direction while it still leaves leeway for teacher麓s own approach and practices. The main idea is to look at course feedback as a course element, similarly to, for instance, assessment.
Summer break in Exam-studios on July 2022
All Exam-studios on Aalto campus are closed during 1.7-31.7.2021 due to maintenance and software installations.
Can women be leaders?
A column published in the business students' magazine Kylteri describes disdainful attitudes towards female students at the School of Business, even though Aalto has zero tolerance for inappropriate behaviour. What is the situation regarding equality in the School of Business and how could it be improved?
Leap for Learning 鈥 preparations for the upcoming deployments
Preparations are made for the upcoming deployments within the Leap for Learning project.
Implementations of period V soon to be assessed in Sisu
Teacher, please note that soon you will have to assess implementations of period V in Sisu.
Back to the future products
The 25th anniversary gala of the PDP course took place on the 13th of May at Design Factory. Many interesting future products such as electric wooden boat, extremely precise factory crane and edible packing material were presented at the Gala.
Students now get advice and support more easily 鈥 a new study guidance and appointment booking system for the staff will launch next autumn
The Student Success Hub is an appointment scheduling tool for Learning Services (LES) staff and academic advisors. It will be published for the university staff at the beginning of the 2022 autumn term.
Aalto ENG: The contents and practices of academic advising discussed in the Teaching Forum
Teachers and students shared their views and ideas on how students' well-being can be supported through high-quality academic advising.
