Letter from Ida, JSU Board member

Hi! My namne is Ida Antonsson and I´m a a full time International Management student, currently on exchange in Malaysia. As of the start of the Autumn semester 2019, I’ve been an active member of the JSU board for a year and intend to be just as active for the total two years of my mandate. Since we´re recruiting more board members, I would like to take the opportunity and tell you more about what we do.

So far, I have handled and represented the boards in committees and forums on topics such as equal opportunity and national student politics.

As a board member you get to see the consequences of your decisions, good and bad, in a way that school never prepared me for. I’ve sat, still sit, in forums to improve students’ everyday life and have gotten an inside look into how JSU operates. Being a board member is a fantastic opportunity and it gives the practical, real cases and perspectives one can only study in school. As a business student it is important with more than just theoretical knowledge when entering the work force, and therefore I value the opportunities of real experience I receive as a board member.

Since a year back I have also been the chairperson of the delegation JSU sends to national student meetings. This committee, working mostly with Sweden’s United Student Unions (Swedish: SFS), is the link between our local students and national student politics. This spring, we got through a motion, written by our local committee, making information about student rights more accessible for international students all over Sweden. This year we want more students involved in the motions written to the national assembly of student unions in Sweden, is there any change you want to voice?

Until Sunday September 22nd, you can join Ida and many other students in the JSU Board. Send your application to valberedningen@js.ju.se. For more info about the application, please check our website.