Cooperation with other institutions

VU Health and Sports Centre

This year, in cooperation with the VU Health and Sports Centre, the activities organised by the HSC were made more accessible to students. The VU SR Social Affairs coordinator discussed publicising the VU Healthy University concept and making it accessible to Vilnius University students.

Community Well-being Division

Discussions on meeting the needs of students with disabilities: upgrading and accessibility of infrastructure, updating the description of the procedure for the personalisation of studies at Vilnius University according to individual needs arising from disability. A survey was developed and made publicly available to find out how the needs of students with disabilities are met.

Discussions were held on increasing the number of free psychological counselling sessions, increasing the number of community psychologists in Kaunas and Šiauliai, updating the registration system for psychological counselling sessions, setting up prayer/peace and children's rooms, and publicising them. The VU SR Social Affairs coordinator discussed publicising the VU Healthy University concept and making it accessible to Vilnius University students.

Participated in the conference 'Activity and Attention Deficit Disorder and Academic Success: Teaching, Learning, Career', organised by the VU Community Welfare Unit: participated in the panel discussion and presented a paper on 'Studying with an Activity and Attention Deficit Disorder: a student perspective'.

Youth organisations

This year, in cooperation with other youth organisations operating in Lithuania: Lithuanian youth council (LiJOT), the Lithuanian School Students' Union (LMS), the Lithuanian Youth Union of the World (LYUW) and the Lithuanian Students Union (LSS) signed a joint letter on proposals to extend the length of the permanent compulsory initial military service, in which we proposed to postpone the discussion on the extension of the service until the infrastructural and organisational challenges are resolved, ensuring the proper implementation of the new draft system and the readiness of the younger generation for the new changes.

In addition, VU SR representatives participated in Vilnius Youth Organisations Council (VJOSAS) Leaders' Clubs and Assemblies, maintaining close communication and cooperation on issues of importance and relevance to young people. During the last VJOSAS Assembly, Daniel Šematovič, a representative of VU SA, was elected to the Vilnius Youth Affairs Council.