Positions of the Student Council

Here you will find all the adopted position papers of the Convention.

Positions of the Student Convention (October 2022 to September 2023)

• • Continuation of the Semesterticket with Regards to the 49€-Ticket on 05.01.2023
  • University sports registration with limited places with registration
    registration deadline on 15.12.2022
  • Appreciation of student engagement on 24.11.2022

Positions of the Student Convention (October 2021 to September 2022)

• • Wellbeing at FAU on 19. September 2022
  • Position paper for responsible press work on 19. September 2022
  • Civil clause motion of the GEW, supported by the Convention on 21. April 2022
  • Position paper A diverse insect protection also needs public responsibility on 17. March 2022
  • Language in studies and as part of constructive exchange on 17. March 2022
  • FAU’s Climate Protection Commitment am 22. December 2021
  • Positionspapier Psychisches Wellbeing an der FAU am 28. November 2021 Deutsche Version
  • Psychological Wellbeing at FAU on 28. November 2021
  • Dissociation of the FAU Student Council with the Students Stand Up Initiative on 28. November 2021
  • Strict compulsory attendance and pandemic – that doesn’t go together on 28. November 2021
  • Ecosia as Standard Browser on 28. November 2021
  • Position Paper G Controls on 28. November 2021
  • Position paper on free tests on 04. November 2021

All these positions were elaborated or confirmed by the Convention of the current term of office (October 2021 to September 2022).

• • Educational scholarship for Afghan women — 26. August 2021
  • Promoting cycling – showers and lockers for FAU — 26. August 2021
  • Open letter of the student representation at the UniBayreuth: “Offener Brief – für mehr Präsenzlehre anbayerischen Hochschulen” (Open letter – for more face-to-face teaching at Bavarian universities) — 22. July 2021
  • Changeover to result protocols — 22. July 2021
  • Topics for the chancellor’s meeting on August 02 — 22. July 2021
  • Open letter “Free menstrual products in all educational institutions.” — 22. July 2021
  • Digitization of registration and submission of examination results — 22. July 2021
  • Demonstration on budget cutbacks at the language center— 02. June 2021
  • Position on the culture ticket — 02. June 2021
  • Position on the amendment of the Bavarian Higher Education Act 2.0 — 02. June 2021
  • Current public and political perception of student interests — 20. May 2021
  • Position Paper on the Petition for the Collective Agreement for Student Employees “No Exception! For the improvement of the working conditions of student employees.” — 19 April 2021
  • Long-term return to safe classroom teaching – position of the student representatives on classroom teaching during the pandemic — 19. April 2021
  • Position paper regarding the reform of the University Act— 17. March 2021
  • Position zu elektronischen Hochschulwahlen 2021 in der von der Unileitung vorgeschlagenen Form — 26. February 2021
  • Free period products at FAU for all — 26. February 2021
  • Solidarity with students worldwide — 26. February 2021
  • More than dry Zoom Monologues – Appropriately replace face-to-face teaching digitally — 26. February 2021
  • Positionspapier support of the petition „Freischussregelung für Hochschulen in Bayern“ — 15. January 2021
  • Position paper regarding the ecological traffic turn — 07. December 2020
  • Position paper support of the demonstration against the reform of the Bavarian Higher Education Act — 07. December 2021
  • Position paper support of the initiative ‘LIBOS’ (StUB eastern branch)— 06. November 2020
  • Position paper for fair study conditions even in the winter term 2020/21 — 22. October 2020
  • Position paper Studium Oekologikum — September 23,2020
    Position Paper of the Student Convention on the Confucius Institute at FAU— September 23,2020
  • Position paper of the Student Convention Stefan Müller (MdB, CSU) as member of the board of trustees of the FAU — September 23,2020
  • position paper University-wide key qualification module — August 03, 2020
  • The Student Convention has decided to support the QuiS petition. — July 28,2020
  • position paper climate emergency — May 25, 2020
  • position paer Green oases paint “Roten Plazt” square green now — May 04, 2020
  • position paper public transport — April 21, 2020
  • position paper for inclusion at FAU — March 04, 2020
  • position paper Rojava — January 07, 2020
  • position paper Poster guidelines — November 05, 2019
  • position of the Convention on campus bags — November 05, 2019
  • The Student Convention supports the climate and sustainability concept of the FAU student body — November 05, 2019
  • >position paper in support of student university groups (outdated version, actual version only in German) — November 05, 2019

