Student Initiatives
In addition to the initiatives listed here, there are also opportunities to get involved in the following organisations and institutions:
Student Representation
- Student representatives
- Autonomous Office for Students with a Disability and Chronic Illness (BeRef)
- Independent department of gay students
- Autonomous Feminist Department (FemRef)
- University Group of Foreign Students (HGAS)
Political university groups
- Campus Grün Oldenburg (CGO)
- Ring of Christian Democratic Students (RCDS)
- Linke Liste (SDS)
- Unabhängieg Studierende Oldenburg (USO)
Religion and Faith
Student Initiatives
Student engagement plays a decisive role at the University of Oldenburg and sustainability and climate protection initiatives and projects in particular are often initiated and co-designed by students. The topic is addressed within the university committees as well as by voluntary initiatives and groups.
Overview
Student sustainability initiatives and actors
The Sustainability Department of the AStA is working on structurally anchoring sustainability principles at all levels of the university. This includes, among other things, the establishment of a central sustainability office, co-designed by students, to coordinate sustainable development towards a climate-neutral university, the accreditation of the university as a FairTrade University or the establishment of a campus garden, a Fairteiler for food and the operation of the AStA Land.
Under the motto "Think. Act. Transform. the NachDenkstatt offers a transdisciplinary working platform in which actors and experts from science and practice work together with students on various sustainability-relevant topics. The core of the initiative is a three-day workshop conference, in which socially relevant approaches to previously defined problems are to be found together, which are scientifically sound and at the same time practical. Furthermore, the NachDenkstatt is embossed by a creative and inclusive framework programme.
Students for future are students from various colleges and universities in German-speaking countries. Based on scientific findings, they recognise the climate crisis as an existential and globally massively unjust threat to people and societies worldwide. They are fighting for a future worth living for all and for climate justice. That is why they are part of Fridays for Future and are also international, non-partisan, autonomous and decentralised.
Foodsharing is an initiative against the waste of food and groceries. It is about saving food that would otherwise end up in the rubbish. A Fairteiler is a place where everyone is allowed to bring food and take it from there free of charge. The open-air fair divider at our university was created in cooperation with Foodsharing and the University of Oldenburg and is available for everyone to pick up food, such as fruit and vegetables and baked goods, or to share food that you can no longer use yourself. In addition, the Fairteiler is regularly supplied with rescued food by food savers.
Students can come to the bicycle workshop free of charge with a defective bicycle (but also other things) and repair them themselves. Tools, small parts (normal shop prices) and used parts are offered there. The bicycle self-help workshop is run by students interested in bicycles who try to help with repairs as best they can. In addition, bikes, cargo and children's trailers or a cargo bike can be rented there at cost price.
A campus garden is being planted on a 100m2 area on the Haarentor campus under the auspices of the AStA and as part of a seminar in the winter term 2021/22. This will not only make the campus more ecological, but also give many students the opportunity to garden when their own living situation does not allow it. The garden is planned, planted and maintained jointly.
The AStA Land is a student garden in the immediate vicinity of the Wechloy and Haarentor campuses. This is an open urban gardening project, financed by the AStA of Oldenburg University. On the AStA land, students have the opportunity to take over a patch sponsorship. There is also the possibility to work on patches in small groups.
In the AStA computer workshop, laptops, computers, mobile phones and the like can be repaired under expert supervision. Students can learn how to repair their own equipment under supervision and guidance. In addition, students can hand in their equipment that can no longer be repaired and see if some individual parts can be recycled. Equipment can be borrowed there as a temporary solution.
The NABU university group is newly founded and aims to promote the protection and conservation of nature right on our doorstep. We want to become active together among people interested in nature and work for the care of biotopes, the preservation of biodiversity and for a sustainable approach to our environment. Practical nature conservation is very important to us!
The ReparierBar will start in the winter semester 23/24 and is a central contact point for all students. It is a place to go for repairs of all kinds: clothing, textiles, bicycles, electrical appliances, computers, mobile phones, household appliances, furniture and much more can be repaired there. In addition to repairs, there will also be space for culture. In future, every 2nd Friday of the month from 4 pm.
The Unikino Gegenlicht is a student project consisting of a colourful mix of students and non-students that offers extraordinary film screenings every Wednesday at the university. All those interested in film, design, technology and programme orga or nerds to the clueless are always welcome to help shape the Unikino.
Since October 2024, a student assistant position has been created for a more targeted approach to international students. She works with international students to develop specific campaigns on sustainability at the university and builds bridges to existing student sustainability initiatives. In 2025, for example, a flea market for students and employees will be organised on campus for the first time to accompany the international summer festival. The project is a collaboration between the International Office and the University of Oldenburg's climate action management.
The AStA newspaper Die kleine Weltbühne is a student newspaper edited and published by the AStA and written by interested students. It is published every two to three months with a different theme, which, however, is always intended to address everyday student life and life at and with the university. All students of the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg are cordially invited to submit an article. There is also a Podcast.
The Student Legal Consulting (SLC) is the student legal advice service at Carl von Ossietzky University. It consists of students from various degree programmes in economics and law and was founded in 2015. The initiative supports students with many legal questions and problems and offers neutral and unbiased advice. Other people such as students, pensioners, unemployed people, refugees and the like can also make use of the service.