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Do you want to see change? Ragna Sigurðardóttir

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With Student Council-elections approaching, you might have asked yourself, “why on Earth should I care about stu-dent politics?” It’s a valid question, and if you ask anyone involved in stu-dent politics, regardless

of where they stand, there will be no shortage of answers. Most will likely begin similarly, but do not always end so.

The Student Council gives us a chance to make a difference. We, as students, form an interest group. We can and should protest attacks on our interests. We are fortunate enough to live in a society where this is possible. That oppor-tunity should not be wasted.Not wasting that opportunity means raising awareness of our economic status as students. This year the lowest rung of the value-added tax was raised from 7% to 11%. This means a tax increase on food, books, newspapers, magazines, CDs, heating, and electricity. This raises the cost of food by tens of thousands of ISK every year. The price of books will also go up. Meanwhile, the Icelandic Student Loan Fund (ISLF) is being starved of funding. “The repayment of student loans constitutes a considerable burden for young people” says the Science and Technology Policy Council’s (STPC) action plan for 2014-2016, “but at the same time the cost of operating the ISLF is

a burden on the Icelandic State.” The STPC, which consists of representatives of the gov-ernment, has the official position of lowering contributions to the ISLF. This concerns us. Threats to our economic status concern us, and it is the Student Council’s job to lead the fight when we are threatened. Societal changes affect us, and vice versa. The STPC’s action plan, or rather, the lack of imple-mentation of said plan, affects us. The lack of funding for the education system, research and teaching, affects both the quality of our education and our future economic prospects. Austerity measures within the healthcare system directly affects students, whether they study or work there.The government has torn down the ideals of those who study at the University of Ice-land. This is our chance to make a difference. Our own economic interests are our concern. Being able to study and do our jobs is our con-cern.We, in Röskva, have spoken out against the systematic attacks on our standards of living during the year, but that is not enough. Stu-dents need powerful interest protection, a powerful Student Council that speaks for all students. This will happen with Röskva in majority.It is time for positive change. It is time for active interest protection that amplifies the voices of students both inside the University of Iceland and outside it. Let’s make a difference.

“ The Student Council gives us a chance to make a difference.”

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I have now been on the Student Council as the leader of Röskva’s rep-resentatives for close to a year. I have encoun-tered amazing people from both factions and have learned so much from this experience. I

have taken on challenges, overcome shy-ness and have become more confident. While fighting for student rights empow-ers people who take it upon themselves to do so, that should not be why they do it. The main reason should be to watch over the University of Iceland’s standards of higher education, and the students seek-ing it. There are numerous matters that come up, big and small. We are constantly taking on the government, where ideas of tuition fees for the University, further aus-terity measures in the Icelandic Student Loan Fund, the raising of VAT for food and books and other undesirable matters have surfaced that hinders students from edu-cating themselves.When I look back on that year I see many good things. I see more student housing, increased funding to the University in the Icelandic Parliament’s recent budget debate and a großartig Oktoberfest. I see all these things, but in the past year I have been thinking hard about how the Stu-dent Council can work in the best way pos-sible. How can we use the funding we are entrusted with to consistently make the right decisions? You, my dear voters, are

voting on who you want to lead us forth in the fight for your best interests. The major-ity you elect will have 300% worth of paid positions to fill. These positions, appointed by the majority, are that of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and the Student Loans Of-ficer. Additionally, part of the 300% is ap-propriated to the positions of the Editor of the Student Paper and the Student Coun-cil’s Executive Officer, and even though the minority also has a place in the Council, they often have very little say on big issues that are discussed in the Student Coun-cil Office. These issues are sometimes not sent in a timely fashion to Student Coun-cil members, who then have no idea what is being discussed at the monthly Council meetings. We’d like this to stop. We do not believe that paid positions should only go to the majority. We want these positions to represent the election’s outcome to some extent. We want to use the fact that the different factions are not always in agree-ment, and ensure a diverse administration that makes better decisions. If we win the upcoming elections, we will not only in-crease transparency but we will work to facilitate real cooperation between the ma-jority and the minority. We must not forget that we are all working together toward a common cause, against a common enemy. A hen’s feather does little by itself and would no doubt blow away sooner or later. How-ever, if we stick them all together on one big Student Council then we might reach new heights in student rights.

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The annual Student Council elections in the University of Ice-land are approaching. The Student Council is comprised of elected representatives of stu-dents at the University who, under that man-

date, protect the interests of students as their voice, both inside the confines of the University and outside it. Tradition-ally two factions vie for the hearts and minds of students in these elections, and Röskva is one of them.The election campaign brings with it questions that weigh on people’s minds, both for those running and those voting, but the answers are not always clear. These are questions like what is the dif-ference between the two factions, what is the purpose of the Student Council, and why it is important to vote. These are all valid questions, and well worth tackling, even though answering them might take time. By doing so we improve the quality of discourse, and raise awareness about the issues related to the Council, which benefits all students. This is especially relevant now, given the dismal state in recent years, of students’ socioeconomic status, and the condition of their workplace, the University.

The University has had to endure severe budget cuts in the past years, with only a fraction of them being turned back, as the economy improves. Recently, as the University’s registration fees were raised, the school suffered further budget cuts, so that students had to pay more, but the University was no better off.

