• Speaker: Patrik Geloneck
• Editor's note: the only one to arrive on time

Introduction

• Student body as an elected body of student representatives
• Organiser of various events and tasks
• 30,000 students in Göttingen in the winter semester, 13 Schools, approx. 20 very active members and 70 people in total
• Question to the audience: How big are your student bodies, how big are your Schools?
• Important: Separation of the groups into student body and university group
  • Why this separation?
    • Services as a figurehead for the university elections
    • how recognisable for students through different branding and clear separation

Services

• Different resources are needed
  • e.g. money, people, rooms, equipment
• What can be offered as services?
  • Lending of exams
  • office hours
• on studying in general
• on specific subjects/topics with tutors
• Library support
• Events and courses
• Literature research
• Stress workshop
• Prof-pitches-science
• Book exchange
• Info posts and booklets
  • Pro tip: follow adwgoettingen and fsrwiwigoe
  • Another pro tip: using templates from Canva etc. makes life easier and the design is more uniform
• What else do other student bodies offer?
  • Mensa party
  • Office hours in various forms, sometimes with integrated snack sales
  • Holiday study groups (tutoring courses)
  • Separate module "Students for Students", where participants have to plan and organise their own event, but also receive credits
• Impressions
• Election campaign: Giving away waffles brings an audience to the election stand
• Offer written exam loans at an active stand shortly before the written exam

Questions

• Do other universities / student bodies also offer "bridge courses" such as for Maths or Computing Science?
  • Göttingen offers the maths pre-course, as do some other universities