As of July 1, 2021, a new board will take office for the next two years, consisting of the Chairperson of the Student Body and two Vice-Chairpersons. The application took place from 19 May to 2 June and was submitted by four students, whose motivation letter and election platform can be found below.
On 28 May, the new Study Regulations (SR) were approved by the Senate and they will enter into force on 30 August. The SR are the most important bylaws governing studies and UTSU also proposed several amendments to the document. Here is a short overview of the changes we should rejoice over as students, changes that make us wary and proposals we will continue fighting for in the future.
Our diligent student representatives nominated their outstanding fellow representatives to be recognised for their spring semester’s actions and contributions. In total, the representatives were recognised in six categories, and special recognition was given out to our long-term representatives.
During every spring semester new student representatives for the coming academic year are elected. On 25 May we announced the eager fighters for students’ interests for the coming year.
The student representatives have to be visible so that the students know who they can turn to when they have some problems. And when a student does turn to their representative, they have to pass the concern on to the right place. The representative also has to take care that important information would move in the opposite direction – towards the student.
You can now apply to be representative at UT Senate and Federation of Estonian Student Unions’ general meeting.
International students have an important role in Estonian universities by aiding the spread and development of science. Moreover, international students bring a fresh perspective and new methods and mechanisms to problem-solving. Not always, but sadly in many cases international students’ full potential remains unaccounted for due to the many difficulties that lie ahead when settling in Estonia.
One would think that the study quality workgroup is only for students who study in some educational curriculum. This is not the case.
In March, multiple projects important to UTSU launched off the starting block, and hopefully, some of them will be realized already in the fall!
The International Students’ Workgroup has 1678 students in its focus. That is exactly how many international students are studying at the University of Tartu. But why focus on them separately? Everything is the same, just in English. Or …?