Röskva is an organisation of socially minded students at the University, and operates both within the Student Coun-cil and outside it, guided by that ideology. In fact, the University itself operates by the same principles, and Röskva’s motto “equal right to education” is a founda-tional principle of both Röskva and the University. In recent times, with budget cuts shaking the University to its core, and students coming under attack on all fronts - with rising prices of necessities, changes to student loan requirements, and instability in housing and transpor-tation, this ideal is more important than ever.Röskva offers its services in the Stu-dent Council in the belief that the Council both can, and should, act to counterbal-ance this development as a strong, cohe-sive, and demanding voice in the fight for student interests. But to do this the Council needs two things. It needs the democratic mandate of as many students as possible, meaning that every vote mat-ters. It also needs to be a cohesive unit, with a clear policy and vision, to lend its actions meaning. Röskva - a movement acting under the banners of socialism, equal rights, feminism and broad politi-

“The University has had to endure severe budget cuts in the past years, with only a fraction of them being turned back, as the economy improves.”

cal activism, offers exactly this.Political activism and raising awareness about student interests, is a fundamen-tal ideal in Röskva’s work. This includes all matters, big and small, connected to the daily life of a student at the Univer-sity, from work, teaching and facilities in the University, to political decisions taken outside its walls that affect stu-dents in some way. Icelandic students, as a diverse group, form opinions on these issues, and deserve representatives that are prepared to speak out about them. With a comprehensive policy - covering everything from issues of equality and education, to financial, transportation, and housing issues, Röskva believes itself capable of meeting these demands.The Student Council does its essential work primarily within the University, in cooperation with its administration and staff, but this does not mean that student interests are confined to the campus. A Student Council that does not care, or feels it lack the mandate to express itself about political decisions - like the value-added tax increase on food and books, or drastic government expenditures that coming generations will have to pay for, is a Student Council whose vision is too narrow. The precarious position students find themselves in today calls for new and drastic measures. Whether it’s law-suits against the government (in the case of the Icelandic Student Loan Fund), or protests in front of Parliament (against austerity measures, that further under-mine their interests), it is important not to let traditions, or hang-ups over de-cency, prevent us from using all available tools for this fight.

The ideal of a strong and open universi-ty for everyone in the country, is both a beacon, and a goal, for Röskva. This en-tails a university where everyone is given access to the education they choose - inde-pendent of economic status, gender, sex-uality, residence or health. This entails a structure and system that provides high quality, professional service, functioning facilities, and tolerable living conditions during their studies. This entails an insti-tution that is leading in research, educa-tion, accommodation, and service, where coming generations can work and study, benefitting all of society.

This dream of a progressive university has, in recent years, become increasingly distant. If that trend is to be reversed, it will not be enough to casually men-tion it now and then, or act as if nothing is wrong. Students cannot act as if the broader political waves and currents of society are irrelevant to their life within the University, or that they will not be crucial in deciding what sort of world awaits them after graduation. To re-verse this trend we need to reawaken the voices of students. A good offence is the best defence, and now is the time to act. At least that is what we in Röskva think.

Offence is the best defenceBjartur Steinsgrímsson

Why not unpolitical? A semi-serious article about life Elínborg Harpa Önundardóttir

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Sometimes, when I think about the world, I get an inferiority complex. Some days I feel like the world I live in is nothing but an undefined web of deception. A decep-tion weaved by time. I

feel like the only purpose we humans can claim is that to float around in a constant direction-and senselessness.

That‘s when I feel like the world today isn‘t any better or worse than it was before and that I, an insignificant little pawn, don‘t have a bigger role in this re-ality than the ant, that at least knows it‘s purpose. „My actions and thoughts won‘t change a thing“, that‘s what I‘ve thought to myself, while I scroll down journal and news websites, looking at all the misery of the world, in the Sunday-gloominess of the winterdarkness. This kind of mental-ity only happens some days. Other days I am much more positive and think about all those people who have fought for a better world, whether that world be the earth, or all the smaller worlds that to-gether make this planet of ours. Today is a strikingly low poll within the younger generations during elections and very limited interest for any political descussion. For the most part this does not surprise me as the world often seems

so uncontrollable and our existence quite meaningless. I still think that the big-gest reason for the lack of interest is the narrow label people give to the word „po-litical“ and thus exclude themselves out of all political discussion, which should be open to everyone.I think that Aristotle got it right in his book about politics. According to Aristot-le the man is political by nature as he can interact with other people and use his reason in descussion. The man can there-for make a difference, he can change his surroundings and living conditions for the better with the wellbeing of all hu-manity at heart, since he of all beings can sense right from wrong. Dear readers, this is what I have to say:Being political doesn‘t just mean that one has to be a avowed communist, an anar-chist or The progressive party‘s support-er. You don‘t have to know the difference between left wing or right wing, famous politicians or long words ending with –ism or –agreement to be able to partici-pate in political discussion. For my part I feel that being political means to take part in society that stands before me with open arms and acknowledge the fact that each one of us is an unseperable unit of a bigger totality. The society surrounds us and thereby all that is political. We might not realize it, but in a certain way do all of our actions consist of a political pos-sibility (that shows the insignificance of the „political impossibility“ uttered by our government).

