Röskva is a student body organization at the University of Iceland that has had a list to the Student Council of the UI since 1988. The tag line of the organization is Organization of socially minded students at the University of Iceland.
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History
Röskva was founded in February the year 1988 when two movements merged, The organization of left people and Reformists decided that combined they would be a bigger force to compete against Vaka, the organization of democratic students. The first chair of the organization was Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir the former Environment minister in the government of Geir Haarde. Röskva first was in the majority in 1992 and kept it until 2002, when Vaka regained its majority. Röskva got the majority again in the spring of 2007 and kept it until the spring of 2009.
Issues
Röskva is the organisation of socially minded students and is against any form of school admission fees and limiting access to university education. Its vision is equal access to education. It is Röskva's opinion that the Student Council should not only exert itself within the University of Iceland. Röskva believes that the Student Council should raise its voice about all matters that affect students, and raise awareness about them. Röskva thinks that the Student Council should be political and try to work with politicians and other organisations to fight for the interests of students.
Organization
Röskva currently has 18 representatives at the Student Council of UI, where one of them has a seat in the University Council which is the highest decision-making authority in the University. Röskva also has 5 representatives in the University Congress, which is the regular venue where the future is discussed. The board members of Röskva are 11. Current chair of Röskva is Guðjón Björn Guðbjartsson.