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Die Wahlzeitung

Last Tuesday, the Student Parliament (StuPa) met again. Below we present the most important topics and resolutions of the StuPa meeting.

Amendment of the Contribution Regulations

The StuPa has decided to change the student fee. This concerns the part of the semester fee that includes the Germany semester ticket, the contribution for the student body and various services (e.g. Nextbike, Theaterflat, university sports, etc.).

The biggest increase concerns the semester ticket. As this is linked to the price of the regular Deutschlandticket, the contribution will rise from €176.40 to €208.80. Furthermore, the contribution to student self-administration without student councils had to be increased from €6.50 to €8.00 in order to compensate for funding shortfalls. Due to the reduced reserves of the student body, a contribution of €1.50 was also requested to finance the relief fund.

The university sports fee will increase from €0.75 to €1.00. In return, students will have access to a free weekend offer. The cost of using the MetropolRadRuhr service will increase by €0.25 to €2.00.

The contributions for the self-administration of the student councils (€1.28), the Theater-flat (€1.50), the university radio station ElDoradio (€0.25) and the city and state library (€0.15) remain the same.

The total amount has thus risen from €178.58 to €224.88.

You can find information on using the above services and on hardship applications for students who absolutely cannot afford the student fee here:
Service
Case of Hardship Balance

Working Group Against Extension of Deregistration Deadlines for Examinations

In some faculties there is a tendency to bring forward the cancellation deadline for written examinations from one day to seven days before the examination date.

So far, this postponement has only occurred in the Department of Computer Science; however, it looks like other faculties could follow suit. In order to take joint action against the postponement, some students have agreed to set up a working group. We will inform you about future meetings here or on Instagram: @astatudortmund

Social Counseling is cancelled on 23th April 2025

The General Student Committee (AStA) is offering a permanent position as a web/system administrator as of 1st June 2025

The work of the web/system administrator essentially includes the following services

• Administration of student body websites (AStA, StuPa)
• Supporting the student councils in IT matters
• Administration of the student body’s web servers (Ubuntu, KVM virtualization)
• Cooperation with the ITMC
• Implementation of business processes with Imixs-Office-Workflow

Prerequisites are:

• Experience with CMS systems (e.g. WordPress, Joomla, TYPO3)
• Basic knowledge in the administration of web servers (Linux)
• Knowledge of PHP, MySQL, Apache
• Good knowledge of HTML, CSS
• Initial knowledge of DNS administration
• Basic knowledge of virtualization desired, handling KVM can be learned

Desirable are:

• Experience in dealing with Docker and Docker Compose
• Experience in the administration of the Zammad ticket system
• Experience in the digitization of business processes

The working hours are 10 hours per week. 6 of these hours are permanent. The other 4 hours are limited to one year and relate to the digitization project for the AStA. The digitization project has been extended annually since 2023. The salary is based on the collective agreement of the federal states with pay group 5. The hourly wage is currently €17.83 (with TVL-E5 in Level 1).

Your application should include a few words about yourself and your qualifications. Send your documents by 09.05.2025 including CV, e-mail address and telephone number to our managing director Lisa: lmauve@asta.tu-dortmund.de.

People with disabilities, PoC or a history of migration will be given preferential consideration for recruitment if they have the same personal and professional qualifications. In accordance with the NRW State Equal Opportunities Act, women will be given preference if they have the same qualifications.

TO EVERYONE who had a MAILING LIST with the AStA:

During an update of the mail server there were problems, so unfortunately all mailing lists were lost. We are now taking the opportunity to get rid of old, unused mailing lists.

This means: ALL THOSE WHO HAD A MAILING LIST AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT AGAIN, please contact the mail address admin@asta.tu-dortmund.de and let us know what your new mailing list should be called or what the old mailing list was called.

The mailing lists had the pattern abc@asta.tu-dortmund.de.

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TO ALL members of the mailing lists:

The people who were members of a mailing list have to subscribe to the mailing list again.

The Tenant Consultation Service is cancelled on Wednesday 9th of April 2025!

Consulting Hours for Questions Concerning Studies and Exams will be cancelled from 25th to 28th March 2025

Social Counseling is cancelled on Wednesday 19th March 2025!

Joint demand by student representatives in NRW: The Deutschlandticket must stay!

Dortmund, 2025 March 17 – After the first price increase of almost 20%, the Deutschlandticket is in danger of becoming even more expensive or even disappearing. The federal and state governments as well as the political parties disagree on the long-term financing of the ticket. The CDU/CSU in particular is calling for the offer to be phased out. This would have massive consequences for students, who currently receive access to the Deutschlandticket through their semester contribution. If the ticket were to be discontinued, students would have to switch to less affordable fares, which would lead to a sharp increase in costs.

The student representatives of the Landes-ASten-Treffen NRW (LAT) therefore demand: The Deutschlandticket must stay!

Further information and the complete press release can be found here: The Deutschlandticket must stay!