The Student welfare council
Student welfare includes health, the study and work environment, campus environment, equal opportunities, and insurance.
How does the Student welfare council work?
The Student welfare council (or Strå for short) works on general SLU student welfare issues relating to students at first-cycle and second-cycle level.
Strå meets twice a semester. Examples of issues include:
- the wording and monitoring of student welfare surveys
- submitting proposals connected to SLU’s Gender equality and equal opportunities work
- monitoring the student welcome activities of the students’ unions
- crisis management from a student perspective
Strå organises an annual induction programme together with Sluss (the joint student unions at SLU).
SLU’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for education at first-cycle and second-cycle level is the chairperson of Strå. The council comprises a teacher from each faculty and two student representatives, who are appointed by Sluss (Joint Committee of Student Unions at SLU). The council secretary comes from the Division of Student and Academic Services. Conveners in the local student welfare groups are invited to Strå.
What do the student welfare groups do?
At each study venue, there is a student welfare group or equivalent, which works on student welfare issues at local level. This may include monitoring student welcome activities or visiting statistics for the local Student Health Centre, as well as the work of the faculties on measures arising from student welfare surveys.
The student welfare groups are composed of teachers, student representatives and study advisers. They often also include representatives of the local Student Health Centre and the University Chaplaincy/Student chaplains. The equine science venues of Flyinge, Strömsholm and Wången do not have separate student welfare groups; these issues are instead discussed at course council meetings.
What can I do?
If there are any student welfare issues that you think should be examined, contact the student welfare group at your study venue. You will find contact details for the student welfare groups and Strå here. You can also go through your students’ union.
Cooperation between Strå and the student welfare groups
The groups report to Strå on current local issues at the various study venues. They can also propose issues of general interest to be discussed at Strå meetings. Strå gathers feedback on various issues from the student welfare groups.