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Check that you still have right of residence left. When your right of residence is coming to and end, your tenancy agreement will be discontinued - if needed, apply for compensation for your right of residence in time!

Aalto University Student Union (AYY) adopted a new policy paper at the Representative Council meeting on 14 December. This year, AYY has conducted a comprehensive update project of the policy paper, last implemented in 2018. According to the new policies, AYY is a feminist and anti-racist student union, among other things.

Aalto University Student Union has a wide range of volunteers working in sections, committees and other positions of trust. Volunteer recruitment is open annually from October to January. Volunteers appointed for 2024 will be announced on this page as the decisions are confirmed. Congratulations to new volunteers and thank you to all the applicants!

The booking calendar for the spring term opens to the public on Friday, 15 December 2023. This week will bring some changes to the payment methods for private individuals renting our facilities, as well as changes to usage hours and rental prices of Takka cabinet, Pelimanni, Vaasankatu sauna and AYY's van.

The new Representative Council of AYY has approved the proposal of the former of the Board, Fanni Mattsson, for the composition of the Board for 2024. At the same meeting on 5 Dec 2023, the Vice Chairs of the Representative Council were also elected for 2024.

Residential committee members appointed for 2024

For AYY, it is important to ensure that you can have influence and bring out your own opinion in the Aalto community safely and without the fear of being targeted. AYY condemns all forms of racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in the Aalto community and everywhere else.

Sofia Tynkkynen, Chair of ASY, the Housing Cooperative, talks about her year in tenant democracy.

Recent studies speak for themselves – poor student wellbeing is getting out of hand. We demand that decision-makers take the mental health crisis seriously and address insufficient resources as soon as possible.

Totti Korpua has been elected as a member of the Board of the Union of Finnish Student Unions (SYL) for 2024. Korpua was AYY's official candidate for the SYL Board. The Union's General Assembly held at the University of Tampere on 17-18 November voted on the members of the Board on Saturday evening.

Call for Aalto University Student Union's art collection is open from 17 to 30 November 2023.

The annual residents' meetings are approaching, offering you the opportunity to participate and influence the affairs of your building.