UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15
REYKJAVÍK 2024
GLAÐVAKANDI
The battle for Vatnsmýri What everyone knew was confirmed when the University of Iceland defeated hr on the HÍ-hr day.
Vaka Saves You Half a Million!
Kjartan Leifur Sigurðsson Board member Let’s say a student at the University of Iceland goes to the Student Cellar twice a week and drinks twenty Lite beers each time. Let’s also say that every time they accidentally wear the wrong pants,
leave their student ID at home, and therefore don’t get the student discount on beer that would have been available with a valid ID. If we calculate this over an entire year, it’s clear that they could have saved themselves 499,200 ISK, had they remembered to bring their student ID along. That’s a significant amount of money, especially in times of high interest rates and inflation. If this student continues this
habit, they’re in serious luck, given the latest news. The fact is, the majority of Vaka representatives on the Student Council have now made it possible for student IDs to be accessible in the Aur app. This student no longer needs to worry about wearing the right pants or carrying their wallet to the Cellar and can save themselves this near half-million ISK—and maybe even buy themselves something nice.
Vaka simply works
Vaka has always strived to make small improvements that genuinely enhance students’ everyday lives. Making student IDs accessible on students’ phones is a solid step in this direction, and we’re certainly not done yet. We’ll continue to push for small and large steps alike to make student life more comfortable, because Vaka simply works!