UI students are involved in numerous projects to raise public awareness of science and research at the University. Below are just a few of the larger projects.
Ástráður is an association for sex education and preventive action run by medical students at the University of Iceland.
Every year Ástráður visits all upper secondary schools in Iceland to talk to first-year students about sex, sexual health, and communication.
Emphasis is placed on educating students about STDs, contraception and abortion.
The Faculty of Odontology runs a public dental clinic where student dentists provide treatments supervised by their instructors in clinical teaching facilities.
Services are available during term time, from mid-August until November and from early January until mid-April.
Orator, the law student organisation at the University of Iceland, runs a chatline for free legal advice for the general public on Thursday nights.
Master's students at the Faculty of Law, under the supervision of practising lawyers, offer advice and answer questions.
The service is available from the beginning of September until November and from early January until mid-April.
- Thursday evenings 7:30 - 10 pm
- Phone: +354 551 1012
The chatline has been running for many years and was, for example, awarded the Community Prize - Samfélagsverðlaun - of the Icelandic newspaper Fréttablaðið.
Information on Orator, in Icelandic can be found on the organisation's website, Orator.is.
The Clinic is designed to train graduate psychology students in clinical work. Psychology students provide psychological services to UI students and their children, under the professional guidance of certified psychologists.
UI students can access cognitive behavioural therapy for various disorders and the children of UI students can get behaviour counselling and anxiety treatment. Fees are low.
The Clinic is run by the UI Faculty of Psychology
More information on the service, including fees and how to book an appointment.
Students at the Fauculty of Social Work offer counselling for UI students and their families, including:
- Financial advice
- Family counselling
- Advice on balancing studies and family responsibilities
- Advice on people's rights within the social system
- Communication advice
- Parenting advice
The Student Social Work project is designed equally to train students as they study to become qualified social workers and to offer UI students support in challenges they face in their lives. The service is free of charge and available at Aragata 9.
Students can book an appointment with Student Social Work in Ugla, the University intraweb, or send their questions by email to felradgjof@hi.is.
The Public Health Organisation of Medical Students (Lýðheilsufélag læknanema) has organised events for the past few years where preschool children, aged 3-6, can visit the hospital with their sick or injured teddies and toys.
The goal of the project is to:
- Prevent children from developing a fear of doctors, healthcare professionals and the hospital environment;
- Give medical students an early opportunity to practice interacting with children as part of their work.