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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.

News article

Keywords:

neurodiversity, student

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

Ryhmä opiskelijoita Aalto-yliopiston kampuksella ulkona ottamassa ryhmäkuvaa

Six golden rules for more equal activities

Short curriculum on equality.

Keywords:

student, gender equality

https://www.tek.fi/en/students/equality-guide/six-golden-rules-for-more-equal-activities

Opiskelija istumassa ikkunan edessä ja käyttämässä puhelinta

Glossary

This page offers you a glossary related to equality.

Keywords:

student, gender equality

https://www.tek.fi/en/students/equality-guide/glossary

Equality

What does equality actually mean?

Keywords:

student, gender equality

https://www.tek.fi/en/students/equality-guide/equality

Joukko opiskelijoita/työntekijöitä keskustelemassa

Instructions for action

This page offers tips on how to act if you experience or witness inappropriate behaviour, how to bring the issue up and how to handle situations like these.

Keywords:

student, gender equality

https://www.tek.fi/en/students/equality-guide/instructions-for-action

Opiskelijoita istumassa nurmikolla kesäisenä päivänä

Equality Guide

This Equality Guide offers concrete tips for building a more equal and non-discriminatory student culture as well as for intervening in inappropriate behaviour.

Keywords:

student, gender equality

https://www.tek.fi/en/students/equality-guide

TEK Graduate Survey results 2022

Those who graduated in 2022 are very satisfied with their studies and would choose the same degree again. The employment situation is also good. However, the students' concern about their own coping has continued to increase. 36% of those who graduated in 2022 were often or all the time worried about their ability to cope.

Keywords:

Graduate Survey, student, TEK's research, research

https://www.tek.fi/en/services-and-benefits/research/tek-studies-students/tek-graduate-survey-results-2022

Jämeräpartaisen insinöörin patsas Opiskelijakulttuurimuseossa.

The mysterious bearded man

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

News article

Keywords:

history, student, teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/the-mysterious-bearded-man

Kolme henkilöä istuu rappusilla läppärin kanssa.

Almost everything is more important to students

When compared to full members, more students feel that TEK should initiate societal debate on topics of labor legislation, labor market advocacy, skills development in working life, climate change prevention, equality, inclusiveness and entrepreneurship.

News article

Keywords:

student, student research, TEK, TEK's research

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/almost-everything-is-more-important-to-students

Neljä henkilöä istuu pöydän ääressä läppärin ja kahvikuppien kanssa.

90% feel they can be themselves in the field of technology

A clear majority are proud of working or studying in the field of technology. A pioneering study by Engineers Finland is the first in Finland to examine the sense of belonging in the field. Approximately 80% of the respondents felt they belong in the field.

News article

Keywords:

student, research, work life, TEK's research

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/90-feel-they-can-be-themselves-in-the-field-of-technology

Master’s thesis for a company helps foreign professionals secure jobs

Students who write their thesis for a company are four times more likely to find high-quality employment.

News article

Keywords:

Graduate Survey, internationality, student, TEK's research, work life

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/masters-thesis-for-a-company-helps-foreign-professionals-secure-jobs

Already one in three university degrees in technology are delayed due to coping issues

“Aside from being a human problem, wearing out future talent while they are still at school is socially unsustainable,” says Director of Public Affairs Juhani Nokela from Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK.

News article

Keywords:

Graduate Survey, wellbeing, student, TEK's research, research, recent graduate

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/already-one-in-three-university-degrees-in-technology-are-delayed-due-to-coping-issues

Kuvassa on TEKille diplomityönsä tehnyt Antti Ilmavirta

Technology students’ associations strive for more inclusive activities

Antti Ilmavirta's thesis found that the associations that provide freshman education consider their activities to be inclusive, but also identify areas that need to be improved. Ilmavirta will now be able to use the lessons learned from his thesis as the Executive Director of the Aalto University Student Union.

