What defines a great education? Is it only the depth of the knowledge in the subject that will  end up on the student’s diploma, or can it also be measured in the possibilities to move between departments and faculties to gather a wide understanding of a range of subject? 

A working group under the Board has been tasked with investigating the science student’s university internal mobility. This is the students possibilities to take courses at the departments or faculties that their program doesn’t belong to.

The group has already interviewed the directors of studies at the departments to see what they have to say about their student’s possibilities and wishes. Step two is to see what the students have to say though a survey. How would the science students want their education to be? Can the students see the same obstacles and possibilities as the departments? Do the students know what their possibilities are?

The result from this survey will be combined with the director of studies’ answers in a report. This will be presented to both students and the faculty and hopefully give the answer to what information we are lacking and what change is needed. Go to the survey below to be a part of this work! 

Science Student Union lab coats has been discussed for a long time. Two different working groups have been working during two operational years to figure out all the details. Yesterday the dream started to become a reality. An ordering form is now open!

The lab coats will be as central to the novisch period as soap games and pea soup. Everyone will walk around in their student council’s colors with the union logo on their backs. 

If you want to be one of the first science students with the LUNA lab coats, you should press the button below.

To ensure that the novisch period is a colorful dream, all mentors will get a 50 SEK discount on their coat. The application for mentorship is still open. 

Have you seen people wearing backpacks and sweatshirts with the Science Student Union logo walking down the halls? Is there always a LUNA water bottle at someone’s lecture desk? 

The shop is now open for the third time. It is filled with cups, clothes and much more, everything with our logo and ”Lunds naturvetarkår” on. Until the 13th of February, you can get a wide variety of Science Student Union Merchandise. This is your chance to both show off what union you belong to and get nice, high quality products.  You can find the full collection and how to order by pressing the button below! 

Have you been accepted to the Faculty of Science at Lund University and will you begin your studies there this spring? Then you have come to the right place! This is the page for the Science Student Union (sv: Lunds naturvetarkår), LUNA. We at LUNA are here to make sure that your time as a student in Lund is as great as possible.

Coming to Lund and beginning your studies can be confusing, but we are here to make it a bit easier. LUNA welcomes all new students at the Faculty of Science with an introduction day on the 25th of January at 17:30 in the Lundmark Hall (Astronomy Building, Sölvegatan 27) where you will receive both important and fun information and get to meet other new students.

The introduction day will be followed by a festive dinner on the 26th of January. You will receive more information about this during the introduction day.  This is a great opportunity to get to know both old and new students at the Faculty of Science at get a taste of the student life in Lund. 

You can read more about the introduction days in the Novischhäfte or at Novisch – New in Lund.

If you have any questions or need help with anything, don’t hesitate to contact the Science Student Union at luna@luna.lu.se. You can also find us to the left after entering the Astronomy Building (Sölvegatan 27). Our office hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11.00-14.00. 

We are looking forward to meeting you on the 25th of January!

Do you want to be a part of the new song book?

The old song book has, after many years and numerous great moments, been sold out and it is now time to make a new and better one. Even if the old song book has been several students best friend from the novisch period to the latest sittning, this is the perfect opportunity to make it even better!

A working group with representatives from the Board, the Gender and Equality Committee, the Mentor Committee and the Party Committee has been working for a few months to be able to present a new song book during the spring.

The working group would like your ideas! Do you have any new songs you want to see added? Would you like to see a certain song removed? Did you write your own song in the spirit of LUNA?

Send in all suggestion through this link!

This is your chance to make the future song book the best it can be!

Information from the Head of the Department of Physics:

”To all students at Fysicum!

Today we had an explosion at the Division of Combustion Physics. The current best understanding is that an air compressor on the so-called “rig” failed, which led to an explosion. The explosion was directed towards the outer wall of the lab, which was blown outward. No one was physically hurt. However, a person walking outside was thrown to the ground. This person has been taken care of by the occupational health service.

During the rescue operation the entire Fysicum complex was evacuated as a safety measure of the fire brigade.

The lab has been examined by the emergency services, who conclude that there is no further immediate danger. Staff from Combustion Physics are double-checking this now.

The Enoch Thulin lab, i.e., the department of combustion physics, will remain closed until both the police investigation and static investigation are done.

Should you feel any symptoms or anxiety after this event, please contact Studenthälsan (the occupational health service för students, https://www.lu.se/studera/livet-som-student/service-och-stod/studenthalsan/kontakt-med-studenthalsan, 046-2224377).

All teaching at Fysicum will take place as planned from tomorrow on, with the exception of the limited number of lab experiments that normally take place at Combustion Physics.

Joachim Schnadt

Head, Department of Physics”

If you have been accepted to the Faculty of Science at Lund University and will begin your studies there this fall, then you have come to the right place. This is the page for the Science Student Union (sv: Lunds naturvetarkår), LUNA. We at LUNA are here to make sure that your time as a student in Lund is as great as possible.

Coming to Lund and beginning your studies can be confusing, but we are here to make it easier. LUNA welcomes all new students at the Faculty of Science with an introduction day on the 29th of August at 12:00 at the TLTH Kårhuset (John Ericssons Väg 3) where you will receive both important and fun information and get to meet other new students.

The introduction day will be followed by a few weeks of introduction activities, termed the novisch period. You can read more about this in the Novischhäfte or at Novisch – New in Lund.

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 on the 29th of August. Have a wonderful summer until then!

LUNA – a visionary future

Universum was filled with active LUNA with big dreams for the union, and their ideas were many. The board hosted a Vision Workshop for all LUNA members, with the aim to gather ideas for future union work and to see what the members find important. The interest for this was great. Members of most student councils were present and everyone took their chance to express their thoughts about how the union should be and not be.

During the evening, discussions was held about what the long term goal of LUNA should be and how the union could gather more members. Passionate ideas about having more social events for active members, and  a future education where you can choose to have all courses whenever you want, and the possibility to have them all in English. Furthermore some more concrete ideas were brought up, such as creating a committee with the task to host smaller social events for all LUNA members and to work for removal of grades on group work all over the faculty.

The discussions lasted until late that night, and there were lots of thoughts brought back home. The operational year has almost come to an end, but the union work has definitely not done that. There is a lot left to work on to make sure that the students at the faculty of science have the best university time that is possible. And the union has both ideas about what to do and members who want to do it. It will be really interesting to follow LUNA during the upcoming operational year!

You can contact the Information Committee at info@luna.lu.se. If you want to find out more about 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.

On May 23rd the Faculty of Science approved the by LUNA proposed faculty-wide decision on anonymous exams for all written exams. The union has worked on this for a long time and it has finally happened. The implementation starts from autumn 2018.

Read more about the work of the Education Committee (UU) here.