„My actions and thoughts won‘t change a thing …“

To expose the political in all of our lives, sometimes one has to stop for a moment and break away from the business of ev-eryday living, to see that we are a neces-sary part of daily existence. How I talk, how I treat others, how I think about my environment, what I eat, everything be-comes political as soon as I become aware of it‘s merit.To say you‘re „unpolitical“ is nothing but a denial of your own opinion, actions and even thoughts. Let‘s dare to take a

stand in this world, that concerns all of us. It doesn‘t matter whether we do it at the Parliament, at the coffeehouse, in our own home or in school. Let‘s keep the po-litical scene alive and open for all, like so-ciety should be open for everyone. Let‘s put the right label on „being political“ because whether the world is an undefin-able web of deception and meaningless-ness or not, we are all political beings and will be until we surrender to reason, or it surrenders to us.

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Dear you,

Student elections are right around the corner and you, no doubt, have noticed the different fac-tions vying for your vote to the Student Council. These candidates have

set up tables laden with coffee, put on a winning smile with an election button pinned to their dapper clothes and a bro-chure ready to be handed out. But what will these candidates improve within the University of Iceland after they secure your vote for the Student Council?

I, for one, am looking forward to the upcoming elections; this is a decisive moment that will shape how we, the stu-dents of the University of Iceland, wish to proceed. We want these elections to mean something. The Student Coun-cil’s purpose is to represent the roughly 14.000 students within the University’s community and to ensure a better envi-ronment for higher education.

We must consider issues such as an equal workload to units for classes, the quality of classes and that the students’ voices be heard and recognized as a driving force in policy-making within the University. And who could forget those ten minutes in between classes and things like good coffee in every building on campus or having a working printer available when assignments are due?

Student interests are not only fought within the walls of our university and as a whole we can strongly influence the struggle for student rights. In the past few years the university has had to bend to increased austerity measures and it has become clear that it cannot function as well as it should with its present funding.

When it rains, it pours; with increased taxation on food and books students are feeling even more pressure in their lives and on their wallets. I wonder what would happen if over 13.000 people would rise up and demand a higher standard of living? A student council, with over ten thousand students at its back, can be heard and must be heard. Every vote counts.

On a wall in Stúdentakjallarinn there is a sentence that I keep coming back to: “To-gether we can do so much.” It feels a bit like a cliché, a quote by Helen Keller in an article such as this one, but that doesn’t make it any less true; our strength lies in our numbers. In reality, my generation’s participation in elections is not good enough; less than half of the student body (about 40%) voted in the last Student Council elec-tions. In a process that takes less time than reading this article, the majority of students decided not to vote.

“Together we can do so much.”

Maybe it’s because of people’s general dis-regard for elections, or maybe the aver-age student doesn’t think they know the issues well enough to make an informed decision. However you look at it, these elections matter for everyone; not just students. Do we want to live in a coun-try where students have to scramble for breadcrumbs while they’re educat-ing themselves and then encounter lim-ited opportunities in the job sector once they’ve graduated?

We shouldn’t have to bear the brunt of poor government prioritization within the edu-cation system. The more there are of us, the less likely it is that we can be overlooked. Our voices can and will be heard.

The core of Röskva’s policy is to fight for everyone’s right to education, turn back the government’s recent cut-backs in funding to the University and better the lot of students both inside and outside the classroom.

I urge you to take at look at our manifes-to, make an informed decision and, when the time comes, vote on the University’s internal net, the Ugla, and help us ensure our rights as students.

Go you!Go students!Go Röskva!

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School of Humanities

A more visible student committeeRöskva wants to encourage students to con-tact their respective student committee if they feel there’s something that could be improved regarding their studies. It’s important to make the student committee more visible and engage students to be more aware of it and its purpose. Röskva suggest that the committee’s representa-tives attend all new student introductory meet-ings and improve their working relationship with student bodies and other student social in-stitutions across the university.

Röskva and the budget modelRöskva has been leading the work of mapping how the university’s budget model affects stu-dents inside the School of Humanities. The School of Humanities is in the lowest priority for funding according to the model and Röskva wants the university to reconsider this accord-ing to the varying needs of the different depart-ments of the school. The budget model as it is, negatively affects the quality of education in the deparments of Foreign Languages, Archaeology and Creative Writing.

Students need coffeeRöskva wants to improve accessibility to coffee. Röskva wants the coffee shop in Árnagarður to be open at 8 AM - students need coffee, really.

Grade AssessmentRöskva doesn’t want any final exams to count for more than 60% of a final grade. Röskva stresses the importance of the workload in specific cours-es matching the number of ECTS units.

Teacher Work EthicRöskva wants teachers to comply to deadlines on assignments, exams and essays after students have turned them in. Teachers should also make sure that the syllabus in each course is ready at the start of each semester and that it will only be changed in consultation with students.

Röskva wants the results of the mid-semester teaching surveys to be seriously considered and said results made public for the students.

Röskva wants it to be available to students to use exam numbers instead of given names while labeling exams to ensure neutrality in grading. If students find they’re prohibited from using exam numbers they should contact their student committees. It is equally important that an out-side examiner be present in all oral exams.

Röskva wants students to be able to resit exams, due to illness or otherwise, and for them to be without exception in the same form as other final exams. Röskva wants use of citation systems to be co-ordinated inside specific departments. It’s unnecessary and confusing that students are forced to adapt to different procedures between specific courses.

Diversity in EducationRöskva wants to explore options for work and business related internships for students in the School of Humanities. Röskva wants increased co-operation between the diverse universities of the country and in the different departments of humanities they contain. Röskva wants to ex-plore student interest in recorded seminars, as other faculties of the school have been experi-menting with.

