After Lengthy Negotiations: No Nationwide Semester Ticket – Framework Conditions Not Feasible

🗓 12. February 2025

The VS Council of the Hochschule der Medien decided on February 5, 2025, not to introduce the nationwide semester ticket under the full solidarity model. Despite the initial approval for its introduction in March 2024, further negotiations revealed that implementation under the given conditions was not feasible. The decision is based on two key factors: significant organizational challenges and economic considerations that make the model unattractive for many students.

In this article, we explain the background of the decision, the key arguments, and our stance on student mobility. We call for a sustainable solution at the state or federal level that does not place the responsibility for such a ticket solely on student bodies.

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VS General Assembly WS 24

🗓 5. November 2024

We would like to invite you to the VS General Assembly. This semester the General Assembly will take place only in presence.

📅 Tuesday, November 12th

⏰ 11:45 – 13:15

📍 i003 (Audimax)

The General Assembly is a great opportunity to get an insight into the work of the VS, meet important contact points and find out the latest news (e.g. status of the Semesterticket). Our various initiatives will also be presented there 💡.

Everyone should have the opportunity to attend the General Assembly. If there are any problems, please contact us!

We look forward to seeing you at the General Assembly!👀

P.S.: We still have First–semester–bags left which will be distributed to the first to arrive! 😉!

Nationwide Semester Ticket

🗓 19. December 2023

From summer semester 2024, all students will be able to purchase a discounted Deutschlandticket for €29.40 per month.

Sounds great, right? unfortunately there’s a catch:

This ticket will only be available on a full solidarity model. This means that all students at the university will receive this ticket and therefore have to pay a higher semester contribution.

That’s why we as a student body have to decide whether we want to introduce this ticket at the HdM.

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Kükennacht WS 2023/2024

🗓 27. November 2023

Hold on tight! The legendary Kükennacht is back and we’re celebrating together at Club Proton.
The party of the semester starts in December, exclusively for you!

When: Thursday, December 07, 2023, 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
Where: Club Proton

Get your tickets directly during the lunch break from November, 29 to December 01 at the VS office for 5,- €.
For our first-year students, the exclusive advance sale starts on November 27 and November 28, 2023.
Please bring your student ID with you!

Get ready for a night full of beats, fun and unforgettable moments!

See you on the dance floor 🧡

General Assembly WS 2023/2024

🗓 8. November 2023

Your elected council members introduce themselves!

The General Assembly is the event where you can find out everything about the Student Council and get to know the most important contact persons.

At this event, we will give you a deeper insight into the work of the VS and explain in detail what the VS is, how you can get involved, what offers we provide for you and what current topics we are currently dealing with. The whole thing will take place as a hybrid event and will also be streamed live.

When: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Time: 11:45 am to approx. 1:15 pm
Where: Room i003 (Audimax) or live stream (vs-hdm.de/vollversammlung)

We look forward to you and your questions!

200€ one-time payment for all students: too complicated, too little, too late

🗓 15. March 2023

Last September, the coalition government agreed to a one-time payment for students. Since December, the Students’ Energy Price Allowance Act has been in effect, but except for a few students in a trial phase, the vast majority of students cannot access the money or apply for it. Six months after the decision to provide this relief payment, millions of students are still waiting for their one-time payment of over €200.

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Affordable bus and train tickets for everyone – including students from 27 years!

🗓 17. February 2023

From March, the new BW Youth Ticket will be available for €365. That’s great and, in our view, a small and long overdue step toward a climate- and socially just mobility turnaround.

The problem: The ticket is only valid up to and including the age of 26. In addition, the current Studiticket is expected to expire at the end of August 2023. Students aged 27 and over will therefore be without a suitable Studiticket from September. This threatens to significantly increase their costs for bus and rail, because the next “cheapest” option would then be the Deutschlandticket for €49 per month.

From our view this is – above all – a discrimination of older fellow students because of their age!

Since attempts by student representatives to remove the age limit unfortunately remained unsuccessful until the end, we are now taking matters into our own hands: Together with Stuttgart branches and political youth groups, we have formulated an open letter. In it, we call on the city of Stuttgart and the city council to create an opportunity for students over the age of 27 to use public transportation for a maximum of €1 per day. You can find the whole letter under this link. You can also find more info in our Instapost (English details in the description).

In the letter we emphasize that this can only be the beginning: In perspective, a climate and socially just mobility transition can only succeed if students, pupils, trainees, volunteers and people with low or no income can ride buses and trains for free.

We will continue to put pressure on this matter!