Month: February 2023

Student Council Meeting on February 14th 2023

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The Student Council’s next meeting will be held on February 14th in Fenjamýri, Gróska, at 17:00.

According to paragraph 9 of the Student Council’s laws, the Council’s meetings are open to all students at the University of Iceland. Students who are not members of the Student Council may therefore attend meetings and listen to discussions within the Council.

Please contact the office of the Student Council at shi@hi.is if you have any questions regarding the meeting or the agenda. Furthermore, all students are welcome to contact the office with inquiries about their rights.

Meeting agenda

  1. Meeting begins 17:00
  2. Vote/approval on minutes from last meeting 17:00 – 17:05
  3. Announcements and issues ahead 17:05 – 17:20
  4. Presentation of Vísindagarðar  17:20 – 17:35
  5. Presentation of distance learning at UI 17:35 – 17:50 
  6. Proposal for special resources for students with a foreign background (vote) 17:50-18:00 
  7. Suggestions on how to increase electoral participation (vote) 18:00-18:15
  8. Update on the Student Council’s financial plan for 2022-2023 (vote) 18:15-18:25
  9. Intermission 18:25-18:35
  10. The Student council’s Financial statements 2021-22, 18:35-18:45
  11. Transportation and parking at UI 18:45-19:05
  12. Propasal regarding accessibility at the student cellar (vote)  19:05-19:15
  13. Propasal regarding better accessibility of information for parents in UI (vote) 19:15-19:20
  14. Propasal regarding Háma in Saga and the house of health sciences (vote) 19:25-19:35
  15. Proposal for improved study facilities for students at the Faculty of Humanities (vote) 19:35-19:45 
  16. Propasal regarding allocation rules at the Student housing (vote) 19:00 – 19:10
  17. The Student Council’s nomination for Iceland’s Youth Representative to the United Nations in the field of human rights (vote) 19:45-19:50
  18. Other issues 19:50-20:00 
  19. Recorded issues

The meeting takes place in Icelandic.

SHÍ’s School of Activities 2023

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The Student Council’s School of Activities – Fall of 2023

The Student Council of The University of the Iceland hosts an activity school for children of HÍ-students born between 2018-2022. The sessions take place in the University’s gym at Sæmundargata (next to HT) next Saturdays, and each session is 40 minutes. The School of Activities starts Saturday, 7th of October and ends 25th of November. Consequently, there will be 8 sessions in total. The children are divided into two groups depending on their age – maximum occupancy is 25 children for each group. The younger group (2021, 2022) 8:45 – 9:25, and older group (2018-2020) 9:30 – 10:10. Light refreshments will be offered at the end of each session. *Note that all children must be registered to participate.

Click here to register a child for SHÍ’s School of Activities 2023

The goal of SHÍ’s Schools of Activities is to give children a platform to improve their exercising abilities, coordination, and well-being. Games and obstacle courses are a big part of the curriculum, and there is an emphasis on teamwork, consideration, and social growth. 

Price per child is 5.000ISK, but there is a 500ISK sibling-discount for each sibling registered – price for 2 siblings would, therefore, be 9.000ISK. Customers of Landsbankinn receive a 1.500ISK discount and will, therefore, only pay 3.500ISK per child, if they pay via bank transfer from an account from Landsbankinn. It is not possible to receive both the Landsbanka- and the sibling discount simultaneously.

Parents are active during sessions by assisting their children. With that, they receive an important opportunity to get to know their children even better in unusual situations. Instructions on how to pay will be sent out shortly after the registration is approved.

If there are any questions, do not hesitate to contact us through mail – shi@hi.is – or through a message on Facebook (Stúdentaráð Háskóla Íslands).