Student representation work

What do we actually do? We, the Roter Vektor Mathematik, are a group of students that contains the students and faculty representation. We take care of all the legal tasks of these two bodies and a little more:

• Student counseling
• Vektorraum, books, and games
• Erstitute: Organization of the Erstitute.
• Parties, get-togethers, events
• StuKo, FaKo, CurrAg, TenureTrack: Faculty committees that we are also a part of.
• Social and political topics as well as funding and advertising projects

How we work

We are a grassroots democratic group, which means that everyone can have a say in how we operate and what happens—including you! To this end, we hold weekly public meetings, our plena. You can find the next plenary session date in our calendar

Student counseling

Entire article on student counseling

Maybe our least structured, but perhaps most important task is advising other students. We have certain consultation times for this, but you can also just drop by the Vektorraum outside of these times, because there are always people there who are willing to help you.

Vektorraum, books, and games

Directions to the Vektorraum

Since we just mentioned it, we also have a space at Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz. There you will not only find our people at almost any time, but also math books, games, and simply a place to take a break from studying and talk to other students.

Erstitute

Full article on Erstitut

We were all new and confused once. Erstitute is a way for us to make it easier for first-year students to get started with their studies. Erstitute are weekly social gatherings organized by a group of upperclassmen. In principle, anyone can hold an Erstitut, even if this requires attending a seminar.

Parties, get-togethers, events

Studying isn’t just about worksheets and exams! That’s why we regularly organize parties, get-togethers for students, and general events. Of course, we need lots of motivated people and helping hands to do this. We also support others with cool events (financially and/or organizationally), so if you’re interested in organizing your own event, you can find more information on our info page about events supported by Roter Vektor.

StuKo, FaKo, CurrAg, TenureTrack

Full article on the committees we sit on

Of course, we also fulfill the legal obligations of a student and faculty representative body, and that means one thing above all else: committee work. Through StuKo and FaKo, we advise the study program management and faculty/dean’s office, among others. In CurrAGs, we participate in changes to (or the creation of) curricula. In TenureTracks, habilitations, and appointment procedures, we represent the interests of students in the appointment of professors.

Social, political, funding, and applications

Studying is not the same for everyone, because not everyone has the opportunity to study at all. As a group representing students, we see it as our special responsibility to combat local structural, financial, and class-based barriers on the one hand, and to continue to advocate politically for equality and plurality in society on the other. We promote and/or support projects in need that correspond to our principles. You can find the projects we promote regularly on our Instagram and in our newsletter. The projects we funded in the last academic year can be found on the page dedicated to projects we have funded.