School of Social Sciences

Modernise teaching methodsRöskva thinks that it s time to review the teach-ing methods in the department by introducing more modern methods in line with our society. Röskva thinks that new course assessment methods can be developed by encouraging great-er student participation during the semester, and thereby lowering the value of the final exams.

Teachers should get fair payRöskva thinks that teachers have a right to equal pay for equal work, independent of which

Röskva’s agendaschool or department they belong to. The cur-rent model which determines teacher salaries is outdated, resulting in lower salaries for teachers in the School of Social Sciences and the School of Humanities, than for teachers in other depart-ments. This has a cascading effect and hurts the quality of education.

Distance learning - Equal access to education.Röskva wants to increase the availability of long-distance learning in every department of the School of Social Sciences. Equal access to ed-ucation should be a fundamental principle.

Resitting exams due to illness as a part of the exam period.Röskva requests that students can resit exams due to illness, and that the exams should be held as soon as possible after each exam period. We propose that the make up exams should be taken into consideration when arranging the exam cal-endar and held in the end of each exam period.

Gender studies as a main subjectRöskva wants to answer the call of students, and offer gender studies as a main subject with 120 ECTS.

Teaching surveys are an important tool for studentsTeaching surveys are a tool for students to ex-press their opinion and interests to their de-partment, and it is necessary to raise students’ awareness of the importance of those surveys. Röskva also believes that more emphasis should be placed on the transparency of the surveys and make sure the results are taken seriously.

A more robust Student CommitteeRöskva believes that frequent meetings be-tween the Student Committee and the dean of the School are important to guarantee the flow of information to students and the Committee. Röskva also thinks it is important to raise stu-dent’s awareness about the Committee and en-courage their participation.

School of Education

People with disabilities have the same right to education as everyone else.Röskva is an advocate for the Vocational diplo-ma studies for people with disabilities to develop from being the experimental project it currently is to becoming a fully valid University degree. We also want more educational opportunities for people with disabilities and restrictions for how many can participate. People with disabilities are a large part of the University and it is about time we treat them as one.

Access for everyone!Röskva puts emphasis on better accessibility to the facilities at Stakkahlíð and wants heavy doors leading to lecture halls, as for entrance-doors to open automatically. Lighting on the premises should also be improved so everyone can leave and come to school feeling safe.

All lectures accessible online!Röskva thinks it is impossible that the technolo-gy available at the university is not being used to when it comes making lectures and teaching ma-terial accessible online. There is already a large number of distance students studying at the School of Education, so this technology would be a benefit to everyone that cannot attend class-es everyday. For example parents that cannot attend study programs full time because of their children would benefit greatly from having their lectures online.

Improved transport.University students are always being encour-aged to utilize environmentally friendly trans-portation and it is very important that the school premises develops in synch with that. Good fa-cilities for student on bicycles or the ones that travel on foot need to be present, f.ex shower facilities to rinse of the sweat and good place to keep your bicycle during the day. Improving these facilities is a big step towards encouraging people to utilize them.

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Stakkahlíð is a part of the University.Röskva emphasizes that Stakkahlíð enjoys the same benefits and service as other parts of the University. One of the five Schools of the Univer-sity is placed at Stakkahlíð so it is not acceptable that those students cannot access all the service they need at the facilites there. An ATM, an office taking care of the everyday needs of students as well as proper studying facilities should be part of the basic service available to the students at Stakkahlíð.

Laugarvatn is also a part of the University.Röskva wants better communication between Laugarvatn and the facilities located at Reykja-vík. An active committee of representatives is an important part to improve the communication.Kitchen facilities at Laugarvatn needs to be im-proved as well for their access to the Student booksale and an office that takes care of their everyday needs.

Return of grades.Röskva wants to remind teachers to deliver grades at the right time. Important is to respect the deadline when it comes to exams during the term as well as projects and final exams. If they expect students to deliver their projects on the right time, teachers should show us the same re-spect.

More technologically advanced Stakkahlíð.Röskva wants to invite Stakkahlíð into the 21st century. This year we finally got a color printer but that is not enough. We need more leads with multiple sockets, an ATM is necessary so we can spend our generous student loans and we need a screen that displays were lessons are taking place.

FS needs to take parents into consideration.As the situation is today parents need to find someone to babysit for them, because most kin-dergartens close at 17, and also those belonging to FS, but many exams are still taking place at that time. Röskva demands that FS takes this into consideration and expands their service to answer parents needs during the exam period.

School of Health sciences

Facilities: Warm food to all main buildings.Up until now, warm food in Háma has not been an option in the buildings where a large number of the students studying at the School of Health Sciences attend their lessons. We think those students deserve warm food for lunch like other students at the university. This can easily be ar-ranged by initiating a system where students place an order and the food is sent in special packaging to that building.

Endless trips between buildings.Röskva wants students’ timetables to be better organized, considering lessons in different school buildings. It’s impossible to only have 10 minutes to travel between lessons taking place in different buildings when walking or taking the public bus “strætó” takes at least 15 minutes. It seems like the school expects each student to have their own car. The best option would be for students to attend lessons at the same building during each day.

Accessible classrooms.We want classrooms to be accessible when les-sons are not taking place. This would insure stu-dents better reading facilities and a proper place for group projects.

