Rakel Anna Boulter was elected the new President of the Student Council of the University of Iceland (SHÍ) on April 19th. The election took place at a special election meeting of the council held online. The new Rights Office and the newly elected Student Council will formally take office after the exchange meeting in May.

Rakel Anna will graduate with a Bachelor degree in Comparative literature from the University of Iceland in June 2023. Alongside her studies, she has worked as a ranger at Vatnajökull National Park and Þingvellir national park, and at the office of the Environmental agency. Rakel also graduated from Menntaskólinn á Akureyri in 2019.

Last year, Rakel was the President of the School Council of the School of Humanities and a member of the Board of the Student Council and the Board of the School of Humanities. Rakel has also served as a student representative on the University Council’s Academic Affairs Committee. She has also been on the board of the Ranger association (Landvarðafélagið) for two years.

“The Student Council has been on a good journey in recent years and I am excited to lead that work forward. There are major issues on the agenda of the Ministry of Higher Education where the voice of students must be heard, such as the review of the education fund and the review of the universities’ funding model. There are interesting times ahead in the university community, which will undoubtedly undergo drastic changes because of artificial intelligence. This includes various challenges, but no less an opportunity to change and improve teaching methods and increase the quality of education” says Rakel Anna.

At the election meeting, the following representatives were also elected to the Student Rights Office:

Vice President: Dagmar Óladóttir

Interest representative: Rannveig Klara Guðmundsdóttir

Student Loan Representative: Gísli Laufeyjarson Höskuldsson

 

From left: Rakel Anna, Dagmar, Gísli, Rannveig.