Katariina Rönnqvist

Kaksi nuorta henkilöä istuu maassa keräämässä rahaa.

Students

17.4.2025

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Vaasa was the first to fall victim to a jäynä

Teekkari history. The first National Jäynä Competition was held in Vaasa 23–24 September 1986.

Oulun tuotantotalouden tutkimusyksikköä kahvilla.

Work life

10.4.2025

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Human factors of industrial management

The Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) research unit of the University of Oulu has a proven reputation for a positive atmosphere. The unit’s encouraging spirit of competition also produces results. TEK and TFiF are awarding the unit the ITU Forerunners Award.

Students

2.4.2025

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LGBTQ+ friends across campus boundaries

Tampere-based Sekava ry offers a community and peer support for LGBTQ+ students – and a reason for homebodies to go out and meet people.

Lappeenrannan Ylioppilastalo kuvattuna talvella ulkoapäin.

Students

20.3.2025

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30 years in Lappeenranta

President Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated the Student Union Building in Lappeenranta in the autumn of 1994. TEK’s Regional Advisor Saku Laapio was on the Board of the Student Union when the building project started.

Work life

6.3.2025

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Build a network and gather information

Your network consists of the people you interact with. They can give you information about different career paths and job opportunities. Even people who do not know you are usually happy to help, as long as you make helping easy for them. This information can help you understand what you can do with your career and what kinds of jobs you could apply for.

Robottikoira Spot ja oikea koira katselevat toisiaan.

Technology

6.3.2025

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The most hairless dog in Tampere

Spot is one of the most advanced robot dog models in the world.

Siamäk Naghian seisoo aurinkoisessa, talvisessa maisemassa.

Society

5.2.2025

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News article

Colleagues taught me curse words, and it was great

Genelec's Iranian-born CEO Siamäk Naghian speaks fluent Finnish. "I would have lost so much as a person if I hadn't learned this language."

Kolme henkilöä toimistossa, yhdellä on koira sylissä ja kuulokkeet päässä.

Work life

5.2.2025

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Reasonable adjustments remove barriers to employment

An accessible toilet or noise-cancelling headphones are unlikely to bother anyone, but for some, they may be necessary for work. Employers can get a subsidy for making reasonable adjustments.

Education

27.11.2024

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Universities are learning to be more neurodiverse

Universities in the field of technology support students’ neurodiversity with individual arrangements, for example. Hundreds of students are already utilising these arrangements, and the demand for them is growing.

Juho Uzkurt Kaljunen töissä laboratoriossa.

Education

13.11.2024

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Best doctoral thesis of the year could reduce Finland’s dependence on Russia

The doctoral thesis written by Doctor of Science in Technology Juho Uzkurt Kaljunen improves the recovery of nutrients from wastewater and bringing them to market. Three tech theses will be awarded today in Helsinki. The winning theses are from Aalto University and the University of Oulu.

Kuvassa on TEKin toiminnanjohtaja Jari Jokinen.

Organisation

17.10.2024

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TEK’s Jari Jokinen to lead Association of Nordic Engineers

Jari Jokinen, CEO of the Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK, has been elected president of the Association of Nordic Engineers, an organisation that promotes the interests of engineers in the Nordic region. Jokinen wants to focus more attention on influencing EU policies.

Manu Kiiskilä seisoo ständinsä edessä EUCYS-kilpailussa.

Students

16.10.2024

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EUCYS award goes to Manu Kiiskilä

Manu Kiiskilä, a student at Tampereen lyseon lukio high school, won the Special Donated Prize at the EU Contest for Young Scientists for his work on computer vision. The EUCYS contest took place in Poland in September.

Organisation

10.9.2024

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News article

Nominate a project – Product Development Path Makers 2024

The new award directs attention to the significance of product development. TEK together with Aalto Design Factory, the City of Espoo and Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation awards an inspiring experiment, activity or project in November. You can submit a nomination by Sep 25th.

Kolme opiskelijahaalareihin pukeutunutta henkilöä pitelee uutta, itäsuomalaista tupsulakkia.

Students

14.8.2024

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News article

New tassel cap from Eastern Finland

The first teekkaris at the University of Eastern Finland received their tassel caps on May Day this year. The cap has been designed by the teekkaris themselves.

