Student Life & Wellbeing

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Investing in Your Future

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Limitless Learning

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Student Life & Wellbeing 🍊 Investing in Your Future 🍊 Limitless Learning 🍊

Student Life & Wellbeing

University life is about more than lectures — it's about connection, personal growth, and being part of a vibrant student community. SOG fights to make active student life accessible for everyone, by supporting associations, promoting mental health, improving social safety, and fighting financial barriers that keep students from participating fully.

  • Student organisations are the heart of Groningen’s active student culture. SOG is committed to supporting associations through better promotion, and accessible funding, so that all students can find their place outside the lecture hall.

  • The rising cost of living should not force students to choose between survival and participation. SOG pushes for better financial support for active students, fair grants, and subsidies to make student life accessible to everyone.

  • Everyone deserves to feel safe at university and within associations. SOG fights for a more transparent complaint system, better mental health support, and stronger social safety policies across faculties and organisations.

  • Good mental health is key to academic and personal success. SOG advocates for better access to mental health services, visible support structures like confidential advisors, and university-wide training on boundaries and consent.

Investing in your future

Your time at university is an investment — in yourself, your skills, and your future career. SOG works to bridge the gap between studies and life after graduation, making sure that personal development, professional growth, and recognition for extracurricular achievements are at the heart of the RUG experience.

  • University is more than academic achievement — it’s about personal growth. SOG supports flexible study policies and official recognition of board work and extracurricular activities that help students build life skills for the future.

  • Students should feel prepared for life after university. SOG wants to strengthen the connection between RUG and the job market by centralising career events, improving visibility of opportunities, and promoting career-readiness initiatives.

  • Board years and committee work teach leadership, teamwork, and management skills. SOG believes the university should formally recognise these contributions with minors, financial support, and diploma supplements that value active student life.

Limitless Learning

Learning shouldn't stop at the classroom door. SOG stands for a flexible, inclusive, and future-proof university where students can combine their studies with work, leadership, and innovation. From tackling Big Tech dependency to improving study spaces and sustainability, we work towards a university without limits.

  • The UG must be ready for the future. SOG champions responsible internationalisation, smarter use of AI, sustainable practices, and digital independence from Big Tech, ensuring the university adapts without compromising its core values.

  • Every student deserves a quiet place to study and easy access to resources. SOG pushes for more study spaces, better UB seat reservation systems, improved accessibility features, and stress-free onboarding for new students.

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