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New Year, New Student Influencers!
New Year, New Student Influencers! TEXT CHARLEY JÖNSSON, AGNES BERG, FILIPP AXELSSON, ÄVELIN PANTIGOSO OCH OSCAR STENSTRÖM FOTO LINNEA LINDELL
It sure has been a strange spring at KTH, wouldn’t you agree? Now after the summer, we are happy that campus is full of life and students once again. We would like to give a warm welcome to our new students, and welcome back the oldies! During the summer the Influence unit (Påverkansenheten) at THS has added three new members to their ranks, bringing the group to a total of five. The Influence unit consists of the President of THS, the Heads of Educational affairs as well as the Head of Student welfare. We work every day to improve the education and study environment, both physical and social, for the students of KTH. Seeing you back on campus reminds us of the important role we have in representing all students at KTH and how crucial it is that we students work together to improve our education and university.
THS was founded almost 120 years ago, with the purpose of influencing KTH, and has done so ever since. Back then, students had to pay a fine for being late to lectures. Students were angry, and in response joined together and founded THS in 1902. With the help of the Swedish king, KTH dropped the fines three years later and we had our first great victory. So how does student influence work today? Hint, it involves fewer monarchs! Jokes aside, we work with student influence in educational issues on several different levels: from individual courses and
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programs, to KTH as a whole. A lot of work is done by the chapters, who you probably already are familiar with. The most important task we at THS have is supporting them so they can support you and your fellow students. Some issues affect everyone, and in these cases we in the Influence unit raise these issues to KTH and provide the student perspective.