Opiskelijat kävelevät Oulun yliopiston käytävällä.

Education

27.6.2024

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Record number of academic engineers graduated

The number of graduating academic engineers and architects was 19 per cent higher last year than in 2022. A tech degree carries significant weight – four out of five graduates had a job at the time of graduation and the median monthly salary was 3,600 euros.

Piiroskuvassa on kolme opiskelijaa matematiikkaa kuvaavien elementtien kanssa.

Education

6.6.2024

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Does the field of study matter?

How easily do academic engineers and architects graduating from different fields of study find jobs? Are there major differences between different fields in terms of pay or the satisfaction with studies? TEK studied these questions.

Maria Kultanen ja Lasse Heikkilä leikkivät kaksostensa kanssa.

Work life

29.5.2024

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Surprisingly little has changed with parenthood

Maria Kultanen and Lasse Heikkilä, the parents of six-month-old twins, are dividing their family leave equally. The decision was a no-brainer – there is no primary and secondary caretaker in this family, but both parents know what to pack in the diaper bag.

Work life

29.5.2024

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News article

Equal paid family leave is a great achievement

The number of days of family leave is defined by law, but whether the leave is paid or not is defined in the collective agreements negotiated by trade unions. “Allowing fathers to take more time off and taking diverse family types better into account is very important for equality,” says Tuula Aaltola, collective agreement expert in the private sector from TEK.

Piirros henkilöstä, joka kantaa suurta paperipinoa, läppäriä ja kelloa.

Work life

17.5.2024

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How much overtime do TEK members work?

Under the Working Hours Act, regular working hours shall not exceed eight hours a day or 40 hours a week. Overtime is defined as work that exceeds these maximum limits.

Sammakkoperspektiivistä otettu kuva ihmisestä, joka työntää lastenvaunuja.

Work life

15.5.2024

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Parents should share their family leave

If both parents in a family are working, which parent should stay at home to take care of the child? That is, if we think about the question from a financial point of view.

Kahden eri ihmisen kädet muodostavat sydämen sateenkaarilipun edessä.

Society

15.5.2024

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News article

TEK partnering with Helsinki Pride for the fifth year running

The Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK works on behalf of more equal work life. As part of this work, TEK supports the work of Helsinki Pride as an official Support Partner.

Manu Kiiskilä esittelee työtään Tutki-Kokeile-Kehitä 2024 finaalissa.

Students

8.5.2024

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News article

Young people developed a human-like chess machine and a computer vision that learns using less data

This year’s winners of the TuKoKe science competition for children and young people came from Tampere and Taipalsaari, as well as from Maunula, Puistola and Etelä-Haaga in Helsinki. The name TuKoKe stands for “tutki, kokeile, kehitä,” meaning “explore, experiment, develop.”

Kynttilä ja kehyksissä oleva kuva tyhjässä kokoushuoneessa.

Work life

10.4.2024

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When grief arrives at the workplace

A specialist from the Surevan kohtaaminen project and two people who have lost a loved one talk about how workplaces should prepare for cases of death and how you can support a bereaved colleague.

Piiroskuvassa kaksi henkilöä keskustee työkalupakin äärellä.

Students

7.3.2024

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TEK's Workbook helps you find a summer job

The summer job search season is underway! Student, grab the latest TEK job search and career planning guide, Työkirja 2024, from your campus to support your job search or thesis job search.

Talvinen ulkokuva teekkarisauna Mörrimöykystä.

Students

1.3.2024

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When the world is in turmoil, Teekkarisauna Mörrimöykky stands firm

The newly renovated sauna in Tampere is not just a place to enjoy good löylys. It’s a space reserved specifically for students.

Joukko opiskelijoita aurinkopaneelin äärellä.

Students

27.2.2024

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Sense of belonging encourages professionals to stay in tech

Both male and female tech students feel they belong in the student community, but men feel a stronger sense of belonging in the field of technology. Gender minorities report the lowest sense of belonging. Where exactly does the problem lie?

Unicuksen toimitusjohtaja ja kolme työntekijää kurkistaa hyllykön takaa.

Work life

8.2.2024

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News article

Autism can be a recruitment asset

IT company Unicus hires only consultants who are on the autism spectrum. This is not charity. Unicus sees the diagnosed as special experts.