News article

Keywords:

Aalto University, student, gender equality, teekkari (technology student), TEK's research

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/technology-students-associations-strive-for-more-inclusive-activities

How a teekkari cap is made

TEK Magazine looked into the manufacturing process of the iconic Finnish tassel cap (teekkarilakki) and followed its journey from the hands of sewers to the hat store on Sofiankatu in Helsinki.

News article

Keywords:

student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/how-a-teekkari-cap-is-made

Results to the question "I fear I will face discrimination in my future career (LGBTQI+ students)"

Nearly half of LGBTQI+ students fear discrimination in their career

Technology students who belong to sexual and/or gender minorities see more risks in their future than students who do not belong to these minorities.

News article

Keywords:

student, student research, discrimination, gender equality, TEK's research, research, equality

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/nearly-half-of-lgbtqi-students-fear-discrimination-in-their-career

New engineering student traditions were created in Jyväskylä and Turku

At the first dipping (teekkarikaste) of engineering students at the University of Jyväskylä, a row of freshmen waded in the waters of Lake Jyväsjärvi up to their chests. In Turku, the new tradition is river-dipping.

News article

Keywords:

student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/new-engineering-student-traditions-were-created-in-jyvaskyla-and-turku

Ryhmäkuva TEKin opiskelijayhdyshenkilöistä

TEK's student liaisons are vital

TEK's student liaisons, in Finnish opiskelijayhdyshenkilöt or tykit, advise students, support student events and recruit thousands of new members to the organization every year.

News article

Keywords:

student, teekkari (technology student), TEK

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/teks-student-liaisons-are-vital

TEKin hallituksen puheenjohtaja Mari-Leena Talvitie

Talvitie: Young people need support now – next year will be too late

Chair of TEK’s Board Mari-Leena Talvitie is concerned about students’ wellbeing, especially their mental health. Already every other student is finding it hard to cope. Talvitie opened the meeting of the TEK General Council on 24 March in Pasila.

News article

Keywords:

wellbeing, student, TEK, general council

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/talvitie-young-people-need-support-now-next-year-will-be-too-late

TEK’s Student Survey: Minority groups are susceptible to harassment

Technology students belonging to minorities face more harassment and mistreatment than non-minority students. Their experiences include exclusion, undervaluing their skills, inappropriate comments and sexual harassment.

News article

Keywords:

education, student, student research, discrimination, gender equality, teekkari (technology student), work life

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/teks-student-survey-minority-groups-are-susceptible-to-harassment

Content about "student"

Universities are learning to be more neurodiverse

Exercise: Time Management Excel

Exercise: Sources of energy

Exercise: Character strengths

TEK Hour: The engineering of international technology graduates

How to become a student representative?

New tassel cap from Eastern Finland

TEK Graduate Survey results 2023

Student, is your summer job about to start? Join the KOKO fund

TEK's Workbook helps you find a summer job

Record number of student members, again

TEK membership builds good life

Rally of the tassel folk

Workbook 2024 offers job search advice for students

TEK, TFiF and MAL give out awards for the best theses in 2023

Team from Tampere wins National Jäynä Competition

Students more concerned about their coping

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

Producing 28,000 student overalls a year

Teekkari

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

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

Six golden rules for more equal activities

Glossary

Equality

Instructions for action

Equality Guide

TEK Graduate Survey results 2022

The mysterious bearded man

Almost everything is more important to students

90% feel they can be themselves in the field of technology

Master’s thesis for a company helps foreign professionals secure jobs

Already one in three university degrees in technology are delayed due to coping issues

Technology students’ associations strive for more inclusive activities

How a teekkari cap is made

Nearly half of LGBTQI+ students fear discrimination in their career

New engineering student traditions were created in Jyväskylä and Turku

TEK's student liaisons are vital

Talvitie: Young people need support now – next year will be too late

TEK’s Student Survey: Minority groups are susceptible to harassment