LÍN, stop messing with us!We’ve had enough. It’s impossible for students taking a year long subject for having to deal with the same problem year after year with the Icelan-dic Student Loan Fund, and can even be threat-ened with eviction from student housing. Com-munication between LÍN, FS and students needs to be greatly improved so those organizations are aware of students situation and the problems this is causing.

Student loans that make sense.Some departments under the School of Health Sciences have a school calendar that passes the exam period. This is followed by a loss of income because students do not have the same opportu-nity to work during the summer-time. These stu-dents need to have student loans in accordance with this.

More diverse teaching methods – with the help of students.One of Röskvas aims is to increase the number of teaching methods and by that expand the qual-ity of teaching. All departments and schools of the University should have a special permanent committee that reviews teachings methods and develops and adjusts new ideas regarding the matter. Together we can achieve so much! Spe-cial teaching-review days could be established where conversation or discussion between stu-dents and teachers regarding the matter would be arranged and encouraged.

Resitting exams.Resittings exams are currently not an available option at many departments under the School of Health Sciences. This needs to be coordinated between departments to make sure everyone has this option available to them.

Qualifying exams.Entrance examination should be to increase the quality of education but not used as a hindrance to students equal right to education.

Let’s guard our future field of employment.Our future workplace is the healthcare system, and it is important that we keep that in mind and take good care of it. We want Landspítalinn to own up to its name as a university hospital, and to be capable and prepare to offer students the best teaching and facilities as possible. We take a firm stand alongside Landspítalinn and we wish for it to be a feasible work place for newly gradu-ates within the field of health care. We want to keep up the good work which has been achieved with surveys among students regarding their attitude towards the hospital. We want the gov-ernment to emphasize more on psychologies role in the healthcare system. We want more diverse research projects, higher funds from the govern-ment and a wider range of options for student to participate in them.

School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (SENS)

Wider options, and better connections to the economic life.Röskva wants students to be better connected with the economic life. Vocational or occupa-tional training should be accessible and valued for school-credits. Students that graduate from the University of Iceland need to be compatible to other graduates taking their first steps into the labor market. This can also be improved by adding to the number of guest-lecturers and more field trips and vocational teaching.

An environmentally friendlier SENS and an inter-disciplinary sustainability courseRöskva wants to encourage teachers to deliver assignments electronically. Röskva wants to uti-lize all the knowledge available from the teach-ers at SENS to educate other students at the uni-versity about sustainability and environmental issues. We also support the idea of a inter-dis-ciplinary sustainability course, because that knowledge is crucial for working in the fields of engineering and natural sciences in general.

Better facilities for group workIn our department there is a great number of group assignments and projects for students. However we do not have facilities available to meet those demands at the school, especially after teaching hours. We need a lot more tables and prolonging the opening hours at Askja and VR-2, so we can use empty classrooms, would make a big difference. We can look to HR when it comes to these matters.

The term’s last week should be for reviewingWe often have big assignments on deadline near the end of the term, students need leeway to review the term’s curriculum and attend classes. Sometimes teachers are even still bringing up new material just before exams, this can be very demanding of students especially during their exam preparation.

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Impartially going over exams.Up till now students have been asked to use their name and social security number to mark their exams. In other departments the University has a system with a special personal exam-number and we need the same system at SENS. Especial-ly in more personal courses which include fewer students.

We demand for the make up exams of the autumn semester to be held in JanuaryNow the make up exams for the fall semester are held in May. Röskva demands instant change for that and wants them to be held before the begin-ning of spring term. That would guarantee nec-essary balance between semesters and depart-ments.

Röskva wants a more fair ECST- system of units.We want the workload of a course to be in accor-dance with the units it gives. Röskva supports a revision of the current system. Students often

feel a great difference of pressure and work load in their courses, and how the system is today makes it very difficult for students to choose their courses for each term based on the amount of units.

Assignments mid-term should account for more.During the semester at SENS there is a great amount of workload during each semester; both when it comes to assignments and vocational teaching. Röskva wants assignments during the semester to account for more, at least in accor-dance with their work load. Those assignments and vocational teaching lessons should always be valued into final grades. A students perfor-mance during a final exam can often vary for many reasons, f.ex because of anxiety.

Facilities for all student unionsIt is intolerable that some student unions have lost their facilities. Röskva wants the Student council to support the unions for this basic right of theirs.

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SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT

1.place Edda Konráðsdóttir

2.placeÍvar

Vincent Smárason

3. place Karen María Magnúsdóttir

4.place: Rúrik Andri

Þorfinns-son

5.place:Emma Adolfsdóttir

6.place: Oddur Ævar Gunnarsson

7.place:Sigrún Eir Axelsdót-tir

SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES

1.placeRagna

Siguðardóttir

2.place Arnar Gunnars-son

3.placeKristján Orri

Víðisson

4.place Sigurdís Egilsdóttir

5.placeInga

Sæbjörg Magnúsdóttir

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES

1.place Bjartur

Steingrímsson

2.place Heiður Anna Helgadóttir

3.placeHalla Sif

Svansdóttir

4.placeÓlafur Björn Tó-masson

5.place Sindri Dan

Garðarsson

School of Education

1.placeEyrún Fríða

Árnadóttir

2.place Gunnhildur Halla Carr

3.placeVenný

Hönnudóttir

4.placeMichel Thór Masselter

5.placeDagný Björk

Arnljótsdóttir

School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

(SENS)1.place

Magnús Ólafsson

2.placeEydís

Blöndal

3.placeElinóra Guðmunds-dóttir

4.placeTanja Rut Bjarnadóttir

5.placeGunnar Ingi Magnússon

Candidates Student Council 2015-16

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Equality has always been very dear to me, and I am frequently outraged when I wit-ness any kind of dis-crimination due to so-cioeconomic status or biological traits. This enthusiasm of mine

for equality was one reason why I joined Röskva. Equality is an incredibly broad topic, touching on many aspects of uni-versity life, and is especially important given the number and diversity of the in-dividuals involved.Equal opportunity for education should be a given. Education should be available to all who want it; not only those who can afford it, live in the right place, do not have disabilities to contend with, or are of the right nationality, or age.

