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How should we spend 12 000 euros of the university budget on student wellbeing? Vote for the best idea by 15.9.2021!
In May 2021, we encouraged students to submit ideas on how to use 12 000 euros ("one euro for every student") of the university budget. Now it is time to vote for the best idea which will be implemented during autumn 2021 or early 2022.
Changes in student travel expense reimbursement
The Finnish tax authorities have clarified the guidelines for reimbursement of study-related travel expenses. In order to comply with the new guidelines, Aalto University has developed a process for reimbursing the travel expenses of degree and doctoral students.
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‘Many lecturers and professors at the School of Business stick in one’s mind for decades’
The class of 1954 of the School of Business convened at Aalto University Töölö.
Be aware of fraudulent calls
Aalto University’s employees and students have recently received several fraudulent calls.
Applications may be blocked in Windows computers
Due to configuration error, Windows computers may block running some apps. The fix has been released and has already been issued to almost all affected computers remotely.
Leap for Learning: a new milestone has been reached
It is important to celebrate significant milestones. Now is a great time to look back on the journey to Sisu's deployment and thank all our colleagues for their great work.
Nominations for the 2022 Millennium Technology Prize open
The prize is one of the world’s most important awards for a ground-breaking innovation.
ModerninArvo project affects debate on fate of modern buildings
The main individual sector in creating a carbon-neutral Finland is renovation construction. The surge in demolition and replacement of young building stock and entire areas through carbon-intensive construction is problematic for sustainability. The ModerninArvo project aims at finding solutions to the continued shrinking of the life cycles of architecture, and the renovation and re-use of the architecture from recent decades. The project is being funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Aalto University Executive Education’s link É«É«À² University tightens – the role of lifewide learning strengthens
Pekka Mattila will leave his position as Aalto EE's Group Managing Director on 31 December, while continuing as Professor of Practice at the School of Business
Personnel newsletter will be renewed
During the renewal process, you will receive a compact newsletter with a compilation of current news from our university
Disqualification policies on academic and thesis advisors clarified
The work of revising Aalto’s academic regulations has clarified the roles of the academic advisor and the thesis advisor to ensure that circumstances of disqualification can be avoided.
Short-term work arrangements in Dean’s assistant services
Satu Holm will work as substitute Dean’s Assistant at School of Business.
Amended regulations as of 1 August – what has changed for teachers and advisors
The new Degree Regulations for Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees entered into force on 1 August 2021, replacing the different regulations on bachelor’s and master's degrees that have existed previously at the school level. The Aalto University General Regulations on Teaching and Studying (OOS) as well as the Degree Regulations on Doctoral Education have also been updated.
ATLAS.ti users need to switch to version 9 as soon as possible
ATLAS.ti software version 9 is now available at Aalto University.
Licenses for v7 and v8 will be discontinued on 9.9.2021. v9 can open and convert v8 projects directly but v7 projects need to be exported from that version to be used in the future.
Licenses for v7 and v8 will be discontinued on 9.9.2021. v9 can open and convert v8 projects directly but v7 projects need to be exported from that version to be used in the future.
Aalto University is moving to cloud e-mail
The transition to cloud mail has progressed well. The mailboxes of Aalto's staff and degree students (in excess of 26,000 accounts) have been moved to the cloud.
Large number of Aalto IDs locked due to a denial of service attack
The bug is being fixed, and it seems  that the lockout would have ended at 4pm. Locked IDs open automatically after 15 minutes.
274Â times Thank you, teacher, for responding to the survey on remote teaching
More than 270 respondents from Aalto's teaching staff responded to the remote teaching survey.
Aalto University to send an SMS to students and staff before and after Sisu’s service break
Aalto University students and staff will be informed of the start and end of the service break of both Oodi and Sisu by text message (31 Jul - 8 Aug).
