Latest news for teachers
DIY Aalto organisational mobile decoration
This year #timetolevelup community organised an online holiday party where we got acquainted with the new hybrid teaching class (U134), used Microsoft Whiteboard and saw how to build your own Aalto organisational mobile decoration (Organisaatiohimmeli in Finnish)
The range of climate courses broadens: Aalto and 17 other universities cooperate as Climate University
The Climate University network coordinated by the University of Helsinki has formed a teaching cooperation contract between 18 universities. With these new contracts, a majority of Finnish university students can take the network’s climate and sustainability themed courses.
Register for Open University spring courses!
Check out our Spring 2022 course offerings and sign up.
Registration for courses held in Period III has begun in Sisu
Teachers can check when the registration time of their course implementation ends in Sisu.
Exam-studios are closed during 23 December - 3 January
All Exam-studios on Aalto campus are closed during 23.12.2021-2.1.2022.
Pedagogical training in spring 2022
Aalto university offers pedagogical courses to support pedagogical skills of faculty members.
Assessment in Sisu so far
Teachers have started to save course and exam assessments in Sisu by themselves.
Aalto ENG: Hybrid way of working challenges and benefits discussed with students and teachers
The Teaching Forum of the School of Engineering on November 29, 2021 was implemented simultaneously on campus and online, taking into account safety aspects.
From the margins to the top: How the School of Arts, Design and Architecture rose to the international forefront
New book Pro Arte Utili tells about leadership and vision guiding the change.
Nokia Foundation grants professor Yrjö Neuvo a recognition award for achievements in development of postgraduate education
Yrjö Neuvo has done remarkable work in developing the postgraduate education and helping newly graduated doctors to become employed in Finnish companies and corporations.
Degree regulations and OOS amended
The University Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) decided on the following amendment proposals.
Leap for Learning – project status update in November
The Service Platfrom development work continues, and new functionalities are close to deployment.
Tiina Ritvala appointed Assistant Dean of the School of Business
The position will start on 1 January 2022, with a period of 1,5 years.
Apply for Erasmus+ staff and teacher exchange scholarships 1–15 December
The exchange must be completed by the end of September 2022.
Teacher, do you recognize the possibilities of lifewide learning in teaching planning?
This year, teachers are planning curriculum work as part of identifying lifewide learning (LWL) offerings. The task has raised questions, so here are some things to promote work.
Teacher, make the sustainability connection of your course visible
Is your course linked to sustainable development or to any of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Make it visible to students by marking the courses’ sustainability relevance with the SDG-tags.
Aalto pedagogical training (25 ECTS) completed? Apply for the certificate latest on November 15th 2021
Have you completed the core courses (20 ECTS) and elective studies (5 ECTS) of Aalto university pedagogical training?
Toni Kotnik: Thinking in Structures
Kotnik wants to reform the traditional way of designing the built environment. Â
A broad range of study opportunities presented at the first Unite! Virtual Fair for Students
At the Unite! Virtual Fair for Students a wide range of study opportunities were presented, such as joint programs, project courses, summer schools as well as language and cultural courses.
Finding the red thread between design research, science and technology and innovation
Industrial designer, Academy Fellow Researcher Andrea Botero Cabrera will take on the position of Associate Professor, New Frontiers in Design in Aalto University starting from August 2022.
