The council monitors issues relating to the requirements of the Discrimination Act to work actively as an education provider and as the accountable authority for education in relation to the Work Environment Act.

The council provides support for the university (Faculties and student support activities) so that preventive work can take place in the following areas:

• Admission and recruitment
• Examinations and assessments
• Study environment
• Studies and parenting
• Forms of education and organisation (Discrimination Act 2008:567)

The council also participates as a referral body for, for example, revised routines, action plans, and the design of student surveys that, for example, concern issues of discrimination, as well as responds to external requests for comment.

Members

The composition of the council consists of ten members:

• Director of Student Centre Lena Tyrén (Chair and Convener)
• Student Chief Safety Representative: Robert Näsström, Student Union of Borås
• Student Safety Representative: Natascha Dybeck, Student Union of Borås
• Safety Representative: Agnes Andersson Wänström
• Representative from the Student Centre: Helene Nilsson
• Representative from the University Library: Johanna Persson
• Representative from the Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business: Pia Mouwitz
• Representative from the Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare: Vacant
• Representative from the Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT: Malin Utter
• Representative of the Faculty of Police Work: Therese Bäckman

The council may include additional representatives as necessary.

Meeting times in 2024

The Study Environment Council meets 13:00–14:00 on the following occasions.

• January 18
  

  On the agenda: Student Ombudsman, feedback on matters in autumn 2023. Student health feedback on cases in autumn 2023.
  

• February 29
  

  On the agenda: Course reports, how do the programs work with course reports and how do the students get feedback?
  What impressions do we take with us from this sping`s introductory efforts? 

• May 2
• 22 August
• October 10
• December 5

Meeting times in 2023

The Study Environment Council meets 13:00–14:00 on the following occasions.

• Januari 26
  

  On the agenda: Student ombudsman, feedback on the assignment and matters in autumn 2022. Annual report of the Study Environment Council 2022, meeting agenda for 2023.

• Februari 23 

  On the agenda: The students' work environment, the Work Environment Act

• April 20 - cancelled
• September 28
  

  On the agenda: Student Ombudsman, feedback on matters spring 2023. Follow-up and experiences from the Introduction.

• November 9
  

  On the agenda:Review of the Discrimination Act, the Student Barometer and discussion of a "case".

• November 30

   

   On the agenda: work on annual report 2023, planning content 2024

Meeting times in 2022

The Study Environment Council meets 13:00–14:00 on the following occasions.

• 21 April

  On the agenda: Background and assignments for the Study Environment Council, Plan for being an organisation free from discrimination, and Student Ombudsman

• 18 August

  On the agenda: The role of Student Ombudsman, Student Union, Goals for being an organisation free from discrimination, Project "A good study start," Project "Development of collaborative learning through PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions)”

• 29 September

  On the agenda: The Student Barometers, focus on issues related to discrimination, and the students' study environment.
  How do the Faculties/departments work with study environment issues and what routines exist.

• 10 November

  On the agenda: Before the meeting, the participants were tasked with thinking about how the study environment work works and what the university needs to work on in the coming years in order to live up to the requirements of the legislation - both regarding the discrimination act and the work environment legislation.

• 8 December

  On the agenda: Compilation of the annual report

Annual report Study Environment Council 2023 (Reg. no. 1039-22)

Annual report Study Environment Council 2024 (Reg. no. 976-23)

Term of office of the council: 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2024.

Decision on the establishment of the Study Environment Council: (Reg. no. 786-21)