VU SR process renewal ​

Consultation process ​

VU SR consulting is a centralized VU SR consulting system for consultations of Vilnius University students on academic, social, self-expression opportunities at the University, LSIC and other issues. The program operates under the guidance of VU SR's consulting manager(s) and a consulting group consisting of volunteer students(s) studying at Vilnius University, who have passed the VU SR basic socio-academic knowledge test and have expressed their motivation to act in a consulting group.

VU SR Consulting Group, which started its activities on 1st of January 2022, currently responded to more than 750 student inquiries by e-mail, communication platform tawk.to and mobile. At present, satisfaction with VU SR consulting has been assessed almost 500 times, 97 percent. consultation of community members with the highest rating.

The VU SR Consulting Group consists of:

• Lijana Savickienė (Head of Consulting Group, VU KnF)
• Ernestas Basovas (consultant, VU KnF)
• Kaspar Japert (consultant, VU GMC)
• Markas Kazlauskas (consultant, VU CHGF)
• Raminta Klimaitė (consultant, VU KnF)
• Neda Rasimavičiūtė (consultant, VU IF)
• Livija Trakelytė (consultant, VU TSPMI)

Development of VU SR Strategic Plan 2022-2025 ​

This year, VU SR's Strategic Action Plan for the period 2019-2022 expires. For this reason, we reviewed and prepared an updated draft of strategic action plan for 2022-2025 in the organization. Different units of the organization and their members were involved in the process, and the draft of the new strategic action plan created by designing possible visions for the future, was submitted to the VU SR Parliament.

Culture of self-reflection ​

This year, new processes have been created in the organization, and one of them is the introduction of self-reflection culture. In order to improve in one's field and to see if the goals set have already been achieved (or perhaps are still being pursued), it is necessary to reflect. It is during self-reflections that the opportunity is given not only to evaluate yourself and your development process, but also to help yourself to move on. The above-mentioned tool is divided into two parts: questions are designed to evaluate yourself every few months in the organization and everyday questions that allow you to reflect on the activities of the day and provide an opportunity to improve on a daily basis.

The path of the member ​

In recent years, the membership path of the organization has been reviewed, and this year a concept was adopted based on more effective member engagement, the equal inclusion of curators, student representatives, programs, clubs, projects and long-term members in the ongoing processes on the basis of a culture of self-reflection. The aim of this concept is to pay more attention to the individual empowerment and involvement of each member in the organized activities. For each group of members (first members, curators, representatives of the SPC, long-term members) a specific concept of the membership path has been developed, taking into account the specifics of their work, the level of experience and competences.