The University of Iceland has made sig-nificant progress in issues of equality. The Equal Rights Committees of both the University and the Student Council are active, for example, Equality Days has become a annual event in the school, along with the reawakening of the Femi-nist Organisation of the University.Despite this positive development, the University still has quite a way to go to reach equal opportunity for its stu-dents. It has moved away from it in some

ways with the continuing increase in the annual registration fees. The fees have been raised twice in only three years, and now stand at 75.000 ISK. Their raising prevents some from attending the Uni-versity without going further into debt. The fees are not accounted for by the Student Loan Fund, that is, they are not accounted for in the calculated cost of living, meaning that students who don’t have access to any further funds are forced to look elsewhere for loans. It is important that the Student Council does what it can to prevent further increases in the fees, and works systematically to lower them. That way we can work to-wards equal opportunity in education, independent of economic status. Public university education should not be exclu-sive to those who have the money to pay registration fees, it should by definition be open to everyone.Another important issue, when it comes to education equality, is to make it easier for immigrants to seek university edu-cation in the country. People who move to another country often need time to adjust to the society, find work, and gather experience in a new country. Par-ticipation in university life can help in this process. There they can meet people, form a contact network, and prepare for the job market. That way prejudice against immigrants can be eliminated with further seminars, like those that have already been held at the University, and increased student cooperation. In this context it is also incredibly impor-

“The University of Iceland has made significant progress in issues of equality.”

tant to watch out for equality in course assessments, making sure that all exams and assignments are available in English. This is especially true for entrance exam-inations, which can result in gross dis-crimination due to language difficulties, if they are only available in Icelandic. In fact it is highly irregular that this issue has not been addressed, especially given that, in many of these departments, most of the curriculum is in English and thus, speaking Icelandic is not a prerequisite for studying. It is also worth looking into issues that are slightly more achievable, for example, access. A little work could ensure that all University buildings have full wheel-chair access, that doors are automatic, so those who are disabled can travel freely without undue distress, and installing an embossed line that blind people can follow in the cavern that is the Univer-sity Centre. It is also not hard to train teachers in the use of already available technology to record lectures and post them online so that residence does not limit available education.The ideal of education for everyone, inde-

pendent of economics, origin, residence, disability, status, or other circumstances is a fundamental part of Röskva’s policy and has usually been prioritised in dis-cussions and policy making. It is there-fore hardly surprising that Röskva’s members often refer to this as the funda-mental principle that connects everyone within the movement.University education should not be a privilege, available only to certain groups in society. University education should be a given, open to all who are interest-ed, regardless of all else. People must be made aware of the injustices that persist within the University, and correct them wherever possible.One of the most important directives of the Student Council is just that, to pro-tect equal rights, prevent their infringe-ment, and work towards equal opportu-nity on all fronts.With a powerful and progressive pres-sure group like Röskva in the lead, we can push for the right prioritising in the government budget and faster opera-tions in the University and thereby edge ever closer to absolute equality.

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The Fundamental Principle: Everyone at the same tableHeiður Anna Helgadóttir

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Since the Student Coun-cil was founded in 1920 it has been pushing for student rights, fighting for student interests and representing them in the University of Ice-land’s policy making. Today the Council is

made up of five Student Committees and has a total of 27 representatives. Four of these Committees, one for each School within the University, have 5 representa-tives each, while the School of Social Scienc-es’ Student Committee, the most populous School within the University, has seven. Much like the labor unions work for their workers, the Student Council members are working for students - the ambassadors of ideas. They are your representatives, our representatives, and are obligated to make the students’ voices heard. They give these voices wings, let them fly, and make our ideas and feelings known. They care about our interests, and ensure our place in soci-ety without fail.

The Student Council is ever-changing, since it is formed by the diverse individuals within it. The Council is not at all useless or impotent; it has accomplished much in the

past few years. One has but to look at the Stúdentagarðar (student housing), where yours truly is living the dream, the Icelan-dic Student Loan Fund, which saves yours truly from starvation every day, and ex-tended opening hours of the National and University Library of Iceland, which yours truly should utilize more than he actually does, all of them first among equals.

Forever and for always you can expect to see the Student Council fighting for your rights, and therefore it is essential that you look around and try to recognize what could be better. In these times, when student rights are yet again under attack, with the raising of value-added tax on food and books, and incessant labor disputes of teachers and professors, among others. We need a reliable and efficient Student Coun-cil with a bit of backbone.

Without the Student Council there would be no one to protect student interests, no one to fight for student rights, no knight in shining armor. They are always by your side and, more importantly, they’ve got your back.

