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Bullen 1 Kom med och påverka utvecklingsgruppens STUDIEKLIMATUNDERSÖKNING 2011! I Studerandes utvecklingsgrupp får alla studerande delta. Vi vill granska vår verksamhet och våra metoder för att kunna förbättra och förnya dem. Och vem känner bättre till studieklimatet än Studeranden? Vilka frågor skall ställas detta år? Studieklimatundersökningarna vänder sig till studerande på första, tredje och femte studieåret. De flesta frågor är gemensamma för alla tre, medan några riktar sig till en specifik årskurs. Varje år lyfts det också fram ett specialavsnitt för en djupare utvärdering. Resultaten leder till konkreta åtgärder. Studieklimatundersökningen år 2010 visade att handledningsprocessen och MinPlan borde utvecklas. Dessutom föreslogs det att goda handledare skall lyftas fram, vilket kommer att vara möjligt i årets undersökning. Eftersom MinPlan fick kritik, ägnas årets specialavsnitt åt att utvärdera användningen av MinPlan och kartlägga önskemål. Kom med och forma studieklimatundersökningen! Tid och plats: onsdag 16.3.2011 kl. 15.15–17 i C218, Långvågen, ASA. Kaffe/te bjuds, anmäl er därför via https://web.abo.fi/fa/stuby/anmalan/ .
editorial bullen in english dear reader, an interesting scenario occurred at the Student union’s annual ball, which, by the way, was awesome, thanks for everyone who partook in festivities both in Åbo and Vasa. Anyway, there was this speaker called Jarkko Savolainen who raised quite a hassle with his fiery speech. he received standing ovations even though many, including me, considered his speech inappropriate for the occasion. At least it stirred discussion and thoughts. While I don’t fully agree with his political arguments I am compelled to like the speech. There was much point to it, and what I consider the main point was that the student movement has lost much of its power. I don’t know whether this depends more on that students no longer have interest in their own good, not to speak of the common good, or that the chances to make a difference grow thin. I absolutely don’t mean that our society would have become less democratic or that there wouldn’t exist opportunities to make a difference, no. My point is that the pressure from that generation who “took the initiative” and climbed on the barricades is now sort of oppressing the student movement. Not directly, no seriously taken person says that students ought not to have opinions and drive their cause. The oppression comes through limiting the time students have for that sort of activity. Back in the 70’s you could easily study ten years in a university and belong to all kinds of groups and partake in political activity they encouraged. 2011 you are expected to be in and out in five years, completing 300 study points during that time, one point being “worth” 27 hours of work. I may have calculated wrong, but if you study eight months a year (summer and winter holidays take up about four) and five days a week you should spend 9.2 hours a day on studying. one may inquire: why not study on weekends? To that I retort: why not work on weekends? I can’t find the argument that would rationalize why students must be punished for what we are. Maybe we don’t right now directly contribute much for the society, but education has to be considered an investment. In the future the high level of education is Finland’s key for survival in the tightening competition. my point is that the pressure from that generation who “took the initiative” and climbed on the barricades is now sort of oppressing the student movement. Nevertheless it’s not only the external pressure that weighs us down. I daresay that students these days are more readily informed about the society than ever before when they start university studies. While this of course is quite dandy, I also believe it makes student less open for new ideas and frankly makes them more cynical. Not only are people in general better informed of the problems, but also the proposed solutions and even the actions taken. Now what can be done to reactivate the student movement? We don’t want to make people less educated. What lacks is maybe the final step after recognizing the problem and suggesting a solution: to observe if it actually does any good. When we see that nothing’s changed we become outraged once more. Also, for a student movement to exist there has to be students with time to spend. A student movement can not consist of only alumni. Zacharias Aarnio President so-karen@abo.fi Bullen 1
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