~ Interviews with the students of LUNA ~

The Information Committee has done quite some work this year. It is finally time to post the interviews with the wonderful members of the union that have been carried out during the year. Every week we will post an interview with a member of LUNA that will tell you a bit about what they do for the union. The material has been gathered by the members of the committee, Sebastian Wolsing and Isa Bengzon.

A long time ago, LUNA had a student magazine called Nadir, and so to honour the legacy of our former predecessors, we have decided to name these updates Nadir!

First up is the previous chairperson of the Gender and Equality Committee (JoL), Hanna Thosteman, that will give us a brief description of what it was like to be chairperson and what they have achieved during the year 2016/17.

“As the chairperson of this fantastic committee, I must say the past year has been outstanding. We have managed to execute the biggest event in the history of the committee, together with Medicinska Föreningen and Teknologkåren. We invited the “conversational activist” and lecturer Navid Modiri to talk to our students about integration, fear and stepping outside one’s comfort zone. Thanks to the ambitious and hardworking volunteers, the evening we planned for a year was a great success and much appreciated among the students. The committee has grown from an almost unknown part of LUNA to become a visible asset for all members, and we want to keep working with discrimination and gender issues so that all students can feel safe and accepted.”

You can contact the Information Committee at info@luna.lu.se and the JoL Committee chairperson at jol-nfak@luna.lu.se. If you want to find out more about life as an active member of the union, you are always welcome to stop by the union office or simply browse our webpage. You can contact the union via this form (you can be anonymous) or by e-mail at luna@luna.lu.se.

~ Interview brought to you by the Information Committee ~

It is time for the Absurd Student council Olympics. It is an old tradition of union being revived by the Party Committee and the student councils of LUNA for the first time in a long while.

Be ready for everything!

On Saturday April 1st the first ASO session takes place. From 12 o’clock the team will gather in Stadsparken and then compete in three adventurous games. The event is free of charge. You can like and follow the Facebook page for continuous updates, attend the Facebook event for the first session, and sign up to this form to get free food on Saturday! Find the ASO lounge at Delphi X from 19 o’clock.

A survey of student psychosocial health

The Environment, health, and safety committee (HMS) is carrying out a survey of student health at the Faculty of Science. Psychosocial health has become an increasingly noted matter and is included in not only the scope of the student organisations of Lund but also the university centrally. Make sure to take the opportunity to make your opinion heard.

Help the union getting a better understanding of issues to work with and improve in the future by answering a few questions. You will find the committee campaigning for the survey during the upcoming week. Updates will be found on Facebook.

Your voice matters.

Tandemstafetten 2017

It is time! Once again the students of Lund adventure north and back again by bus and bike for two. This time LUNA teams up with another union, the social sciences one. Make sure to reserve a seat for this epic journey by buying yourself a ticket on Friday. Keep updated by attending the Facebook event.

Today is March 8th and the annual International Women’s Day.

Gender equality and equal opportunities (sv: jämställdhet och lika villkor) is an always current topic, especially at the Faculty of Science. Not only because we happen to be one of the singlegendered* (sv: enkönade) faculties at the university but also because gender issues in science is a fascinating and complex subject.

The student union is working at both towards the faculty and university, and within the union, bringing forth student opinions in the matter. Gender and equality matters are handled mainly by the Gender & Equality Committee which organises student representation, arranges relevant events, and is open for taking on student issues that may arise. The committee is currently arranging so-called ‘JoL-afton’ evenings and have started a process for a major event in 2018.

“1.4 The regulations of the Discrimination Act on combating discrimination on the grounds of sex, ethnicity, religion or other belief, or sexual orientation apply at Lund University, as well as for discrimination on the grounds of age or transgender identity.” 

~ List of Rights, p. 4; 1 Study environment

The university is definitely working in the right direction. The Faculty of Science is currently working on projects fighting subconscious biases in recruitment and investigating the causes behind the unequal gender distribution in the field of natural sciences.

On June 1st the faculty will arrange a panel discussion on gender and equality with the newly elected honorary doctor Londa Schiebinger, the deannof the faculty, JoL-representatives, and a student from LUNA.

So look positively on the future and be a part of changing the university world towards the better.

*80-100 % of professors of one gender, for N-fac. see p. 8 in the annual report

Text by Einar Elén, spokesperson of the Gender and Equality Committee and Ida Lunga, president of LUNA 2016/17.

Below you find a list of the posts up for election. Nominate someone or candidate yourself at the election page.

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The Academic Society (Akademiska föreningen, AF) is announcing their scholarships of 2017, both for general studies and studies abroad. Find all information on their webpage. The first deadline is March 13th already.

The nomination to union posts for 2017/18 opens today. 

Nominate someone or candidate yourself at the election page before March 16th.

Thank you all for a wonderful ball.

Keep an eye out for the upcoming U T O P I A 2018 by following the Utopia ball committee and LUNA. Browse the pictures from the ball using the arrows on the picture below and find the full set of photographs at Facebook or the Archive.

Right now the Education Committee is pushing two major matters concerning the structure of our education in the Faculty Education Board to improve education quality and the overall student situation. In this post you can check out the material presented by the union to the faculty at the last meeting (2017-02-07).

Are you ever stressing over not getting the credits needed to keep CSN? 

Or simply maintain your housing situation? The union is proposing that no credit-giving course component should be greater than 7.5 hp to reduce stress and improve security for students.

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Do you know the criteria your thesis work will be judged upon?

Lucky you if you do since much of the faculty is lacking such. The union is proposing the faculty starts working on creating faculty-wide guidelines for thesis work grading criteria.

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Both proposals were received positively by the faculty – great!

Want to learn more?

If you are interested in the education-related work of the union you can always contact the chairperson of the Education Committee Valfrid Arvidsson at uu-ordf@luna.lu.se or the union president Ida Lunga at ordf@luna.lu.se.