Kontrær Liste, UiS

Programme '21

UiS should protect Linehuset, and grant immunity against further overreach from the administration
UiS should arrange regular debates with contributions from the faculties
Optimisten should reverse the buffet, which has contributed significantly to the price (over 60%)
SiS must obey sentralbanklovens forskrift om tvungent betalingsmiddel and accept Norwegian banknotes and coins
UiS should maintain gender-specific toilets
Male toilets should be built with urinals, unlike EOJ, which is lacking in that regard
Tappetårnet should raise its standard
Tappetårnet should get a stage, where students from Bjergsted could preform
Student organisations should be able to keep their common rooms

UiS must never suffer the same fate as KHiO
UiS has to take a clear stance on academic freedom
UiS should commit to the Chicago Principles
UiS should reinstate elected principals
All candidates should be made public when hiring
Hiring committees should consist of faculty and students exclusively
UiS should allow more attempts on exams
The organisation SAIHs funding on the semester fee should be halted immediately
UiS should prioritise hypothesis-driven research
UiS should give students a more thorough introduction to Popper
It should be harder for professors to delegate their teaching load to PhD candidates
If the university were to hire, it should preferably be faculty and not administration
UiS should abolish si-ifra, which is a clear statement of distrust towards its faculties
Local lecturers should be given priority when hiring
Lecturers should receive no pressure from administration and be free to lecture in whichever language they please. Especially if that is Norwegian
Exchange should be the students own initiative, and not so-called opt-out
Lecturers should not have to undergo mandatory training in (harmful) pedagogics
UiS should employ its own cleaners
Students should be able to access most courses offered by the university

UiS should ...

...let each institute manage their own web pages
...abolish the ridiculous new software for syllabi
...have clear guidelines on streaming and digital exams
...not use google as default startpage, search engine or web browser
...get reasonable web pages that does not suffer from morbid obesity (4,96MB)
...support the RSS-standard on student.uis.no
...send email as txt and not html
...not let corporate pressure dictate the languages and software used in courses
...prioritise open file formates over proprietary ones
...host its own git-server
...refrain from using the word "hackaton" on non-codebased projects