YUFE Student Forum
How can YUFE stay young, student-centred, and non-elitist? The YUFE Student Forum has a lot to do with this!
The purpose of the YUFE Student Forum is to ensure that the perspective of the students is always present in the implementation of the YUFE vision. Each partner university elects three students who represent their institution in the YUFE Student Forum and the work packages, which are responsible for the implementation of YUFE.
The President of the YUFE Student Forum even co-chairs the YUFE Strategy Board, the highest decision-making body in the YUFE Alliance. The YUFE governance structure thus reflects the extent to which the YUFE Student Forum representatives are important players in co-leading and co-creating the YUFE project and vision.
Meet the Co-Creators of YUFE
The student members within YUFE have been acting as co-creators rather than student representatives.
This has played and will continue to play an essential role in the success of the project.
Given the involvement of the students as co-creators, we expect the YUFE Student Forum to be more than a mere advisory or representative body; instead, we envision the YUFE Student Forum to continue to fill the role of an equal partner during the YUFE pilot phase.
In this context, it is essential that the YUFE Student Forum’s activity is fully integrated in the processes and activities of the Alliance at all levels, including the work packages.
Meet Sanni
"In YUFE, the Student Forum is involved in every decision-making body which provides the student representatives opportunities and insight into how the future of European higher education is shaped by the alliances. This has been a great opportunity to learn valuable work-life skills in an intercultural environment. Through active participation we are co-creators who ensure that student-related matters are taken into consideration. Our physical meetings are exceptionally rewarding, since we get to come together for a few days in YUFE universities all over Europe. I am proud to be part of an international body and alliance where students learn and experience the value in working together in a diverse environment."
Sanni Vesala - President of YUFE Student Forum
