Month: June 2023

The Student’s Rights Office will be open from 10am to 2 pm on weekdays in June and July.

The office will be closed for two weeks, July 10 – 21, but emails will be answered as soon as possible.

Happy summer!

Agenda Student Council Meeting on May 23rd 2023 in room VHV-007.

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. The President of the Student Council convenes the meeting 17:00-17:05
2. Vote on minutes from the Student Council meeting on May 23rd. 17:05-17:10
3. Remaining nominations for the Student Council’s schools and committees (voting)17:10-17:15
4. Announcements and issues ahead 17:15-17:25
5. Presentation on the Strategy of the University of Iceland 2021-2026 from Steinunn Gestsdóttir 17:25 – 17:40
6. Intermission 17:40 – 17:50
7. Introduction to user-centered digital services from Guðný Benediktsdóttir 17:50 – 18:05
8. Presentation and discussion on lowering the voting age with LUF – The National Youth Council of Iceland 18:05-18:30
9. Other issues 18:30-18:45
10. Meeting ends 18:45

The meeting takes place in Icelandic.

Nana-Kirstine Bruhn Rasmussen and Jean-Rémi Chareyre have been added to the group of staff at the Student Council’s rights office.

Nana has been hired as the Student Council’s new International Officer. She is 26 years old and studying Icelandic as a Second Language at the University of Iceland, she has previously completed a bachelor´s and a master´s degree in law from the University of Southern Denmark. Nana has previously worked with diplomacy and international law at the Danish embassy in Reykjavík and in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has experience as both an exchange and an international student in Iceland and is looking forward to working with, and protecting the interests, of international students at the University of Iceland.

Jean-Rémi Chareyre has been hired as the new editor at the Student Council of the University of Iceland. He is 37 years old and currently doing a master’s degree in Literature, Culture and Media at the University of Iceland. He has previously completed a master’s degree in English from the University of Stendahl in Grenoble in France. Jean-Rémi has previously worked with journalism at Heimildin as well as in tourism and teaching. He is interested in the community within the university as well as issues concerning students and their rights.

It is also our pleasure to announce that Guðmundur Ásgeir Guðmundsson has been rehired as the managing director of the Student Council, we look forward to keep working with him!

We congratulate them on their new roles and look forward to working with them for the betterment of students!

Students have three representatives on the board of the Icelandic Student Services, the term of office being two years at a time. The last time the board was appointed was in 2021, so it’s time to do it again. According to a regulation for the Icelandic Student Services at the University of Iceland, the board consists of five individuals: the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture appoints one main representative and a vice-representative, the University Council appoints one main representative and a vice-representative and the Student Council appoints three main representatives and three vice-representatives.

 

Qualification requirements

• Interest in the workings of the Student Council and students’ affairs.
• Experience of student advocacy is an advantage
• Active participation in the university community is an advantage
• Knowledge of the administration of the University of Iceland is an advantage
• Good social skills
• Ability to express oneself in speech and writing in Icelandic

 

It is expected that applicants do not study at the University of Iceland during the appointment period and will care about the interests of students and the Icelandic Student Services.

 

A cover letter together with a résumé and recommendations shall be sent via email to shi@hi.is. According to Article 7 of the Student Councils Law, each representative together with a vice-representative shall be elected together, and therefore applicants are asked to nominate their vice-representative in the application. The deadline is until 23:59 June 11th 2023.  Applications received after the deadline will not be taken into consideration.