This week, the Student Council held its fall seminar, which focused on how the organization should evolve in step with a university culture that has changed significantly in recent years.
Following the COVID-19 lockdowns, the Student Council faced a clear task: to bring students back to campus. The university had been empty for a long time, and many students had grown accustomed to attending classes from home. Consequently, the committees were restructured at that time to focus more on creating activities and communities for the students. It was a natural choice, as one of the Student Council’s primary goals is precisely to ensure a positive social study environment.
Today, the reality looks different. The campus is once again bustling with life, and getting students to show up is no longer a problem. Therefore, the time has come for the Student Council to refocus on its core mission: to be the students’ political voice at Roskilde University.
At the seminar, we discussed, among other things, how to give the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors the time and space to focus on strategy and the big picture, rather than having them serve as the “hands-on” staff for the Student Council’s events. The goal is to prioritize student policy to a greater extent and strengthen our collaboration with external partners, such as politicians in the City of Roskilde and other organizations relevant to RUC. At the same time, we want to strengthen our dialogue with students to better identify the issues