2023 Cohort
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Students, despite being a huge segment of the university ecosystem, could be more actively and directly involved in bureaucracy and co-shaping its future. Student involvement is usually done through student representatives, for example in the university or faculty council, but direct student involvement, especially in terms of non-educational decisions, is lacking. Less than 30% of students fill out the National Student Survey (NSE) within our university.
To solve this issue, we are aiming to create a mobile feedback-collection cart. This cart is called the VoxBox. Vox comes from the Latin word ‘Voice’. With this cart, students can provide either written feedback, drawings, or maybe just simply pressing a button. This tool will be able to be booked by any entity at the UT that wants feedback. This way, students are encouraged to share their perspectives. It is vital to keep the barrier for giving feedback as low as possible, for example by having the VoxBox present in places and at times when lots of students are present, or by making it fun to interact with the VoxBox.
===Improving social & sexual safety in both campus, student, culture, and policy===
This priority stems from the issue that university sometimes feels less like an exploration of our personal educational interests and learning but more as a completely pre-set up way of learning/ This is reflected in the emphasis placed on momentary performance measurements, such as exams. These do not reflect learning which is what the university should be all about. How can we promote learning and academic growth?
We would like to foster a shift in education. Instead of training workers, we would like to train creative thinkers. We would like university to be an ecosystem where students can grow and explore educational topics coupled with societal issues that matter to them. A solution for this could be to give students more control over their education, so that the topics they are working on are ones they are passionate about.
===Promoting innovation/community by strengthening transdisciplinary collaboration between academia, industry and government/society===
In the university ecosystem, connections between on the one hand the university (students, faculty, professors, staff) and on the other hand society (government and business in Enschede) is quite disconnected. Connections exist, but these are mostly person-to-person, bordered off like little islands. Next to this, connections between students often only take place within the boundaries of study programs. Overall, a more interdisciplinary, valuable and sustainable connection is needed between on the one hand the university (students, staff, researchers and teachers) and on the other hand, the city of enschede Enschede (business and governance).
To tackle this issue, we aspire to create a city-wide connection platform. Students, project workers or recruiters at the municipality, companies in Kennispark, researchers, professors and staff, could all openly post on this platform. Students can make connections to collaborate with each other or with stakeholders outside of the university, get help on their academic or personal projects, get jobs or internships, or find stakeholders to get feedback from. This open platform could stimulate a huge open learning environment. For this project, it is key that we start small and focus on building community, before focusing on the actual platform. We also aim to use existing platforms, and collaborate with groups that are working on the same issue.
==Fall 2022 Priorities==
