The exam week is over and summer is here! Before leaning back and enjoying the sun and holidays, there is still much you can do – We have sailing, the President’s anniversary seminar, baseball and all other kinds of activities available!
The AYY weekly newsletter will take a summer break starting on the 12th of June, and will return on the 21st of August!
The association information can be found in the association newsletter. Read it at /yhdistystiedote
- General housing allowance as an AYY tenant
- AYY is searching for distributors of year tags (2 positions)
- Don’t let your exam slip by! Exam guidelines will change from the beginning of August
- President’s Anniversary Seminar 20th of June – Tuula Teeri 60 years
- The shared-use DriveNow cars now available at the Otaniemi Campus
- Soupster family afterparty on the 8t of June
- TRIP goes Yhdessä Vesille: discover dinghy boating at Otaranta 7th and 8th of June, starting at 17:00
- Summer baseball at Tuuliniitty!
- Otaniemi GayDay 2.7.2017
- Come and vote an Aalto team into the Helsinki Challenge final at pitch nights 6 – 7 June
- Welcome to Graffathon
- Invitation to Service Design Hackathon
- The Yritystä! – project is organizing: Starting workshop for academics with physical and sensory defects, apply by 18th of June!
1. General housing allowance as an AYY tenant
Students will be moved under the general housing allowance on the 1st of August 2017, meaning that the entire household’s income will affect the amount of the allowance. Below you can find the specific instructions for applying. The instructions apply to AYY tenants.
Shared apartment or a furnished shared apartment
AYY is drafting personal rental agreements to shared apartments, meaning that each tenant forms their own household. If you live in a shared apartment, apply for housing allowance alone. The income of other tenants does not affect the amount of received housing allowance.
Studio or a studio in a shared apartment
If you live alone in a studio or a studio in a shared apartment, your household only consists of you alone. People living in studios in shared apartments are not affected by the income of other tenants. People living alone apply for housing allowance alone.
If, however, you share a studio or a studio in a shared apartment with someone else, you consist of a shared household. Kela will always decree these households to be cohabiting, and the income of each person will affect the allowance. Apply for the allowance jointly.
Duplex, Three-room apartments and four-room apartments
Current situation
AYY is making friend- and family rental agreements to duplexes and three-and four-room apartments, which all have shared responsibilities. This means that people living in friend- and family agreements form one household, and the income of all will affect the allowance. People living in a duplex, three-room or four-room apartment with a shared rental agreement must apply for the allowance jointly.
If you are the only primary tenant in a duplex, three-or four-room apartment, and you have sub-letted a part of the apartment to one or more people, you may apply for the housing allowance alone. The sub-letters may also apply alone, if each sub-letter has their own separate sub-let rental agreement.
If you live alone, the situation is same as with people living in studios, and you may apply for the allowance alone.
AYY upcoming actions
AYY is currently undertaking a project to increase communal living. As a part of this project, apartments with several bedrooms are being converted to shared apartments and we are creating means where shared apartments could be applied to in the same way as friend apartments now. The aim is that on a long term AYY would have only shared apartments, shared studios, studios and family apartments available to its tenants. The timetable for these changes will be published to the tenants when they become relevant.
Useful links
You may apply for the general housing allowance starting from August 2017 already at the Kela web service.
http://www.kela.fi/opiskelijoiden-tukien-muutokset#asumistuki
http://www.kela.fi/yleinen-asumistuki
http://www.kela.fi/yleinen-asumistuki_kenelle
2. AYY is searching for distributors of year tags (2 positions)
AYY is searching for two distributors of year tags for part-time employment for four weeks. One of the distributors will work in Otaniemi, and the other in Töölö. The distributors are tasked with handing out year tags at year tag distribution points in Otaniemi and Töölö for AYY members who have paid the membership fee. The distributors will check the identity and membership fee status of the person collecting the year tag, attach the tags to student cards and mark the tag as distributed.
The work will be done in one shift between 12:00 and 18:00. The duration of the employment relationship is four weeks, from the 21st of August until the 15th September 2017. The distributors will be paid according to the Student Union Collective Agreement, on a pay grade of I (basic salary in full-time employment is 1409.04 € per month, and the calculated salary for this task is approximately 1127 €). Please send us your free-form applications and CVs by the 9th of June 2017, 12:00.
Read the full recruitment announcement here: /ylioppilaskunta/avoimet-tyopaikat/ayy-hakee-lukuvuositarrojen-jakajaa-2-paikkaa/
3. Don’t let your exam slip by! Exam guidelines will change from the beginning of August
The new exam guidelines apply to the entire Aalto University. They provide instructions on exam arrangements, registration and evaluation. The exam guidelines will replace the schools’ own guidelines starting from the 1st of August 2017.
