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Politecnico di Torino chooses to highlight “having a period is neither a luxury nor a choice” by installing 5 free pads dispensers in the university Turin’s locations. The road to gender equality also involves attention and support for female students during menstruation to safeguard the right to physical and psychological well-being.

Tampons that will be distributed are made in Italy according to principles of environmental sustainability during the entire production cycle. Under the initiative “Period Equity”, free “emergency” cotton organic pads vending machines have been installed in all university Turin’s locations: corso Duca degli Abruzzi, via Boggio, Mirafiori, Castello del Valentino and Lingotto.

The action was provided for in the University's Gender Equality Plan 2021-2024 “Diversity Goal”, in keeping with the request made to the Board of Directors by some student associations. The initiative found a response in similar ones at other Italian universities and in the general mobilization launched on March 8 by Rete della Conoscenza (a network of student associations), in conjunction with the global women’s strike – also following the taxation of these products at the ordinary rate of 22 percent, which effectively equates them with ordinary goods and not primary necessities.

UniTo Teaching and Learning Center organizes students International Mobility Seminar: opportunities, creating and promoting, open to all university community.

The purpose of this seminar is to inform professors concerning international mobility opportunities offered by institutional programs and how to launch and promote new mobility opportunities for students.

Participation is free of charge for all teaching, ATA staff and UniTo students.

Rights and safety at work represent the beating heart of Job Film Days 2024, the festival that will transform Turin from October 1- 6, in a political and social reflection center using cinema as language. In this context, Politecnicoconfirmed its commitment by hosting one of the rich palimpsest’s central events of this film event directed by Annalisa Lantermo and organized by Job Film Days EtsAssociation in partnership with the National Film Museumand with a thick network of local and national institutions and associations.

On October 2, Pier-Philippe Chevigny’s“Richelieu/Temporaries” film in national preview in“Emma Strada” theater has been disclosed (Canada-France, 2023): this movie brings to the big screen a tragic, but invisible reality, that of the migrant workers exploitation.

The film describes the story of Ariane, who comes back to Richelieu valley, where she finds a job as interpreter from French to Spanish for the migrant workers of a corn factory.

At the beginning, she executes the orders of the supervisor Stephane, who exploits the underpaid workers, but over time she becomes increasingly aware and starts to take position against Stephane, especially when it concerns unfair dismissals and illegal camera installations. The film illustrates a situation in Italy that is attested by INAIL data for January 2024, which report 42.166 work injuries condemnations, 45 of which were fatal, up 4,7% from the previous year.

The film showing, created in cooperation with CGIL, CISLand UIL Torino, has been introduced by the reviewer Giuseppe Gariazzo and to follow a debate situation has come to life led by the words of Stefano Sacchi, Vice Chancellor for Society, Community and Program Implementation at Politecnico, by Mattia Pirulli, CISL national secretary, and Giorgio Vernoni of IRES Piedmont.

The announcement for students Erasmus Traineeship Mobility of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and Modern Culture Call 2024 is now online. The announcement was published Friday, September 20with a deadline of Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 12 noon.

In the scope of the Erasmus+ mobility program, the Traineeship project allows university students to fulfill a 2 or 3-month internship period in companies, training centers, research centers and other organizations in countries participating in the program. The program envisages the supply of a financial contribution with the aim of covering part of the expenses due to the internship period.

Here is the link to the full announcement

Cerco Alloggio, the Accommodation Service of the “Politecnico di Torino”, offers fully furnished and equipped flats to offsite and international students (including also PhD students) in the city of Turin.

Who can use the Accommodation service:
– foreign students (including also PhD students), enrolled at other universities who spend a period of study/research activities at PoliTO as part of a signed convention agreed between the universities;
– foreign students enrolled at Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral and Master’s degrees offered by PoliTO;
– international guests of PoliTO performing study, research or work activities at the “Politecnico di Torino”.

How the service works:
Cerco Alloggio is a service of orientation and support in the research of a room/flat to rent made thanks to a database of certified apartments – accessible through the link: www.cercoalloggio.com/torino/PoliTo – which allows to:
– identify suitable students accommodations
– download and compile, directly online, the lease contracts of the real estate (drawn up in accordance with the law and to protect owners and tenants)
– take advantage of a support service, provided through a digital counter, which responds to the requests of the owners of the identified properties and assists students during the period of stay at the rented property

The web platform is multilingual, searchable and also accessible for students with disabilities, it allows you to view photographs and virtual tours of the apartments, highlights the rents, identify the contacts of the owners and all other useful information related to the properties.

In order to obtain a consultation, the University Advisor of Accommodation Service is available:
– via email at: torino@cercoalloggio.com
– by phone or via Whatsapp +39 328 7760888
– Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CercoAlloggioTorino) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cercoalloggio_official).

Application Form International Students
The students enrolled in international mobility programmes can contact the Accommodation service by filling in the application form at the following address: www.cercoalloggio.com/international

The amount for this service has a cost of € 100.00 VAT included to be paid upon finalization of the reservation.