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Due to increased costs, Aalto University Student Union has had to increase the rents. You can apply for more housing allowance from Kela if your housing costs increase.

Aalto University Student Union properties are managed by AYY’s real estate team where Janne Kankaisto works as Maintenance Officer.

Lassi Vainikainen, a 24-year-old from Kuopio is at the end of his non-military service as a real estate assistant of the Aalto University Student Union. How does a regular workday look like for a real estate assistant?

At the request of the Representative Council, the saunas at Rantasauna are available for booking from 16 Jan onwards. Due to increased costs, AYY has increased the rental rate of the saunas. You can cancel previously made reservations free of charge.

Since April 2022, International students have been able to apply for a visa tied to the entire length of their studies. No more yearly juggling of finances and applications! AYY believes we need to achieve equality between different groups of students. Have we achieved that? In this blog, we discuss the new A-type student residence permit and the advocacy work that paved the way for it. We interviewed student union representatives from 2018-2022 and asked them the following questions. How did the new residence permit come to be? What does it look like now, and what still needs to be done? What might future international students think of it?

Parliamentary elections are approaching, are you ready? In April next year, we will vote on the future direction of students for the next four years. Would you like to organise campaigns for next spring, where we challenge future decision-makers, bring the elections closer to students and make the voice of Aalto students heard?

Personal sauna reservations of Aalto University Student Union residents will be discontinued and saunas in rental facilities will be closed for energy saving reasons from 1 January to 31 March 2023. AYY also saves energy by lowering the temperature of staircases and storage spaces, for example.

AYY saves energy by monitoring the energy and water consumption of its residential properties, and by reducing the number of sauna reservations. Personal sauna reservations are not available from 1 Jan to 31 Mar 2023, but residents can use the sauna during public sauna shifts.

We are hiring Policy Specialist responsible for social policy and sustainable development. The contract of employment is for a fixed term due to a study leave until end of 2023.

Parliamentary elections are approaching, the Ministry of Finance is proposing tuition fees as a Christmas present, and even university rectors are going along with the idea. What’s going on?

At its meeting on 24 Nov 2022, the Representative Council of the Aalto University Student Union approved the proposal of the former of the Board, Ida Parkkinen, on the composition of the Board for the year 2023. Vice chairs of the Representative Council were also elected at the meeting.

Antti Regelin has been elected Member of the Board of the National Union of University Students in Finland for 2023. The general assembly held in Korpilampi, Espoo, on 18–19 November voted for the members of the Board on Saturday evening.