It has now been almost two months since the Deutschlandsemesterticket was approved by the federal and state governments. The first contracts have been submitted to the student bodies, and for some of them the Germany Semester Ticket is already a done deal. Nevertheless, the Berlin student bodies are not entirely happy with the new ticket, as it still causes too many problems in some areas.
On 23 November 2023, the student general assembly "Gemeinsam gestalten, gemeinsam bestreiken" ("Create together, strike together"), took place, organized by TVStud FU Berlin and the AStA. The following are its demands:
1) University without Tutorials?
Together with students, student workers and scientific workers, the university should be disrupted to the maximum. Additionally, creative approaches to student teaching should be tried. We want to find good agreements as to not interfere with one another.
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.