Hello! Have you been accepted to an education at the Faculty of Science for the fall of 2019? Then you have come to the right place. This is the page for the Science Student Union (sv: Lunds naturvetarkår), LUNA. The Science Student Union works to ensure 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 are welcome to attend our introduction day on the 28th of August at 12:00 at Matteannexet (Sölvegatan 20), where you will receive fun and useful information and meet your fellow new students. The introduction day also marks the beginning of the novisch period, which is two and a half weeks of introduction activities for new students. You can read more about this 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 28th of August. Have a wonderful summer until then!

The website is currently undergoing some maintenance, and as a result some pages cannot be accessed. We are working on making the website run smoothly as soon as possible, and are thankful for your patience! Feel free to contact us at luna@luna.lu.se or visit us at the union office if you have any questions. 

The board of the operational year 2018/19 had its last meeting this Saturday. Since it was the last meeting, the board celebrated with some brunch and tried (and failed) to take a good selfie of the entire board to post in the union information channels. 

Apart for having a good time, the board also approved of the board member testament and evaluated both the board’s meetings and work during the year. The evaluations were not only a great way to summarize an amazing year but will also be great material for the hand-over to the new full-timers that is in full motion. 

The last parliament meeting for this operational year took place last Wednesday. One of the many documents that was approved was a new Guideline for Information Channels, which among other things, includes that the presidium should post a summary of all board and parliament meetings on the website. This will therefore be the first of many such summaries.

After much discussion, the parliament decided that the Science Student Union will not take over some parts of the activities that has been managed by the department of physics during the culture night.  

The content of the new Songbook, that has been discussed at three parliament meetings, was finally approved. The Songbooks will soon be ordered and will be available after the summer. 

Two of the union’s committees has been missing logos. The parliament approved logos for the Health, Environment and Safety Committee and the Nomination Committee that can soon be found in the Guideline for the Graphical Profile among the regulatory documents. 

A minor update of the regulations (removing a no longer relevant position) and Guideline for Crisis Management was approved as well as Directives for the Union Networks, the Guideline for Student Issue Management and the above mentioned Guideline for Information Channels. All will be uploaded at the page for regulatory documents as soon as the changes made by the parliament are done. 

The parliament was informed about the new Student Complaint Webpage that the board has created during the year. The parliament gave some great feedback that will soon be implemented. 

Last, but absolutely not least, the parliament approved the Operational Plan and Budget for the next operational year. These can soon be found on the regulatory document page. 

The Science student Union presented the winners of this year’s prizes at the weekend’s graduation ceremonies. The pedagogical and honorary prize is handed out to thank and honor some of those that does great things for the students inside or outside the scheduled hours. 

This year’s winners are Patrik Edén from the Department  of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics, who received the Pedagogical prize, and Anna-Maria Persson from the Centre for Mathematical Sciences who received the honorary prize. The presidium would like to thank Patrik and Anna-Maria for their great work.

The union board would like to thank all students who sent in great nominations! 

The Motivations 

After two long evenings, the union parliament has elected representatives. You can find a complete list of all the people elected at the election page and the vacancies are available on the application page. During the upcoming weeks, the union’s instagram account will feature short interviews with some of the elected representatives so if you are curious about the students that were elected, be sure to check it out.

The Nomination Committee has announced their nominations for positions within the union for the working year of 2019/20. The nominations  can be found on the election page!

The deadline for counter candidatures is Thursday, April 4th at 17.00. If the parliament opens up for free nominations, one can candidate directly at the meetings. More information on counter candidatures can be found here.

The elections will take place Tuesday, April 9th and Thursday, April 11th. Both meetings start at 17.15 in Universum in the Astronomy Building.

• The first meeting will elect presidium, Head of Corporate Relations, and the union board.
• The second meeting will elect the remaining positions.

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!