Eleven lists fight for the ÖH election: Who will represent the students?

Eleven lists fight for the ÖH election: Who will represent the students?

Wien, Österreich - The preparations for the upcoming ÖH elections, which take place from May 13th to 15th, are in full swing. Around 55 mandates compete for eleven different groups, including the Association of Socialist Students (VSSTÖ) and the ÖVP-related action community (AG). Other with in the race are green and alternative students (grass), young liberal students (Junos), student lists (Flö), as well as two communist student associations, KSV-Lili and KSV-Kjö. Also the newly founded list "Who the F*ck is Herbert?" is on the ballot, as

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The results of the last ÖH elections two years ago showed that the VSSTÖ had the majority of the mandates with 26.5 percent, followed by the campaign community with 21.1 percent and grass with 18.6 percent. The VSSTÖ, grass and KSV lili are currently forming a coalition in the ÖH executive. The structure of the Bundestag representative has changed significantly in recent years, which can also be seen as part of a wider university reform movement, which is shaped by the inclusion of students and other groups in decision -making processes, as Krone

Expert: According to the inside, the university system in Europe is changing. The Bologna process and new management models put their stamp on the universities. These changes also affect the political decision structures within the universities. In Germany, for example, reforms have been initiated since the 1960s to ensure a broader participation within the university system. Despite these experiments, the system remains heavily academic-heavy, while new quality and management bodies are created. These over-complex structures offer increasing participation and influence options, such as Uni frankfurt explained.