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Birmingham 29.3.2012 Nordström, Airila, Markkula

Aalto University Breaking boundaries for creativity and innovation in Science , Art , Technology and Business. Birmingham 29.3.2012 Nordström, Airila, Markkula. Katrina Nordström, professor Aalto University School of Chemical Technology. Katrina Nordstrom.

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Birmingham 29.3.2012 Nordström, Airila, Markkula

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  1. Aalto University Breaking boundaries for creativity and innovation in Science, Art,Technology and Business Birmingham 29.3.2012 Nordström, Airila, Markkula Katrina Nordström, professor Aalto University School of Chemical Technology

  2. Katrina Nordstrom • B.Sc. Microbiology, University of Surrey, UK 1976 • P.h.DMicrobiology, University of London, UK, 1983 • Postdoc and researchassociate 1983-1988 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine • Professor (AppliedMicrobiology) as of 1994, Helsinki University of Technology; 2010 onwards Aalto University • 60cr pedagogicaltraining; teaching 3-5 B.Sc. and M.Sc., Ph.D. level, supervisedsome 160 M-Sc. theses and 20 Ph.D. theses • Programleader of Chemicaltechnology and biotechnology • Member of SEFI AC 2011-2014; panelmember of the FNU (DanishCouncil for Independentresearch) • Specificarea of interest in engineering education: Teacherfacilitationroles in different (physical/digital) learningspaces

  3. Aalto UniversityFrom three universities to one in 1.1.2010 Birmingham 29.3.2012 Art & Design founded 1871 (TaiK) Science & Technology, founded 1849 (TKK) Economics, founded 1911 (HSE) 4300 Faculty and staff 330 professors 15 000 FTE students 75 000 alumni School of Chemicaltechnology: B.Sc. Intake = 130; M.Sc. Intake 180

  4. Have a look at: www.aaltodesignfactory.fi Mindset is the Key EU Calls for Transformation: Europe needs pioneering regions, as pathfinders and rapid prototypes. Helsinki Region has forerunner instruments in use: • Aalto Design Factory • Aalto Venture Garage • Aalto Camp for Societal Innovation • and many more … Markku Markkula CoR & Aalto University

  5. Aalto Design Factory & Aalto Tongji Design Factory: Encourage Digi Natives & Venture Garage Mindset “In the Design Factory the students come first. … Research and expertise are the most important sources of, and preconditions for, innovation. Diversity of innovation relies on a strong research base as well as other factors, such as a climate and ways of working that encourage innovation creativity and the ability to take risks.” president Tuula Teeri www.aaltodesignfactory.fi

  6. SOMETHING UNIQUE: 100 AALTO UNIVESITY STUDENTS RENTED THEIR OWN TRAIN HELSINKI – SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO IN 2010 www.aaltontracks.com

  7. Venture Garage • The actual place where Android Aalto, Startup Sauna etc are happening • On Otaniemi hitech hub campus • Coaches include founders of Angry Birds and MySQL • Very exciting place and concept • In the middle of a campus of 32,000 hitech professionals and scholars from 110 countries

  8. New ways of COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AND WORKING by the system-level interventions Aalto University as a Living Lab

  9. LabLife3D: Enter a virtual teaching space The LabLife3D Team: Eero Palomäki, Pekka Qvist, Pekka Joensuu, Reija Jokela, Olli Natri, Marko Närhi, Elina Kähkönen, Päivi Korpelainen, Mariannne Hemminki, Jari Vepsäläinen

  10. Finnish education system • Primary school 7-11/12 (6 years) • Lower secondary school (3 years) 12-15/16 • Minimun school leaving age will be 17 years as of 2016 • Upper secondary School 15/16 – 18/19 (3-4 years)  matriculation examination • OR • Vocational schools from 18 onwards • Finland has 2 constitutional languages (Finnish and Swedish); we have both Finnish and Swedish Schools as well as English Schools with international Bacchalaureate as the final degree

  11. Aalto University B.Sc. Level admissions • Entrance exam (Mathematics, Physics or Chemistry; requirement is advanced level in Secondary school) • Secondary level matriculation exams (or International Bacchalaureate) completed in March, enrance exams in May, results in June/July • Admissions system allows to choose 5 preferred (applicants rank preference) programs from three technical universities; Aalto, Tampere, Lappeenranta • Incoming students can only accept one study position from any of the choices on a national level • Selection to M.Sc. Programs: B.Sc. Students of our own school have a right to continue to a M.Sc., outside applicants have an application scheme (from polytecnics, other universites (B.Sc.) and foreign students • We also have numerous mutual exchange programs

  12. Data so far • Technical universities have colleced a massive amount of information (all in Finnish) on the correlation of the entrance exam maths and physics scores and alligned these to predict the time it takes students to complete their degrees • We collect data annually from the 1st and 2nd year B.Sc. student progress • In readySTEMgo data from our students can not be collected between May and August – they will not reply

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