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  • Welcome to the course Mind & Study - toolbox for being well in studies!

    Great that you want to improve your study wellbeing and skills using peer support and researched information! After taking this course, you will recognize the factors that affect your own ability to study and your wellbeing, and you will understand the importance of those in terms of meaningfully smooth studying. In addition, you will learn skills with which you can achieve study goals, which are meaningful to you, without sacrificing your own wellbeing.

    Course structure and content

    The overarching purpose of the course is to give you tools for healthy studying. The structure uses the FSHS’s (YTHS) study ability model and the online materials of Aalto's study and career counselling psychologists. There are also methods of acceptance and commitment therapy in the background.

    The course introduces weekly study skills and well-being themes:

    • Week 0: Pre-assignment, the return of which on time is also a prerequisite for continuing the course and being allocated in a peer group!
    • Week 1: Towards being well in studying. The week includes a meeting to start the course on Zoom.
    • Week 2: Meaningful use of time
    • Week 3: Space for recovery and focus on studying
    • Week 4: Study techniques: How do I study?
    • Week 5: A place to pause - time for thoughts and feelings
    • Week 6: In search of a compassionate-self

    The course progresses weekly. Please note that participation requires returning the preliminary assignment in the given schedule. Each week includes online independent exercises and a group meeting as agreed by the group. You can do the course fully online, as guided online work. The group meetings can take place live or online - agree on this with your peer group. Many past course peer groups have recommended future peer groups live meetings!

    Both individual and group assignments for each course week are returned by each Sunday of the course week. Group work is a central part of the course. In the course, you practice giving and receiving encouraging feedback, as well as drawing up joint schedules and committing to them.

    The course is evaluated on a pass/fail scale. Completing the course successfully requires doing weekly assignments, participating in small group work, and returning assigned assignments in the given schedule.

    Not registered yet?

    This course will run in Finnish and English in period 3. You can find the course on Sisu by searching for it under the name"Mind & Study - toolbox for being well in studies (3 CR)" or with the course code CS-CV0005. Read the course schedule and other instructions carefully! Add the course to Sisu HOPS and register until Monday 26th February, 2024 at 10 a.m. When registering, choose one of the available groups according to the level of your studies and the language of implementation (Finnish or English).

    The goal of the course is to support coping, wellbeing and success in studies, but it is not a therapeutic group and is therefore not necessarily suitable for students currently in very challenging life situations.

    Contact information of the course teachers:

    The teacher responsible for the course is Anni Rytkönen (anni.rytkonen(a)aalto.fi) from the Department of Computer Science, teamed up with Aalto's study psychologists who participate in the implementation.

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      Contact information and additional support for wellbeing

      Contact information for the course teachers:

      Teacher responsible for the course Anni Rytkönen (anni.rytkonen(a)aalto.fi) with study psychologists Alli Mattila (alli.mattila(a)aalto.fi.s) and Sanni Saarimäki (sanni.saarimaki(a)aalto.fi.s)

      During the course, you can contact the course teacher Anni for all questions related to the technical implementation of the course. If you need support or tips from study psychologists for your own situation, you can contact them with an encrypted email from your own aalto.fi address (the address then ends in .s, i.e. alli.mattila@aalto.fi.s and sanni.saarimaki@aalto.fi.s ).

      More information about Aalto's support services related to wellbeing and study skills:

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