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11.2.2014

FSHS celebrates its 60th anniversary on Students’ Apple Day on 13 February 2014

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FSHS will hold its annual Students’ Apple Day on 13 February 2014. Health information and apples will be provided for all who attend. Come and join us!

 

On Students’ Apple Day, students eligible to use FSHS services can talk to the Service’s public health nurses and ask for information on a healthy lifestyle and different ways to promote their health.

 

This year, Students’ Apple Day is also the FSHS’s anniversary: The Service’s Charter was signed exactly 60 years ago on 13 February 1954. Find out more about the history of the FSHS: yths.fi/en/60years

Please note the opening hours on Friday 14th Feb 2014:
http://www.yths.fi/en/ajankohtaista/401/the_opening_hours_during_friday_the_14th_february_2014

6.2.2014

All EU citizens have a right to vote in European Parliament elections – remeber to register as a voter!

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The European Parliament elections are getting closer. If you wish to vote in advance in Finland (for a Finnish candidate) you can do that 14-20 May and if you are residing abroad and voting for a Finnish candidate you can do so 14-17 May. The actual Election Day is 25 May.

The EU elections are somewhat special, as all EU citizens that have turned 18 have the right to vote, regardless if you live in your home country or abroad. If your municipality of residence is in Finland, then you have to inform the Finnish authorities by 6 March if you wish to use your voting right in Finland. No one may vote in more than one Member State of the European Union in the same election.

As a citizen of a Member State of the European Union you will be entered in the register on those with the right to vote in Finland as eligible to vote provided that

1) you still have a municipality of residence in Finland on 4 April 2014

2) you have not forfeited your right to vote in your home State due to a decision on a single civil or criminal case

3) you have, by 4.00 p.m. on 6 March 2014 at the latest, notified the Local Register Office (maistraatti) in writing that you want to use your right to vote only in Finland. You can make the notification by filling in the attached form. http://vaalit.fi/uploads/68s9du2215h.pdf

 

If you register in Finland as a person entitled to vote, the Population Register Center will inform the relevant authority in your home State of your registration. In this case, your personal data will be removed from the electoral register of your home State.

If you want to vote in the European Parliament elections in your home State, you are not required to submit any notification to the Finnish authorities. Contact your embassy in Helsinki for further information on voting in the elections for a candidate from your country.

3.2.2014

AYY awarded the International Deed and Learning Promotion Deed of the year 2013

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Release
AYY
Publish date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014

Aalto University Student Union (AYY) has awarded the International Deed and Learning Promotion Deed of the year 2013 at its fourth anniversary on 1 Feb 2014. The Physicist Spex was awarded as the International Deed 2013. In addition, the honorable mentions of the international deed were awarded to Sergei Chekurov and Gaurav Das. Uudet koekäytännöt (”new examination practices”) project was awarded as the Learning Promotion Deed of the year 2013.

The Physicist Spex performed its spex Limbo – No loitering in English in December 2013. This gave the opportunity for over hundred international students to experience the performance, which is an integral part of the student culture, in the language that they understand. The deed of the Physicist Spex is an excellent example of how the integration of international students to Aalto community can be promoted.

Sergei Chekurov received an honorable mention for his activities to improve the position of international students in the Guild of Mechanical Engineering (KIK) and Students of Engineering (ITY). Thanks to Chekurov, many international students feel that they are part of the Aalto community. With this recognition, AYY wishes to encourage the student associations to include international students in their activities.

Gaurav Das was awarded an honorable mention for his participation in various activities (such as BEST and Student Family Friend). Das is an excellent example of an international student who is open-minded and interested in exploring the local culture. With this recognition, AYY wishes to encourage international students to take part in the Aalto community.

With the International Deed award, AYY wishes to draw attention to the importance of high-quality internationalisation for Aalto students. International students must have the opportunity to participate in the activities of the academic community at all levels. Uudet koekäytännöt project was awarded as the Learning Promotion Deed 2013. The project does concrete work to transform study performance in a more flexible direction. The effective accumulation of credits is becoming increasingly important both for universities and the students themselves and this project effectively removes practical obstacles to gain credits. In addition, the participants in the project have been very active and devoted in the piloting of the project and have persistently continued to develop the concept even after achieving the end point of the initial project.

The purpose of the Learning Promotion Deed is to support and make visible the actions and projects, which have promoted learning at Aalto University.

 

Further information:

International Deed:

Milla Ovaska, Specialist, International Affairs milla.ovaska@ayy.fi, 050 520 9446
Sanna Unkuri, Board Member, International Affairs sanna.unkuri@ayy.fi, 040 579 6125

Leaning Promotion Deed:

Pietari Keskinen, Board Member, Academic Affairs, pietari.keskinen@ayy.fi, 040 502 4015

11.12.2013

Education goes Accessible 2014 symposium, January 9th 2014

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Welcome to Education goes Accessible 2014 symposium on January 9th, 2014 (9.1.2014) at Otakaari 1.  The opening words will be presented by dean Risto Nieminen and the keynote will be addressed by Erja Heikkinen/OKM.

Program

8.45 Registration

9.10 Welcome! Martti Raevaara

9.15 Keynote 1, Risto Nieminen / Aalto SCI

9.30 Keynote 2, Erja Heikkinen / Ministry of Education

10.15 Workshops

Lunch (decided by workshops: list of restaurants)

Workshops continue until 14.00

14.00 Coffee

14.15 Keynote 3, Panu Artemjeff / Ministry of the Interior

14.30 Keynote 4, Johanna Naukkarinen / LUT

  • Johanna Naukkarinen / LUT

15.00 Workshop reports by moderators, max 5 min each

15.30 Panel: What is accessiblity in Aalto education?

16.30 Closing remarks

We develop inclusive, multi-cultural and accessible education in the workshops. Thus select and join a workshop that is related to your work and learning environment of Aalto University. Here the collaboration with AYY, all service units and campus facility will be acknowledged. Parallel workshops have themes like changing our present library into a modern future learning center, MOOCs and SPOCs, accessible communication, effective webcasting etc.

Enrol now at https://wiki.aalto.fi/display/AGA/

11.12.2013

Wanted: The learning promotion deed and the international deed of the year 2013!

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The time has come to reward the learning promotion deed and the international deed of the year. Has a professor of yours, a student association or someone else done something special to enhance learning or internationalization in Aalto? If yes, propose their deed for the learning promotion deed or the international deed of the Year-award! The price can be awarded to any person, group or organization within Aalto.

Please send your proposal these forms by 31st December 2013:

Learning promotion deed: https://lomake.ayy.fi/koulutuspolitiikka/ehdota-vuoden-2013-oppimisen-edistamistekoa-nominate-the-learning-promotion-deed-of-the-year-2013-foresla-arets-garning-for-inlarningsframjande-i-aret-2013/

International deed: https://lomake.ayy.fi/koulutuspolitiikka/ehdota-vuoden-2013-kansainvalista-tekoa-nominate-the-international-deed-of-the-year-2013-foresla-arets-internationella-garning-i-aret-2013/

Please include a description justification why this deed should be selected to win the award. The prize will be awarded at the annual ball of Aalto University Student Union in February.