Student Union of the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
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Student Union of the Norwegian School of Economics or NHHS is the student union
of the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen
, Norway
. All students at the school are members of NHHS, which is divided into 28 groups with another 37 associated groups.
The student union is among the most active in the country, and also among the wealthiest. The most prominent activities are the two biannual events UKEN, a festival, and NHH Symposiet
, a business conference. Both provide large revenue that finance the rest of the student activities, even though Uken in 2006 lost larges sums of money. It also publishes the biweekly newspaper K7 Bulletin. NHHS is led by an executive board with eight members, and in 2010 chairman is Cilia Holmes Indahl.
Students' union
A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...
of the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen
Bergen
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, Norway
Norway
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. All students at the school are members of NHHS, which is divided into 28 groups with another 37 associated groups.
The student union is among the most active in the country, and also among the wealthiest. The most prominent activities are the two biannual events UKEN, a festival, and NHH Symposiet
NHH-Symposium
The NHH-Symposium is Europe's second largest student driven business conference.The conference, which is hosted by approximately 300 students at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, is held biannually in Bergen, Norway....
, a business conference. Both provide large revenue that finance the rest of the student activities, even though Uken in 2006 lost larges sums of money. It also publishes the biweekly newspaper K7 Bulletin. NHHS is led by an executive board with eight members, and in 2010 chairman is Cilia Holmes Indahl.
Subordinate groups
- Accounting Committee
- AIESEC NHHAIESECAIESEC is a global youth organisation that develops leadership capabilities through their internal leadership programmes and engaging students and graduates in international student exchange and internship programmes for profit and non-profit organisations. Its international office is in...
- The local committee of AIESEC at NHH is one of the original seven founding committees. AIESEC is the world's largest student-run organization focusing on leadership development and exchange of interships. - Bachelor panel takes care of the interests of Bachelor studentsBachelor's degreeA bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
. - Backline
- Board of Representatives
- Business Committee is the main link between students at the NHH and employers worldwide. They establish contact between companies looking to recruit and students looking for jobs, and provide all the necessary services needed by both parties.
- Cabin Committee - In addition to the on-campus facilities at NHH, NHHS also owns the cabin Kramboden in the mountains south west of Bergen. Many of the clubs and societies within NHHS organize trips to Kramboden and students can rent the cabin themselves for a reasonable price.
- CEMS panel takes care of the interests of the CEMS studentsCEMSCEMS may refer to:*Capillary electrophoresis–mass spectrometry*CEMS - Global Alliance in Management Education*Rochester Area Colleges Center for Excellence in Math and Science*Continuous emissions monitoring system...
. - Club- and Culture Committee is responsible for running the club at the institute of extracurricular activities.
- Executive Board consists of seven members who coordinate activities in NHHS.
- Foto NHHS is the student association's photo group
- Global Economic Perspectives focuses on the consequences of global economic activity. GEP has no political affiliation. The group's main focus is to arrange a one-day student conference around a topic related to global economic perspectives.
- Grafisk NHHS
- NHHI - NHH also has school teams in several sports, including badminton, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, volleyball, handball, golf, indoor bandy and diving
- Info Committee
- it.group
- K7 Bulletin is the school newspaper and is printed every two weeks.
- K7-minutter - NHHS has its own TV news program, K7 Minutter [5] and a wide variety of groups cover various sports, economics and business topics, music and other interests
- Market Committee
- Master panel takes care of the interests of Master students.
- MiB Council - All MSc in International Business students are automatically members of the MiB Council, which organises social events and activities to help the International Business students get to know each other better, to involve them with the local business community and to raise the profile of the students overseas. The MiB Council organises the MiB Forum for Norwegian businesses every autumn semester.
- NHH Aid is the student group for humanitarian work. The students collect money and work to raise awareness regarding the poor living conditions in third world countries.
- NHH Symposiet - The largest event held by NHHS for the business community is Symposiet, a visionary biennial conference at which leading executives, researchers and students from Norway and abroad participate.
- NHHS Consulting
- Stafkom - The goal is to beat BI (the Norwegian School of ManagementNorwegian School of ManagementBI Norwegian Business School former name BI Norwegian School of Management is the largest business school in Norway and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total 6 campuses with the main one located in Oslo.-History:...
) in the annual relay raceRelay raceDuring a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games...
between Bergen and OsloOsloOslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
. It takes place at the end of the spring semester, lasts for 2-3 days, and ends with a grand banquet at either BI or NHH. - Technical Committee
- UKEN - Every two years NHHS organises a three week music festival called UKEN. The origins of UKEN date back to 1946 when the students at NHH organised the first studenteruken or students' week. After 1980 UKEN developed into a much broader event and it has now grown into the second largest festival in Western Norway.
Associated groups
These groups are associated to NHHS since they operate exclusively at NHH, but are not subordinate since they often represent minority interests or belong to other organizations.- Amnesty NHHAmnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
- local chapter of Amnesty International - Big Business Band - big bandBig bandA big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
- C$F Bjørgviin Superieure Afdeling - local chapter of C$F
- Derivative Group - group that works with derivativesDerivative (finance)A derivative instrument is a contract between two parties that specifies conditions—in particular, dates and the resulting values of the underlying variables—under which payments, or payoffs, are to be made between the parties.Under U.S...
- Direksjonsmusikken - brass bandBrass bandA brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands , but are usually more correctly termed military bands, concert...
- Det Liberale SelskabYouth of the Progress Party (Norway)The Progress Party’s Youth , is the youth wing of the Norwegian political party the Progress Party. It is generally more libertarian than the Progress Party itself, both with regards to economics and politics in general...
- local chapter of Youth of the Progress PartyYouth of the Progress Party (Norway)The Progress Party’s Youth , is the youth wing of the Norwegian political party the Progress Party. It is generally more libertarian than the Progress Party itself, both with regards to economics and politics in general... - Extravadance - dance group
- Finansgruppen - group that works with finance
- Handelsgruppen - group that works with trade
- Høyres studentforeningNorwegian Young ConservativesNorwegian Young Conservatives is a Norwegian youth party. Its ideology is liberal conservatism, and the party is in many ways more liberal than its mother party, Conservative Party of Norway. Henrik Asheim succeeded Torbjørn Røe Isaksen as leader in 2008.- Leaders :...
- local chapter of Norwegian Young ConservativesNorwegian Young ConservativesNorwegian Young Conservatives is a Norwegian youth party. Its ideology is liberal conservatism, and the party is in many ways more liberal than its mother party, Conservative Party of Norway. Henrik Asheim succeeded Torbjørn Røe Isaksen as leader in 2008.- Leaders :...
. - International Business
- Lehmkuhl Invest AS - A student shared investment company.
- Le Coq Economique - French cultural group
- Lokmotiv NHH
- Lumicus
- Lurken
- Navigatørene - Christian association
- NHH Crew
- NHH Design
- NHH Lacrosse
- NHHS Ekspedisjon - travel expedition group
- NHHS Energi - group that works with energy
- Chateau de NHHS - wine club
- NHH Økohjelp
- Optimum - choir
- Sangria - choir
- SiviløkonomeneSiviløkonomeneSiviløkonomene is a Norwegian trade union for business administrators. With 16,000 members and affiliation with the Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations, it only accepts people with a master's level education in business administration, or the siviløkonom degree.-History:The union was...
- labour union for business managers - Start NHH - entrepreneurship group
- STG - shipping and transport group
- Svæveru' - choir
- ØVL