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Wanted: Editor-in-Chief for Errores journal 2024

The Student Union seeks an Editor-in-Chief to write the traditional Student Union Walpurgis journal Errores S:tae Valpurgis together with an editorial staff. The journal will be released 30 April 2024.

Editor-in-Chief is in charge of the editorial staff’s work and is responsible for coordinating the making of the journal, such as the economy, the contents of the journal etc. The Student Union chooses the Editor-in-Chief. The editorial staff will be chosen based on the Editor-in-Chief’s suggestions at a later time.

The editorial staff will get an honorary which originates from two thirds of the possible economical surplus that the journal will generate.

The Student Union provides an interesting and challenging position of trust in a youthful and creative working environment. Desired abilities for the position as Editor-in-Chief include creativity, stress resilience, accuracy, efficiency, being systematic and the ability to cooperate.

Applications should be sent to kansli@studentkaren.fi by 4 March 2024 at midnight.

For more information, please contact service expert Nora Möller (kansli@studentkaren.fi).

Note that Errores is usually published in Swedish.

The Student Union of Åbo Akademi University Board, at its constitutive meeting on December 15, 2023, has decided on the distribution of responsibilities within the board members for the operational year 2024.

The responsibilities of the board members in Åbo (4) are divided as follows:

  • Niko Sandberg: Higher education policy (national issues, student affairs)
  • Oscar Björkell: Social policy (national issues, well-being, equality, city relations)
  • Amanda Byskata: International affairs and communication (communication, international affairs, business collaborations)
  • Emilia Melén: Student culture (events & special associations, tutor and freshmen activities)

The responsibilities of the board members in Vasa (3) are divided as follows:

  • Julia Michelsson: Student traditions (events & student associations, tutor and freshmen activities, business collaboration)
  • Jan Welroos: Higher education policy (student affairs, International affairs)
  • Sini Eriksson: Communication (city relations)

The interview questions for ÅAS’ Board and Student Union Council’s Presidium have now been published.

The Student Union Council will interview candidates for ÅAS’ Board, the Finance Department and the Presidium on Monday, 4 December, i.e., the evening before the 1/24 Council meeting.

Because the Student Union’s official operative language is Swedish, most of the questions are published in Swedish. Not every question will be disclosed beforehand, meaning that each candidate will be asked some surprise questions during the interview.

You can take a look at the questions in the Swedish version of this news article.

Do you want to coordinate and organize one of the most traditional events in Åbo? We are now looking for a coordinator of Shrove Tuesday!

Shrove Tuesday( a.k.a Fastlaskiainen) falls on February 20th 2024. As coordinator, you will have the opportunity to develop the event even further as you will oversee the overall coordination of the event. The assignment demands the ability to cooperate and take initiative, the ability to organize and good stress management skills. The coordinator will receive an fee of 500 euros. The job requires knowledge of Swedish and preferably Finnish.

The application can be sent to evenemang-abo@studentkaren.fi. Deadline for application is on 26 November. The Board of the Student Union will select a suitable candidate on 29 November, and the newly elected coordinator will begin working on the coordination of Shrove Tuesday immediately.