Remember these!
1. Only registered students can attend an exam.
2. Registering for a course automatically registers you for the course exam.
3. You must register for other exams, like retakes and independent exams, 7 days prior to the exam.
4. You cannot enter an exam after 30 minutes have passed from the start of the exam.
5. At the end of the exam, return all the answer sheets, including blank ones, and also the question sheets if asked to.
Check out the new guidelines from Into (schools will post more information and reminders in August):
https://into.aalto.fi/display/fiaalto/Aallon+yhteinen+tenttiohje+voimaan+elokuun+alusta
4. President’s Anniversary Seminar 20th of June – Tuula Teeri 60 years
Everybody is welcome to Tuula Teeri’s 60th birthday at President’s Anniversary Seminar with reception on Tuesday 20 June 2017 at 13.30, Otakaari 1, Espoo.
The topic will be a great passions of President Teeri: biotechnology and biomaterials. Join us for an afternoon filled with fascinating talks on the topic by Aalto’s researchers, such as professors Janne Laine, Markus Linder, Merja Penttilä, Herbert Sixta, and Tapani Vuorinen.
Please mark the day in your calendar. Registration to the event 12 June at the latest.
Further information: https://into.aalto.fi/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=27626994
5. The shared-use DriveNow cars now available at the Otaniemi Campus
DriveNow is a communal shared car service, where you can pick up a car and return it flexibly all around the city – Including Otaniemi. The DriveNow cars will be found at the communal parking spaces in the Otaniemi campus:
1. Tietotie 3
2. TUAS
3. Maarintie 15
4. Aalto-yliopisto Library
5. AYY
6. Otakaari 7
7. Otakaari 5
8. Otaniemi Betonimiehenkuja
DriveNow is an awesome option for students as well, since you only pay for the time you use the vehicle, 0,57€/minute. With a communal car, you can easily accomplish fetching big purchases or carry out small apartment moving. The price includes gas, parking, insurance and maintenance. When you register by 11th of June, you also get 20 free driving minutes.
Get to know the services and read more at https://www.drive-now.com/fi/fi/helsinki
6. Soupster family afterparty on the 8t of June
Soupster family will open a pub in the metro center opening in Otaniemi in August 2018! The aim is that the pub will be designed with students as broadly as possible, to suit their needs and wishes. To make this happen, Soupster family is organizing a Keltsu 2.0 afterparty at Allas on the 8th of June (https://www.neighbour.fi/). The bar will be open for service and the food will be free!
The program includes light workshopping of the various aspects of the pub, including:
-Layout
-Food options of the bar
-Drink options of the bar
-Music
-General outlook and furnishings
-Name
Sign up by the 7th of June, 17:00, if you want to enjoy the food! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pwnfql9gjJm72k-cFmjHgMVj-GxJOfIX8Moj4pa65XU/edit
After the workshop, the evening will continue with a relaxed hanging out.
7. TRIP goes Yhdessä Vesille: discover dinghy boating at Otaranta 7th and 8th of June, starting at 17:00
Teekkaripurjehtijat are taking part in the Yhdessä Vesille – event by Suomen Purjehdus ja Veneily Ry, which is part of the Finland 100 – project. As a part of the themed week, we organize dinghy discovery try-outs at Otaranta (Otaniemi) on Wednesday 7th of June starting at 17:00, and on Thursday 8th of June starting at 17:00.
The dinghy discovery try-outs are organized with Trip dinghies Pinkee (Vikla) and Vinkee(Flipper Scow), residing at the Otaniemi Boat club in Otaranta. There will be instructors and safety equipment (life vests) present and available. No prior experience of dinghies or sailing is required – only a brisk attitude and warm clothing! The event is free of charge. More info on discovering dinghy sailing: https://trip.ayy.fi/wordpress/?p=2937
“Yhdessä Vesille” is a campaign consisting of different pop up- activities pertaining to boating, sailing and marine themes. It brings first-timers and experienced sailors, both young and old, together to enjoy the activities, so no prior experience is required. Yhdessä Vesille is officially a part of the Finland 100 years celebrations. The event wishes to celebrate and appreciate Finland and its great waters by enjoying sailing and boating together. More info on the Yhdessä Vesille event at: http://spv.fi/yhdessavesille/
Signups: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScf9Rc7fZk_kw3bYBLawRto9fqqwWN0cAdEh74wvbQKet4V4g/viewform
Facebook-event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1326706494049971/
Questions and info: trip(at)list.ayy.fi
8. Summer baseball at Tuuliniitty!
The Otaniemi baseball association OtaKoppi organizes summer baseball at Tuuliniitty, Tapiola, on Tuesdays from 18:00 to 20:00. Summer baseball is mainly aimed towards students, and all are welcome to play regardless of skill level! We start with a warm-up and light practice, after which we will have a laid-back game of baseball. You can borrow mitts and bats at the site. We update news regarding summer baseball also on the OtaKoppi Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/otakoppi/ Welcome!
