For one week, the so-called Freie Universität Berlin (FU) is all about internationalization.
The first question the FU asks itself for its international week 2023 is:
We would like to answer this question here.
We, the General Students' Committee of the so-called Freie Universität, decided in the course of negotiations for a new semester ticket contract in December 2022 for the current summer semester 2023 to sign the contract offered by the VBB for the summer semester 2023 as well as the coming winter semester 2023/2024.
The General Student Committee (AStA) of the so-called Freie Universität Berlin sharply criticizes the cuts of 440 million euros in the student BAföG decided by the Bundestag.
Last week, the Bundestag passed cuts in the budget for university student's BAföG by around 24 percent and for high school student's BAföG by around 28 percent with the government's draft for the 2024 federal budget. This was justified by Finance Minister Christian Lindner with the calculated real funding volume in 2024.
The AStA of the FU supports the demand that the capital allowance of up to 150€ must be paid to all university employees. Sign the petition now!
Link to the petition: https://www.change.org/p/hauptstadtzulage-f%C3%BCr-alle-besch%C3%A4ftigten-der-berliner-hochschulen
The AStA FU supports the statement from FSI Geschichte on the Ukraine war and the following demands.
We as the FSI Geschichte demand that the university should be opened up to refugees as quickly as possible. Especiallypeople from third countries who stayed in Ukraine to study at the beginning of the war, face unnecessary difficulties accesing German universities. All bureaucratic barriers must be removed for them as well!
06.03.2022 marks the 32nd anniversary of the death of Mahmud Azhar, who died as a result of a racist attack on the campus of the Free University (FU) on 07.01.1990. On Sunday, March 6, we want to commemorate Mahmud Azhar with a wreath laying ceremony. We invite you to attend the commemoration at 2 p.m. at the current headquarters of the Biochemistry Institute (Thielallee 63, Dahlem).
Due to the pandemic, it has not been possible to visit the Semester Ticket Office in person until now.
Starting with 25th of october the semesterticket office opens its doors for the consultation in presence. Please wear a medical, FFP2, KN95 or similar mask inside.
You can find the office hours under contact. Please note that the semester ticket office is not located in the AStA, but next door in the Thielallee behind the Capitol cinema!
On April 7th and 28th hundreds of students joined the first general assembly of FU students held as a online meeting to discuss our current situation during the pandemic and decide on demands adressed to the university and politcs.
The general assembly discussed the incresed workload though online studies, the precarious financial situation of many students, the struggles of university employees, BAFöG, (anti-)racism, barrier freedom, studying with children, the further organization to press our demands and many more topics.