Hi!
Are you going to start your studies at the Faculty of Science this spring? Then this is the right place for you. It is the page for the Science Student Union (sv: Lunds naturvetarkår), LUNA. The Science Student Union works for all science students, making sure that you as a student have a great time in Lund and that your rights are being upheld.

All new students at the Faculty of Science, both students who start a program or take single courses, are welcome to take part in our digital introduction meeting. It will take place Wednesday the 20th of January at 18:00. The meeting will include information and a quiz. If you want to attend the meeting, please send an email to fu-ordf@luna.lu.se and we will provide you with the link to the meeting.

Studentlund Membership
To take part in most of the student life in Lund as well as some of the housing options you must be a member of Studentlund. Studentlund is a collaboration between Unions, Nations and the Academic Society so that one membership can give you access to a wide variety of activities and opportunities. You register to your Studentlund membership at the Studentlund web page. If you have any troubles, contact us in the union and we will help you out.

Finding a Place to Live
It is important to start looking for a place to stay in Lund as soon as possible due to the high demand on student housing here. There is several housing options for student in Lund. You can apply to some of them through the links below:

AF Bostäder, Nations, BoPoolen

LU Accommodation (only international students)

If you have any questions or need help with anything, don’t hesitate to contact the Science Student Union at luna@luna.lu.se.

We are looking forward to meeting you digitally or physically during the spring!

A new vice chancellor’s decision was made on the 21st of December due to the government’s stricter directives. The interpretation for the Faculty of Science is that examination and teaching shall take place digitally except in extreme exceptional cases. This means that exemptions can be granted only for practical elements in the study program that require the presence of students and that, if they are cancelled in January, lead to far-reaching consequences for the quality of the education.

Educational activities that are planned to be physically carried out on campus must be approves by the dean. Risk assessment for educational activities on campus must be approved by the head of department.

Students are encouraged to study at home. Study places that are accessible via LU cards will continue to ve so to enable digital studies and assessment.

Libraries will be kept open within limits to provide reference literature and opportunities or lending and returns. Opening hours are announced on the library units’ websites. Students and employees are referred as far as possible to digital support and digital collections.

These rules enter into force from 24 December 2020 and shall apply until 31 January 2021 unless otherwise announced earlier.

Take care! 

Yesterday, the board convened for their last board meeting before Christmas. During the meeting, the board approved upon leave of absence for the head of corporate relations and meeting dates for the spring term. The board did also review the statues of the Science Choir, and decided not to approve an application to the project fund. Furthermore, the board decided to sign a letter regarding gender and equality matters which will be sent to the new vice chancellor in January. Finally, there was a discussion regarding the application GoFrendly, which resulted in that we want to make it easier for our members to use it.

The board wishes you all happy holidays and are looking forward to see you all again in January! Until then, you can reach us via email!

Two teachers at the Faculty of Science have this week won the university pedagogical prize! LUNA want to congratulate Charlotte Sparrenbom at the geology department and Paul McMillan at the department for astronomy and theoretical physics. You are both amazing teachers and you really deserve the prize!

The university pedagogical prize is each year appointed to three teachers at the university. All student unions can nominate teachers to the prize.

Yesterday, the parliament convened for its last meeting during 2020. This was also the last meeting for the current parliament presidium and parliament representatives. The student councils are electing new parliament representatives at their December grand meetings, and a new parliament presidium was elected at the meeting yesterday. During year 2021, Sanela Lulic will be the chairperson and Sebastian Pfaff will be the secretary of the parliament.

Apart from this, four other elections were made during the parliament meeting. Elisa von Kobyletzki was elected as spokesperson for the gender and equality committee, Sofia Bjarheim was elected as Tandem general, Viktor Hrannar Jónsson was elected as SFS-FUM representative and Elvira Källberg was elected as alternate representative in LUS elective Ting.

Apart from elections, the parliament approved upon an addition to the union opinion document. The addition adds opinions regarding hiring of teachers at the faculty. The parliament did also approve of the addition of an internal committee structure in the mentor committee directives, as well as some changes in the policy for regulatory documents.

Finally, the presidium want to thank everyone who has been part of the parliament during 2020. You have all done a fantastic job, bot the representatives and the presidium! We hope to see you all around!

Parliament meeting 10 will take place on Wednesday the 9th of December. You can find all the documents for the meeting if you follow the link bellow. If you want to counter candidate for any position to the meeting, send an email with your counter candidature to valb-ordf@luna.lu.se before Monday the 7th at 23:59. We will continuously update the web page with the counter candidatures. To the meeting, the nomination committee has nominated the following persons:

Parliament chairperson (1+1): Sanela Lulic

Tandem General (3+0): Sofia Bjarheim

SFS-FUM representative (3+0): Viktor Hrannar Jónsson

Gender and Equality Committee Spokesperson (1+0):  Elisa von Kobyletzki

Counter candidatures:

LUS Elective Ting (1+1) – Elvira Källberg (alternate)

Here you can find all the documents for the parliament meetings:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IqErZ67OUnQN_gLbWAZwyJzNtvTZJWL4?usp=sharing

Yesterday the board convened for another board meeting. During this meeting, the latest news regarding the covid-19 situation was discussed. There was also a discussion regarding a newsletter for Studentlund, one discussion about study monitoring of the scientific base year in Helsingborg, and one discussion regarding a Tellus project about sexual harassments within the student life. Furthermore, the documents for parliament meeting 10 were approved upon and a decision regarding leave of absence during Christmas for the presidium was taken. Finally, the board discussed how LUNA can participate in Musikhjälpen during the current covid-19 circumstances.

Yesterday, the board convened for another board meeting. During the meeting, the board discussed the upcoming election of the new deputy vice chancellor of the university. There was also discussions regarding the new covid-19 regulations from the government and how the university should adapt to those. Furthermore, the board got a presentation of the results from the event survey which one of the working groups within the board has conducted. There was also discussions regarding coming updates of the directives for the party committee and the mentor committee.

During the ninth parliament meeting of the year, the parliament discussed which opinions the union should have regarding teachers recruitment and pedagogics. Furthermore, the parliament approved upon the decision taken by the board regarding the unions adaptions to the new covid-19 regulations. The parliament did also approve of a statue revision in the first reading. The second and final reading will be done after Christmas, before the revision is completed. The parliament did also approve upon changes in the guideline for information channels, and they were informed about changes in the directives for the corporate relations committee, the gender and equality committee and the health, environment and safety committee. Finally, Viktor reported from the extra SFS-FUM meeting, which were held with unions from all over Sweden in October.

The autumn has arrived and brought the LUNA Pop-up shop with it. It might just be high time to place the order on the merchandise you’ve always wanted or take care of your Christmas shopping well in advance!

Some of our merch is exclusive to only the Pop-up shop which this time closes on Nov. 22nd, so make sure to place your order today!