9. Otaniemi GayDay 2.7.2017
Otaniemi’s most colorful summer party is here again!
Bring your friends and come to Otaniemi’s happiest, most colorful and most open park picnic on Sunday, the 2nd of July! There will be plenty of good company and a laid-back atmosphere at the picnic, held this time at the Alvari park. Whether you’ve spent the previous night at Helsinki Pride or at Tuska Open Air, there is room for everyone at the picnic. Be your own Netflix and come chill with us!
This year’s GayDay will be packed with speed and dangerous situations as the track and arena for the Otaniemi’s Smoothest Rider contest will be constructed at the site during the day. Stay tuned, the details will be published at this event!
After some recovery measures, the evening will continue to get wilder and blow up into a glitter party at Servin Mökki at 18:00, where the amount of sparkling wine, burlesque and dashing performances will be out of this world!
In a nutshell:
WHAT: Picnic and Smökki party!
WHERE: Alvar Aalto park / Servin Mökki, Otaniemi
WHEN: 14:00/18:00, Sunday, the 2nd of July 2017
COST: The effort of showing up!
WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU: Picnic blanket, food (grilling is possible at the picnic)
Parties such as AYY’s Campus Section and TTER are making this event possible!
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/116262272284181/
10. Come and vote an Aalto team into the Helsinki Challenge final at pitch nights 6 – 7 June
Come to pitch nights and spur the Aalto-lead teams on into the competition final. One of the 20 semifinalist teams will enter the final by a public vote.
http://www.aalto.fi/en/current/events/2017-05-03/
11. Welcome to Graffathon
Do you enjoy audiovisual art? Are you interested in computer graphics? Would you like to create a piece of art yourself? No experience in graphics programming? No problem!
DOT, Digital Media Club of Aalto University would like to welcome you to join us at Graffathon 2017. In this weekend-long hackathon you will learn about demoscene, real-time programming and art creation. You’ll get to assemble your dream team and create and present a real-time audiovisual experience. Best pieces will be rewarded!
Graffathon 2017 is held 30.6-2.7 @ Startup Sauna, Betonimiehenkuja 3D, 02150, Espoo. Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/graffathon-2017-tickets-34637428481
Read more: http://www.graffathon.fi
12. Invitation to Service Design Hackathon
Want to contribute to Aalto University’s digital future? Eager to translate user insights into a world-class digital experience?
Aalto University is redesigning its digital communication and collaboration platform, and to ensure that the process is human-centric, Service design agency Hellon is organising a Service Design Hackathon – and you are invited to join!
The Service Design Hackathon is a full-day facilitated event where multidisciplinary groups will ideate the best solutions to cater to different users’ needs. These ideas, in turn, will guide the developers of the Aalto platform. The Hackathon will take place 14th of June from 9 am to 4.30 pm in Punavuori, Helsinki.
Sign up now at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScju4Y9c6vdRQR59Dz8g9o17ucw6Mb25N_kEflDurZbVEeLdQ/viewform?c=0&w=1
Welcome!
13. The Yritystä! – project is organizing: Starting workshop for academics with physical and sensory defects, apply by 18th of June!
The Yritystä! – project is organizing a startup workshop tour in August from the 10th to the 25th, 2017. The workshops are aimed towards people with physical or sensory handicaps or long-term illness, mainly graduating students or graduates of academic studies, who are thinking of starting up their own company or those who have an idea for a business they want to workshop further.
The startups come to a finale in October, with an event on the 6th of October in Logomo, Turku, where the business ideas will be presented and they can receive feedback from business specialists and experts. So, stop thinking, but grab the bull by the horns and utilize the potential of this amazing and unique project!
Read more at http://www.yritystä.fi/ ajankohtaista and sign up. The signups can be done until Sunday, 18th of June 2017.
Read more
https://link.webropolsurveys.com/Participation/Public/25196638-e294-4673-8c8c-fcb4782bdc3c?displayId=Fin1317277