“Forever and for always you can expect to see the Student Council fighting for your rights, …”

When I entered the University of Iceland I had, at best, vague ideas about Röskva. I had allowed myself to be dragged to Röskva’s annual 80’s Sweat Fest and danced, surround-ed by Röskva’s mem-

bers, all fit to burst with enthusiasm. The solidarity of the group inspired me and, I knew I wanted to belong, even though I knew nothing about what they stood for, other than keeping the worst of 80’s fash-ion alive. This fall I decided to take the plunge and showed up to my first Röskva meeting. I won’t deny being nervous; what reason did I have to be there? Röskva, how-ever, welcomed me with open arms. They encouraged me to participate and I discov-ered that I had far stronger views on the issues at hand than I knew.

Their enthusiasm for equal opportunity for education convinced me that I was in the right place. I soon realised that student politics matter, it is after all something that impacts the interests of every student.

Now, you might say to yourself, why should I choose Röskva? The answer lies in the nature of the Student Council. It is our interest group. Their silence, the silence of an interest group, is the same as tacit ap-proval. Our interests have been attacked with raised taxes on food and books, but the Council remained silent. Röskva, on the other hand, did not. We are loud, and do not hesitate in criticising decisions that go against the interests of students. We have not dropped the ball.Röskva’s members are not only excellent dancers, but also some of the most ambi-tious people I have met. Whether it’s in a fight for a new coffee machine, better access for disabled people, or increased funding for the University, they don’t shrink from responsibility. They work themselves into the ground and beyond to better the lot of students, and are always on the lookout for something that could be done better. I proudly call these people my friends.

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We’ve got your backElís Orri Guðbjartsson

Do you belong in Röskva?Stella Rún Guðmundsdóttir

“Their enthusiasm for equal op-portunity for education convinced me that I was in the right place.”

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Students at the Uni-versity of Iceland often have a negative opin-ion of student politics, and some have a hard time seeing any real purpose in the Student Council. Some think it is a charade, a scene for

social climbers to network. However, those who familiarise themselves with the work of the Student Council soon realise that it is an important interest group, and one of the only venues for students to make their voices heard. University students have no representatives in Parliament and there-fore it is vital that there exist a strong and vocal group that has their best interests at heart.

Before I joined Röskva, I knew very little about what the Student Council actually does. Working with Röskva and the Stu-dent Council, I witnessed first hand how the student council can make a difference, both inside the University, as well as out-side it. The past year I sat on the School of Medicine’s Student Committee, where we tackled a diverse range of projects, many of which were aimed at highlighting the dismal state of the healthcare system.The previous year’s Committee conducted a survey of the students in clinical train-

ing at Landspítalinn, the National Univer-sity Hospital of Iceland, for the first time, to gauge if they were pleased with the training. This survey got significant press coverage because of the it revealed im-mense dissatisfaction. For example, only 8% of the students could imagine working at Landspítalinn in the future. Following the survey, students saw some improve-ments, subsidised food in the cafeteria and better immunisation planning. This year we repeated the survey, adding some ques-tions, e.g. asking about students’ desire for a new hospital. The results were similar to last year’s survey. Despite the improve-ments, students were still not happy; few could imagine working at the hospital in the future and their view of the healthcare system was generally dim. They were also overwhelmingly in favor of a new hospital.We in the Committee wrote articles about these results and sent a report with the results to Páll Matthíasson, CEO of Land-spítalinn, and the Ministers of Education, and Health. We also met with Páll and pre-sented the findings to him. He expressed his gratitude for the survey, and particular-ly for the question about a new hospital, be-cause the administration had been hiding behind an old survey, where the question received a very different response. We also produced posters with pictures of students from all departments, along with quotes about the state and future of the healthcare system that were taken from the survey. We launched a fundraising campaign and managed to gather enough contributions to publish the poster as a whole-page ad

“Working with Röskva and the Student Council, I witnessed first hand how the student council can make a difference, …”

in Fréttablaðið, a national newspaper, and challenged the government to react in time and save the Icelandic healthcare system.My experience in the Student Council has convinced me of its importance. Of course you sometimes feel impotent in this big

world, but it is still important to speak up. It is surprising how many people are pre-pared to listen. The Student Committee’s work might only be one straw in a field, but who knows which straw it will be that breaks the camel’s back.

The straw that broke the camel’s backValgerður Bjarnadóttir

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Iceland is far behind comparable countries with regards to funding the education system, particularly at the uni-versity level. This is higligted by the most recent calculations, which reveal that we

are 36 percentage points below average when compared to the OECD countries. When these numbers were introduced this fall, Illugi Gunnarsson, Minister of Edu-cation, Science and Culture, declared his intent to correct this discrepancy. Illugi’s declaration is certainly positive in nature. It kindles dreams of a University with a healthy budget and student loans that allow students to support themselves in relative comfort. A University that strives for the best, most diverse, and accessible education possible, for everyone, regardless of status. At the same time the declaration raises some doubts. In recent semesters strikes have been called during exam peri-ods, and the Icelandic Student Loan Fund (ISLF) keeps raising the requirements for a loan. Courses are dropped, programs re-stricted, which results in limitations to the education available. If the recent govern-ment policies on education are anything to go by, increased funding will be met with increased restrictions. Their latest exploits were to limit access to education so that those who did not finish high school before the age of 25 can no longer do so within the public system. This prevents them from seeking higher education. The ISLF keeps

raising its requirements, and despite the fact that the recent Student Council law-suit against the government delayed these restrictions from taking effect for a few months, the minimum loan requirements now stand at 22 ECTS-credits. To add insult to injury, the government recently raised the tax on food and books, yet another attack on student interests. The Univer-sity of Iceland is not to blame for this. The University of Iceland is willing to raise the country’s level of education despite adver-sity, budget cuts, and criticism. Frequent calls for strikes are therefore only a move of pure desperation by underpaid teachers to ensure reasonable working and teaching conditions at the University. The teachers and staff at the University protect their workplace as well as they are able, but it must not be forgotten that the school is our workplace too.

