March 2021 – Student

Results of the Student Council Elections

Posted on March 29, 2021April 14, 2022 by Studentarad

Last Wednesday and Thursday, March 24th and 25th, elections to the Student Council 2021-2022 took place. Students voted between candidate lists in their School of study and council representatives were given seats according to the proportion of votes.

The Student Council consists of 17 representatives and as the system is today, there are 3 representatives from each School, except for 5 representatives from the School of Social Sciences. Röskva, association of socially minded students at the University of Iceland, received a total of 16 elected representatives, while Vaka, a student interest association, received 1 representative.

The election took place on Uglan and the turnout was 26.46%. Further figures are expected at the end of the week, but here you can see how the representatives are arranged:

School of Social Sciences:
1. Rebekka Karlsdóttir (Röskva)
2. Erna Lea Bergsteinsdóttir (Röskva)
3. Stefán Kári Ottósson (Röskva)
4. Ellen Geirsdóttir Håkansson (Vaka)
5. Kjartan Ragnarsson (Röskva)

School of Health Sciences:
1. Ingunn Rós Kristjánsdóttir (Röskva)
2. Margrét Jóhannesdóttir (Röskva)
3. Kristján Guðmundsson (Röskva)

School of Humanities:
1. Jóna Gréta Hilmarsdóttir (Röskva)
2. Anna María Björnsdóttir (Röskva)
3. Sigurður Karl Pétursson (Röskva)

School of Education:
1. Rósa Halldórsdóttir (Röskva)
2. Rannveig Klara Guðmundsdóttir (Röskva)
3. Erlingur Sigvaldason (Röskva)

School Engineering and Natural Sciences:
1. Ingvar Þóroddsson (Röskva)
2. Inga Huld Ármann (Röskva)
3. Helena Gylfadóttir (Röskva)

The Office of the Student Council sincerely congratulates the newly elected student council members on their election and wishes them good luck in their work.

Aurora Student Conference

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 by Studentarad

The Aurora Student Conference will be held on the 30th of March 2021 from 9.30 am – 5.15 pm CET

Location: Gatherly

The Aurora Student Council is delighted to be hosting the Aurora Care and Compassion Student event. This free virtual conference is packed with engaging content showing how Aurora cares for issues in modern society and will get students involved in activities and conversation across 4 key areas. These areas are Mental Health and Wellbeing, Open Educational Resources, Celebrating and Promoting Diversity, and Sustainability.

Students’ participation in these activities and conversations will give them practical skills to take away and also help Aurora embed student voice into the heart of many exciting projects. We want students to learn about Aurora and equip them with the tools to champion Aurora’s values in their own universities.

If you are a student interested in any of these topics or you know of students that would be interested, click the link here to register your interest and come and join us on March 30th 2021.

Click here for the program of the event.

Student Council meeting March 10th

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Studentarad

The Student Council’s next meeting will be held in person and on Teams at 5:00 p.m. on the 10th of March. The Student Council will meet but due to COVID restrictions, we are not able to invite guests. If a student wishes to attend the meeting, a request needs to be sent to shi@hi.is to join the Teams meeting.

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.

The agenda can be found here.

Please contact the office of the Student Council at shi@hi.is if you have any questions regarding the meeting agenda. All students are welcome to contact us with inquiries about the Student Council and its meetings. The Student Council also answers questions on student rights, social life and more.