| Hello and have a nice new week everyone!
Yesterday we had the traditional Kallio Pub Crawl, where students got to see the bars of Kallio. I want to thank you all who came to the event, I had a great evening! On this week we´ll have our first Coffee Hour of the autumn semester at Guild Room and also tickets to the Lakinlaskijaiset party will be sold tomorrow at Undergraduation Centre at 8.00 – 11.00. We will soon be in the end of the first period, so I wish you all health and relaxing autumn evenings! You´re doing great.
With ”I have to get a warmer coat” -vibes, Moby secretary-publicist
I General announcementsCall for Applications: KONE Grant for artistic purposes AYY grants Totti Korpua as candidate for SYL´s board in 2024 AYY´s Representative Council (RepCo) is open for applications
II EventsGuildroom Coffee Hour 21.9. at 16 Kiltasitsit: Under the Sea 4.10 Maskerad 2023: The Cryptids of the Palace 11.11. TOKYO Christmas Sales 17. – 19.11. Otacruise 26. – 28.11. LuTKu: Storms & Seals 5.10.
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I General Announcements
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Artistic activities and research at Department of Architecture / KONE donation
KONE Foundation donated 800 000 euros for Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Half of the donation goes to a new doctoral school of artistic research, but each department has also a possibility to give 100 000 euros for projects related to artistic activities of the department.
There will be four calls in years 2023-2024, one in spring and another in fall, and the core team of the department will make the funding decisions according to the most suitable proposals. There will be a total of 20 000 – 30 000 euros in each call to be shared. The sum depends on the quality of the applications. Proposals are going to evaluated according to the artistic quality and their potential impact on the future development of the department. Applicants are asked to provide information on the relevance of their proposal with respect to the department respectively to the strategy of Aalto University.
The call is open for all faculty members and students of Department of Architecture. The deadline of the applications in autumn is 12.10.2023. Please send a short project plan / application letter (max 1x A4) + budget to pirjo.sanaksenaho@aalto.fi. The funding decisions will be made in October.
The core team members are:
Pirjo Sanaksenaho, Head of department
Pia Fricker, Vice head of the department
Pekka Heikkinen, Head of education
Toni Kotnik, Head of research
Elisa Lähde, representative of landscape architecture
Esa Vesmanen, representative of interior architecture
In a case core team members are applicants, the decision concerning that application is done without their presence.
AYY nominates Totti Korpua as a candidate of SYL’s board in 2024
Aalto University Student Union nominates Totti Korpua as a member of the board of the National Union of University Students in Finland. Totti Korpua, 25, is a master’s student in Art Education at Aalto University of Arts and Design. In the past year, they have served as a member of the board of the Aalto University Student Union and areas of responsibility being education policy, elections and well-being. Korpua has extensive experience in various positions of trust in the Aalto community. In their free time, Totti enjoys going to concerts and galleries.
”I am very grateful for the trust I have received. Promoting a better student life is required at every level of society, and I am ready to continue my listening, forward-looking and decisive work at SYL,” Korpua commented on their choice.
Korpua reflects on the important goals of the student movement for the upcoming year: ”The structures of education must better support the ability to study and the accessibility of education, so that raising the level of education and studying in general can really change Finland. Structures and funding alone are not enough, but the student’s livelihood must be sufficient and support the same goals. SYL must take care of the status and participation of international students in the Finnish higher education field and lead by example the entire student movement. In the European Parliament elections, the student movement must be widely heard throughout Europe, and SYL plays a key role in this.”
SYL will elect the board for 2024 at its union meeting in Tampere on November 17-18, 2023. SYL represents Finnish university students at the national level and takes a stand on education policy, social policy and international issues.
More information: Totti Korpua, totti.korpua@ayy.fi, tel. 0404824213
Chair of the Board Ida Parkkinen, ida.parkkinen@ayy.fi, tel. 0400984545
Don’t settle for grumbling, apply for AYY’s Representative Council! The nomination of candidates is now open until 2 Oct 4pm. Every AYY member has the right to stand for election in the autumn 2023 Representative Council elections. Further information here on our website
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