Mustavalkoinen kuva Teekkarirallyesta 1969.

Students

25.1.2024

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News article

Rally of the tassel folk

Tech students (teekkarit) were among the first to organise a rally competition in Finland. Even the competitors of Teekkarirallye have fallen victim to jäynäs or practical jokes.

Nuori mies istuu kannettavan tietokoneen äärellä kotonaan.

Students

12.1.2024

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News article

Busting the myth of the successful man

Samuli Hietala and Atte Rimppi want to expand the narrow definition of an ideal man. They provide low-threshold mental health support for young men and offer them a space to be heard.

Kolme nuorta TuKoKe-kilpailijaa posterinsa edessä iloisina.

Organisation

3.10.2023

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News article

Recommend the TuKoKe competition to a young person

The TuKoKe competition is a science, technology and invention competition aimed at children and young people aged 4–20 years around Finland. Entries may be submitted in Finnish or in English.

Matti Vähä-Heikkilä yllään merkkejä täynnä olevat opiskelijahaalarinsa ja viitta, kuvattuna valkoista taustaa vasten.

Students

11.9.2023

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“Just graduate already!” – People on the street comment on patchful overalls

The well over one thousand fabric patches owned by Matti Vähä-Heikkilä from Turku would not fit on a standard pair of overalls, so he had to get a cape for them. The set is now on display at a museum in Lieto.

Antero Hakapää astuu alas nurmitöyräältä Otaniemen kampuksella.

Students

5.9.2023

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Idea of student overalls was born in a sauna in the early 60s

Antero Hakapää and seven other students of materials science and technology were the first in Finland to start using student overalls as their uniform. The group of friends which goes by the name Oopperan Ystävät (“Friends of Opera”) still meets on a regular basis.

Students

31.8.2023

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Producing 28,000 student overalls a year

Tampere-based companies Tam-Folio and Opiskelijahaalarit.fi reveal what happens in the time between a student placing an order for overalls and receiving them to wear.

Students

25.8.2023

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"Thank you for making me think" – Author of Equality Guide hopes students would feel better

Sofia Saarinen put together an equality guide for students as a project commissioned by TEK. According to Saarinen, the number one golden rule of equality is: listen and learn.

Nuori aikuinen istuu tyytyväisenä ikkunalaudalla ja tuulettaa menestyksen johdosta.

Organisation

4.7.2023

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News article

Very few unions are carbon-smart

Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK achieved its goal of becoming carbon-smart, aka carbon-neutral, by the end of 2022. TEK continuously measures its emissions, makes a conscious effort to reduce them and compensates only as a last option.

Marjut Kinnari kiipeämässä veden yllä pystysuoraa kallioseinää, aurinko paistaa.

Work life

26.5.2023

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Mentor signposted road to entrepreneurship – but current job triumphed

Frontend Developer Marjut Kinnari found support for her ideas about entrepreneurship from the seasoned and agile Anne Soikkeli in TEK's mentoring program.

Kaksi naisoletettua seisoo valkoisen rakennuksen edessä, toinen antaa toiselle poskisuudelman.

Organisation

9.5.2023

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News article

TEK supports joy and riot

TEK is proud to be an official support partner of Helsinki Pride for the fourth year and is continuing its work for more equal working life.

Isä ja parikymppinen lapsi istuvat olohuoneen lattialla ja juttelevat.

Students

28.4.2023

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News article

Be there for a student

Is your child studying at a higher education institution? Or is someone you know applying for higher education? Here are some tips from experts on how the folks back home can support students.

Winners of the TuKoKe 2023 Competition, behind them a wall painting of a bear.

Technology

18.4.2023

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News article

Grandpa's memory and green values can be felt in the youths’ winning projects

The winning projects of the TuKoKe science competition organised by TEK and Opinkirjo deal with renewable energy, artificial intelligence, environmental health and textile waste. The final of the competition was held on 5–6 April in Otaniemen lukio upper secondary school in Espoo.

Tampereen teekkarikaste käynnissä, korissa koskeen kastettuja teekkareita.

Students

31.3.2023

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News article

Teekkari, nääs

Higher education in technology began in Tampere in the autumn of 1965.

Jämeräpartaisen insinöörin patsas Opiskelijakulttuurimuseossa.

