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Emma Sprangers

16 November 2022

‘The violence won’t stop me from being happy’

A Dutch boyfriend, an apartment of their own, competed study programs but also still many worries about their home country: how are the Ukrainian students doing that came to VU six months ago?
27 October 2022

‘It’s not scary to go to these borrels’

As co-founder and departing chair of FAM Maricristy Foglia wants to offer a community for diverse students.
18 May 2022

‘I want to represent minorities in the council’

With her independent party Light Storm, first-year student Valerie Delauney Felipe (19) hopes to take the paralyzing emphasis off of getting good grades and represent the black and female community.
12 May 2022

From Kyiv to Amsterdam: ‘My brain is working overtime’

LONGREAD – They fled Kyiv in order to finish their study programmes in peace. But is that even possible while the safety of your family and the future of your home country is uncertain? How are the Ukrainian students that…
7 April 2022

‘It’s definitely a puzzle’

LONGREAD – The Ukrainian students that VU lecturer Kilian Wawoe is bringing to VU Amsterdam need permanent housing as they finish their studies. Two of his Psychology students are now coordinating the search.
25 March 2022

‘I didn’t think people would be as welcoming as they are’

LONGREAD – At home in Kyiv, Taisiia Kosenok could do nothing more than scroll through news about the war on her bed all day. Until a letter from her university gave a way out, as VU lecturer Kilian Wawoe offered…
31 August 2021

‘I did not feel very heard’

It took master student and student assistant at debate center 3D Nehal Saba (22) quite some time to settle in last year. The Palestinian student lived in Romania until moving to the UK in 2017.
29 April 2021

‘Everything has become a bit monotone’

Marcel Nollen, VU Executive Board, opened the conversation for students and employees to see how they are coping with the coronavirus crisis. Special focus for this Freedom in Lockdown-event was on the Ramadan. After a musical introduction by a violin…
24 March 2021

Attending a lecture should not be like watching TV

Active learning puts an end to students listening to lectures slumped down in their seats. Which is good, because the more you can get them to participate, the more they will learn. So how do you get students to join…
20 November 2020

We shouldn’t waste students’ years of brilliance

LONGREAD – Honours students in the Department of Informatics have been given the opportunity to lead a research project to earn credits. To date, more than ten students have taken the plunge.
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