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Vote for the best idea! How do we spend 14 000 euros on student wellbeing?
In autumn 2024, students were asked to come up with ideas on how the university should spend 14 000 euros to improve student wellbeing on Â鶹´«Ã½. Now it's time to vote for the best idea to be implemented during spring 2025.
How to live a good life? Art of Living MOOC by Frank Martela
This massive open online course on how to live a good life is lectured by Ph.D., assistant professor Frank Martela. The course is produced by the Oasis of Radical Wellbeing project and it is part of Aalto’s lifewide learning portfolio. The course was launched on May 30th, 2023
Webinars and training on LGBTIQA+ students’ inclusion (in Finnish)
At Nyyti ry, an organisation promoting students’ mental health, this autumn we are introducing our QueerMieli project’s free-of-charge trainings and webinars about the promotion of LGBTIQA+ students’ mental health and inclusion within higher education communities!
Appreciative encounter - join interactive group coaching
A totally new kind of training open for all Aaltonians starts 7 October – as a participant you will get concrete tools for appreciative interaction both in your work and studies
Aalto Distinguished Professor Tapani Vuorinen: “Only through collaboration can we achieve greater impactâ€
Tapani Vuorinen, professor of forest products chemistry at the School of Chemical Engineering, was appointed Aalto Distinguished Professor at the opening of the academic year on 3 September.
“Enhancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace†- free online course available, you can register until mid-February
European EDIFY-EDU- project offers an open online course (MOOC).
Polish up your language skills this autumn
Several language initiatives offer Aaltonians a chance to learn and improve their language skills free-of-charge on Â鶹´«Ã½ starting September
Sushant Passi: In the future, we will see human-to-human interaction as a luxury
'In 2050, we will be likely be promoting human to human interaction. It is now perhaps getting a bit sidelined, but it is irreplaceable.'
Join the Unite! 21-Day Diversity & Inclusion Challenge
A self-directed, online and free learning tool designed to deepen your understanding of diversity and inclusion.
Four projects received EDI funding from the School of Business in the Spring 2024 call
The School of Business funds projects that strengthen and promote diversity, inclusivity and equality (EDI)
Risto Ilmoniemi: The most important thing is having confidence that others will be there to support and help when needed
'I have thought many times that I am going to give up the whole thing: this is not going to work. But I recover quickly: often already on the next day, optimism is reborn.'
Panu Savolainen: I wish we would have a day when we remove the power dynamics completely
‘In many indigenous cultures, there are such periods, when leaders relinquish their power. Either that power is given to someone, maybe the poorest or most oppressed community member, or then the power isn’t used by anyone.’
Maarit Korpi-Lagg: I have so few female colleagues that sometimes it’s difficult to maintain self-esteem
'Both in physics and computer science there are very few female researchers and professors. Last year we had a celebration because the first female student passed my course. It was a big thing for me.'
Ä°dil Gaziulusoy: We can start by touching each other a bit more
"We need to move towards one another and start walking together. Internationalisation is integration."