Radentscheid Erlangen. — October 17, 2019

• position paper Sustainability and Ethics — June 03, 2019
• position paper Canteens and cafeterias — June 03, 2019
• position paper water dispensers : The Student Convention calls upon the Studentenwerk to ensure that freely accessible water dispensers with still and carbonated water are purchased and operated by the Studentenwerk at all locations of the Studentenwerk. — June 03, 2019
• position paper_changing_tables: The student convention advocates the relocation of changing tables to generally accessible rooms. — May 14, 2019
• The Student Convention supports Fridays for Future — April 03, 2019
• The Student Convention calls upon the University to make it possible to apply for postal voting by means of a form that can be filled out and sent online (for example, via my campus or a similar service). — January 30, 2019
• position against the strict limitation of examination events per module, January 2018
• “The student convention supports the university group sneep in registering FAU as a Fairtrade University.”, May 2017
• “The student convention has decided to support the “Bündnis für bezahlbares Wohnen Erlangen”. March 2017.
• position paper on study grants, June 2016
• Guidelines on the use of study grants, June 2016
• support for the action “Mutiny of learning factories!”, June 2016
• Key qualification for committee work, April 2016: “The Student Convention advocates the recognition of committee work as student representatives as a key qualification.”
• civil clause, adopted May 2016
• position to the city and suburban railway (StUB), February 2016
• gender-sensitive language, February 2016
• Resolutions of the student assembly in WS 2015/16, December 2015
• transparent evaluation, November 2015
• The Student Convention has decided to support the following position of the LAK Bayern (Landes-Asten-Konferenz) on restricting access to the Referendariat: LAK letter: Referendariat, November 2015
• structure paper by student representatives, August 2015
• student refugees to FAU!, February 2015
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• limited significance of university rankings, June 2013
• religion and university, June 2013 “The Stuve sees a need for discussion on ideologically bound and denominational education and research at public universities. For this reason, public universities should also explicitly take a critical look at religion.”
• Concordat Chairs, October 2018: “The Convention of FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg is against concordat chairs, these should instead be converted into regular chairs.”
• democracy and co-determination, April 2013
• Ecology, December 2012 (renewed): “ As part of a public corporation, the student council commits itself to ethical and ecological standards in its actions and economic activities. This includes, for example, giving preference to public transport over private cars for business trips, the predominant use of recycled materials in the office and of organic food during the Convention weekend.”
• Convention Voting Tool, December 2012 (renewed): “The tool on the Stuve homepage allows proposals to be submitted to the Convention. The proposals can be viewed and evaluated by all users. For each proposal that receives at least 20 votes, the Convention must take a position within the next two sessions.”
• Suspensive status group veto, December 2012 (renewed)
• for the university election, December 2012 (renewed)
• Constituted student body, October 2012: “The Student Convention is committed to the introduction of a constituted student body and thus supports the campaign of the National Conference of Students.”
• Open letter on the city and suburban railway (StUB), July 2012

No longer valid and obsolete positions

• Rename South Campus to Rommel Campus — 26. February 2021, overturned 24. November 2022
• cafeteria, October 2018 replaced by position paper refectories and cafeterias June 2019
• Action Paper “Realizing the Culture Ticket”, decided February 2015, Strong>exceeded November 2016
  
• guidelines for the support of university groups , adopted April-June 2015, revised October 2016
• Guidelines of the student members of ZGS on the use of tuition fees, adopted January 2012, revised June 2016
• tuition fees, decided October 2012, exempted June 2016
• use of tuition fees, decided October 2012, excluded June 2016
• support for the action “Learning factories… #meutern!”, decided May 2015, revisionJune 2016
• construction measures from tuition fees, decided December 2012 (renewed), extended June 2016“The Convention is generally against financing buildings or other construction measures or their maintenance from tuition fees, even if these only benefit the students.”
• Study grant statutes, adopted September 2013, suspended June 2016
  “The Student Convention demands that the allocation of study grants (minus administrative costs) be regulated exclusively by the bodies with equal representation.
  The BayHochschG clearly stipulates that students are to be equally involved in the decision on the use of the data.
  Furthermore, no funds should be withheld from the faculties.”
• civil clause, adopted February 2016, revised May 2016
• civil clause, adopted April 2013, revised February 2016
• Gender-sensitive language, adopted October 2012, revised February 2016