The Austrian Students' Union by statutory body (german: Österreichische Hochschülerinnen- und Hochschülerschaft, ÖH) is the general students' representative body in
Austria
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and serves as the students' government by federal law. The ÖH is member of
European Students' Union
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.
Membership in the ÖH is compulsory for every university
student
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in Austria, including
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candidates.
Structure
The statutes of the ÖH are regulated in a federal law, the "Hochschülerinnen und Hochschülerschaftsgesetz" (HSG).
The Students Union is structured into:
* ''Studienvertretung'': board of representatives for each study (or group of related studies). It consists of typically 5 members. person-based direct election.
* ''Fakultätsstudienvertretung''
* ''Universitätsvertretung'': board of
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students representatives. list based direct election.
* ''Bundesvertretung'': National Board of the ÖH. It is elected (mainly) by the university boards.
Biannually, there are general
elections
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. Turnout declined from about 70% in 1965 to 28.29% in the elections of 2007.
The HSG also includes regulations on the funding of the ÖH and its parts and the duties and rights of the students representatives.
History
* 1946: foundation of the ÖH
* 1946: first general election
* 1947: ÖH becomes a public
statutory body
* 1950: ÖH obtains the right to formally examine laws concerning education
* 1952: first demonstration against
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s
* 1959: the ÖH establishes the
Austrian Student Aid Foundation (also: home4students)
* 1962: one week strike
* 1973, 1975: strengthening of the position of the ÖH by new laws
* 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004 and especially in 2010 and 2011: demonstrations against various steps of loss of social benefits for students and legal restrictions of students representation.
See also
*
European Students' Union
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(ESU), of which ÖH is a member.
*
EURODOC European Council of doctoral candidates and junior researchers. ÖH is a member.
*
Students' Union
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References
External links
ÖH English HomepageOfficial Website of home4students - Austrian Student Aid Foundation
Non-profit organisations based in Austria
National postgraduate representative bodies
Groups of students' unions
Education in Austria
Student organisations in Austria
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