Students

1.3.2023

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News article

The mysterious bearded man

The Grim Bearded Engineer (Jämeräpartainen Insinööri) has given the Tempaus order in Otaniemi since 1924.

A bearded person points at the camera, gray background.

Organisation

28.2.2023

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News article

Tell us about your green work

Does your work contribute to stopping climate change? Are you studying or working in advancing a low-carbon society or circular economy? Do you want to tell others about your work or studies?

Two hands: one is an adult hand and the other a hand of a baby.

Work life

22.2.2023

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News article

New collective agreement for Consulting sector accepted

The new collective agreement for senior salaried employees in the consulting sector has been accepted. The new agreement covers some 25 000 employees.

Piirros henkilöstä, joka kävelee poispäin sylissään huonekasvi ja olallaan euro-merkkinen kassi.

Legal

21.2.2023

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News article

Are you over 55 years of age and have been dismissed from your job? Remember to apply for transition security allowance!

The so-called unemployment pathway to early retirement (eläkeputki in Finnish) is being phased out, and it will be replaced by the new transition security allowance for those who have reached the age of 55 years and have been dismissed from their job.

Alvar Aallon suunnittelema TKK:n päärakennus kylpee auringonvalossa.

Society

31.1.2023

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News article

Smacked on the head by Alvar Aalto

The new main building of the Helsinki University of Technology stirred up heated feelings in Otaniemi almost seventy years ago.

Työkavereiden porukka istuu toimistotilassa ja keskustelee kannettavan tietokoneen äärellä.

Work life

20.1.2023

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Are you a good co-worker?

Anyone can be a good co-worker, but not everyone is. Taitava Liideri coaches Marianne Hemminki and Terhi Vesterinen talk about how you can work on your co-working skills.

Nuoria istumassa aurinkopaneelien edessä.

Organisation

17.1.2023

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News article

TEK participates in a campaign driving a just green transition

More than 60 organizations are running a campaign calling on the upcoming government to commit to a just green transition.

Technology

24.11.2022

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This year’s best works of engineering found in Tampere and in Turku

The Finnish Engineering Award is exceptionally given to two winners this year. The teams of Creanex and Abacus Diagnostica each receive 30 000 euros. The awards were presented to the winners today in Otaniemi, Espoo, by the Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK and Tekniska Föreningen i Finland TFiF.

Organisation

21.11.2022

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Code of Conduct for TEK’s events improves atmosphere

We contacted one of the experts at TEK who helped develop the Code of Conduct and asked him to explain what it’s all about. “Let's all behave like adults while exercising consideration for other people,” says Jussi-Pekka Teini to sum it up.

F. M. Mahafugur Rahman, author of the best doctoral thesis of 2022

Organisation

15.11.2022

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News article

We awarded the best engineering and technology theses of the year

The winners are from Aalto University and the University of Eastern Finland. The best doctoral thesis, master’s thesis in engineering or architecture and master’s thesis in mathematics, physics or computer science of 2022 were awarded today in Helsinki.

Secretary General of Seta Kerttu Tarjamo and TEK's Work Life Specialist Sirkku Pohja at TEK's office in Pasila.

Organisation

7.11.2022

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News article

Seta grants Apple of Good Information to TEK

Seta grants the Apple of Good Information annually to an individual or community that has advanced the position of sexual or gender minorities or spread good, factual information about the diversity of sexual orientation and gender. TEK is the first trade union to receive the recognition.

Work life

11.10.2022

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News article

Retirement changes one’s relationship with time

Anne Mykkänen postponed her retirement for three years because her work in diagnostic services was interesting and particularly the organisation of COVID testing seemed meaningful. In April of 2022, she retired from her job. "I thought it would be nice to spend my retirement in good health."

Eeva Lehtimäki, Jari Jokinen ja Maria Löfgren istumassa Akavan studiossa.

Organisation

23.9.2022

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News article

In perfect harmony – Akava’s panel lacking major drama

During Akava’s first presidential panel, candidates Jari Jokinen and Maria Löfgren were very much in agreement on things, even to a surprising extent. Differences could be found in the highlights of their work experience.

Technology

19.9.2022

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News article

Improving Finland's competitiveness

Here are the finalists for the Finnish Engineering Award 2022.