Content about "student"

A tired student, a cup of coffee and homework.
Blog: Did I zone out again?
This narrative explores the challenges faced by international students in Finland. For the sake of this story, let’s imagine a busy university student named Nara. She is trying to listen to a professor in a crowded lecture hall.
Blog post
Keywords:
student, wellbeing, column

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-did-i-zone-out-again

Björn Wiemers puhumassa Opiskelijavaikuttajaseminaarissa 2025.
Blog: Pondering the future of higher education graduates
TEK invited over 70 student actives together to discuss the future of students. Finances raised concerns, whereas singing brought joy, writes Jaakko Marttila.
Blog post
Keywords:
student, decision-making

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-pondering-the-future-of-higher-education-graduates

Henkilöitä istumassa.
Engineering Education Seminar 2025
Event
Keywords:
Graduate Survey, student, TEK's research, university

https://www.tek.fi/en/events/engineering-education-seminar-2025

Opiskelijoita keskustelemassa rimaseinän edessä
Blog: Financial worries threaten student wellbeing, innovation and retention
The poor employment situation is giving engineering students both short- and long-term fears.
Blog post
Keywords:
student research, TEK's research, innovation, student, society

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-financial-worries-threaten-student-wellbeing-innovation-and-retention

Opettaja ja kaksi opiskelijaa teknisten laitteiden parissa
Towards equal representation in tech
A study on ways to achieve gender balance in the field of technology at universities.
Keywords:
student, TEK's research, university

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/research/tek-studies-students/towards-equal-representation-in-tech

A person walking in snow.
Blog: Snow, Slips, and Smiles
Do you also find the frosty, dark winter challenging? Your friendly neighborhood neurodivergent is here with his tricks. You might slip, but with a little gamified magic, you’ll glide through the long nights and keep those dopamine levels soaring!
Blog post
Keywords:
column, neurodiversity, student

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-snow-slips-and-smiles

Kaksi haalaripukuista henkilöä kävelee.
The official TEK overall badge competition has started!
Suggest a slogan or a design for a TEK overall badge by 2nd March – your idea might come alive!
News article
Keywords:
student, award, teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/the-official-tek-overall-badge-competition-has-started

A lecture in an auditorium with bright lights.
Blog: What if the world felt different?
What if your brain worked differently than most of your peers? Imagine that clothes felt like sandpaper, that painfully bright lights were too dim for everyone around you, and that party music makes you feel like you’re a maracas being shaken.
Blog post
Keywords:
column, neurodiversity, student

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-what-if-the-world-felt-different

Nainen istuu aaltojen keskellä.
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.
News article
Keywords:
neurodiversity, student

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/universities-are-learning-to-be-more-neurodiverse

Henkilö katsoo läppäriä.
Exercise: Time Management Excel
It's easy to overestimate how much time we actually spend on the things that matter to us. This exercise will help you to visualise and become aware of how you spend your time.
Keywords:
mental health, student

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/wellbeing/exercise-time-management-excel

Henkilö teekkarilakki päässä.
Exercise: Sources of energy
What is your personal shock absorber? What refills your battery? Find out with these exercises!
Keywords:
wellbeing, mental health, student

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/wellbeing/exercise-sources-of-energy

Henkilö istuu ikkunalaudalla kuulokkeet päässään.
Exercise: Character strengths
What kinds of activities feel natural, valuable and meaningful for you to do? Get to know yourself and your strengths with the help of this exercise!
Keywords:
mental health, student, wellbeing

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/wellbeing/exercise-character-strengths

Henkilöitä pöydän ääressä ruokalassa.
TEK Hour: The engineering of international technology graduates
Event
Keywords:
internationality, student, event

https://www.tek.fi/en/events/tek-hour-the-engineering-of-international-technology-graduates

Opiskelijoita, Aalto-yliopisto, opiskelijaedustajat
How to become a student representative?
Do you want more power, networks and expertise? Are you eager to influence the policies of a nationally significant and influential organisation? As a student representative, you will get to experience all this. We will update this page once the next application period starts.
Keywords:
student, decision-making, TEK, influencing

https://www.tek.fi/en/about-tek/decision-making/how-to-become-a-student-representative