Therefore, students’ contributions are vital to improving the University. Teaching eval-uations are gaining ground and provide a venue for students to participate in mold-ing University policy with regards to teach-ing. Student associations work to improve extracurricular activities, providing much needed variety in the lives of students, and interest groups work to bridge the gap be-tween students and regulations. “Therefore, students’ contributions are vital to improv-ing the University.” This does not mean that the role of students ends there. We must fight for the education we deserve, that is,

“Therefore, students’ contributions are vital to improving the University.”

the best available. The role of the Student Council is to protect that quality, as well as other student concerns. We should demand that our representatives keep working to improve our lot. The Student Council should not be a group that is activated only in an emergency. The Council should be working constantly towards improvement, in cooperation with students. It has to protect a variety of student interests, like making sure that grades are turned in on time, that the ISLF does its job, and every-thing in between. No issue relating to stu-

dent interests should be too small or trivial to be heard. Without students there is no education system. Students should take an active role in it, because if its future is to be secured, they must be prepared to fight for a better system. A system that does not dis-criminate or punish ambition and sacrifice, and listens to its students. We in Röskva do not demand that every student turn this fight into a personal crusade. All we ask is for your mandate to fight in your place.

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Röskva is entirely against tuition fees at the University of Iceland.

Röskva takes a firm stand against tuition fees at the university,whether they are hidden as registra-tion fees or official tuition fees. Tuition fees impair student’s rights to education.

Röskva emphasizes on raising the monthly payment of student loans!

Röskva does not want the monthly payment from the Icelandic Student Loan Fund (ISLF) to be lower than the unemployment compensation, like the situation is today. Today the monthly payment stands at 149,459 icelandic kronas while the unem-ployment compensation is at 184.188 kronas. Rösk-va wants to focus on raising student’s disposable income, by raising their tax-free allowance from 930.000 to 1.300.000, which is the same as the gov-ernments disability benefit.By emphasizing on raising student’s monthly pay-ment, Röskva has the interests of those with the lowest overall income at heart. Even though the disposable income is now absurd and needs to be raised we need to bare in mind the interest of those with the lowest income, and make sure we guard everyone’s equal right to education.

Röskva wants students to have the option of renting student housing exclusively

during the wintertime!Röskva wants students to be able to rent an apart-ment exclusively during the winter period. The FS (A student union which owns the student hous-ing) could then sublet the apartments to other stu-dents, for example exchange students, of the Uni-versity during the summertime.

Röskva demands that the government gives the public university-system a

higher priority!Röskva criticizes the current arrangement that state treasury pays an equal amount per student to support the universities regardless of whether its a private or public university. It should be obvi-ous that private universities have the upper hand as they can f.ex collect tuition fees from their stu-dents. Public universities carry a great responsibil-ity of a different nature and the state has an obliga-tion to give their operation priority.

Let’s guarantee a more diverse administration of the Student council!

Röskva thinks it is unacceptable that the party which wins the majority of places in the Student council can choose whom to appoint in all the council’s paid positions. Röskva wants the appoint-ed positions to reflect the outcome of the elections.

The University of Iceland should be more considerate towards foreign students!

Equal rights for education should also apply to for-eign students. It should be the university’s obliga-tion to translate all exams to english, in accordance with the curriculum. The work that goes into those translations should then of course be paid.

The University of Iceland should be more considerate towards parents!

Within the university there is a large community of parents. Röskva wants more consideration to-wards parents, especially when it comes to the tim-ing and facilities of exams and classes. Final exams often take place during the afternoon,(sometimes until 17:30, but kindergartens are not open that long). This situation causes great difficulties for f.ex single parents, and we need to take action by either starting the exams earlier or making ar-rangements with FS regarding opening hours.

Röskva is against the governments constant cutbacks towards the

Student Loan Fund.It’s the current government’s policy to tighten even harder the noose around ISLF’s neck. Röskva demands that the government stops working the fund over and starts seeing students education as an investment but not a burden.

We want Háma at The University Library!Röskva wants FS (the company running Háma) to take over the management of the coffee-shop at The University Library. It would insure cheaper food and coffee for students. With students soli-darity this can be a genuine possibility. Students need coffee!

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Góður árangur í umhverfismálum er forgangsmál hjá prentsmiðjunni Litrófi og því til staðfestingar hefur fyrirtækið fengið opinbera vottun Svansins.Kröfur Svansins fyrir prentsmiðjur eru mjög strangar, sérstaklega hvað varðar efnanotkun. Við leggjum einngi áherslu á vali á umhverfisvænum eða endurunnum pappír, að magn afskurðar sé haldið í lágmarki og öll önnur svið starfseminnar falli að kröfum um umhverfismál vottunarinnar.Svansmerkið er ánægjulegur vitnisburður um samtakamátt í umhverfismálum Litrófs og augljós ávinningur fyrir viðskiptavini í innkaupum á vistvænum forsendum.Komdu í lið með okkur.

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