Kolme opiskelijahaalareihin pukeutunutta henkilöä pitelee uutta, itäsuomalaista tupsulakkia.
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.
News article
Keywords:
University of Eastern Finland, student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/new-tassel-cap-from-eastern-finland

Henkilöt kävelevät rappusissa.
TEK Graduate Survey results 2023
Newly graduated academic engineers and architects are satisfied with their degrees. Of the academic engineers and architects who graduated in 2023, 91% would choose the same degree again. The employment situation at the time of graduation remained good, despite declining slightly from the year before. View the results in more detail on this page!
Keywords:
Graduate Survey, student, TEK's research, recent graduate

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/research/tek-studies-students/tek-graduate-survey-results-2023

Opiskelijoita
Student, is your summer job about to start? Join the KOKO fund
Especially because of the changes in the legislation, now is the time to join KOKO fund.
News article
Keywords:
summer job, student, unemployment fund

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/student-is-your-summer-job-about-to-start-join-the-koko-fund

Piiroskuvassa kaksi henkilöä keskustee työkalupakin äärellä.
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.
News article
Keywords:
student, Workbook, job search, summer job

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/teks-workbook-helps-you-find-a-summer-job

Opiskelijoita luentosalissa.
Record number of student members, again
Last year, 5,206 student members joined the Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK.
News article
Keywords:
student, TEK

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/record-number-of-student-members-again

TEK membership builds good life
TEK develops member services that make an impact based on what we know about the wishes and needs of TEK members.
Blog post
Keywords:
education, student, family and work life, TEK

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/tek-membership-builds-good-life

Mustavalkoinen kuva Teekkarirallyesta 1969.
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.
News article
Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/rally-of-the-tassel-folk

Työkirjan kansikuva.
Workbook 2024 offers job search advice for students
TEK Workbook is a job search and career planning guide for students in technology, architecture, mathematics and natural sciences.
News article
Keywords:
summer job, student, Workbook, job search

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/workbook-2024-offers-job-search-advice-for-students

Juha Heinonen
TEK, TFiF and MAL give out awards for the best theses in 2023
The world’s most sensitive photodetector, an environmentally friendly weather balloon and the use of machine learning to detect Parkinson’s disease. These are the topics of the winning theses in 2023 that received awards from TEK, TFiF and MAL.
News article
Keywords:
student, award, TEK, tech, research

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/tek-tfif-and-mal-give-out-awards-for-the-best-theses-in-2023

Jäynäkilpailun voittajat saivat mukaansa kiertopalkinnon
Team from Tampere wins National Jäynä Competition
In the best Jäynä, or practical joke, citizens were asked for ideas for new sounds for electric cars.
News article
Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/team-from-tampere-wins-national-jayna-competition

Opiskelija haalareissaan
Students more concerned about their coping
The ability to identify problems in one's life is the key to good life management.
News article
Keywords:
wellbeing, mental health, student, TEK's research

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/students-more-concerned-about-their-coping

Matti Vähä-Heikkilä yllään merkkejä täynnä olevat opiskelijahaalarinsa ja viitta, kuvattuna valkoista taustaa vasten.
“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.
News article
Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/just-graduate-already-people-on-the-street-comment-on-patchful-overalls

Tomi Gullstén nostaa sinervää haalaria.
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.
News article
Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/producing-28000-student-overalls-a-year

Nuoria henkilöitä teekkarilakit ja haalarit päällä.
Teekkari
Our caps have tassels, our overalls are full, and we have the best Wappu activities.
Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/students/teekkari

Sofia Saarinen nojaa toimistohyllyyn.
"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.
News article
Keywords:
wellbeing, student, TEK, TEK's research, equality

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/thank-you-for-making-me-think-author-of-equality-guide-hopes-students-would-feel-better

Antero Hakapää astuu alas nurmitöyräältä Otaniemen kampuksella.
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.
News article
Keywords:
history, student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/idea-of-student-overalls-was-born-in-a-sauna-in-the-early-60s