Emma Sprangers, Author at Ad Valvas

28 May 2025

Overwhelmed by global suffering

Anxiety, shame, guilt, powerlessness. These are some of the emotions students experience when seeing distressing news or materials in class. How do you acknowledge these feelings, and what do you do about it?

22 May 2025

Applying business skills where they matter

International Business Administration students rolled up their sleeves to try and help out a farm for undocumented migrants. ‘It’s not all about making money and getting rich.’

22 May 2025

Bach versus bot: who strikes the right chord?

Can music generated by AI evoke the same emotions as music composed by humans? “Music has always been able to manipulate our mood.”

15 May 2025

Student union launches new police violence hotline

The police shouldn’t be allowed to use violence when removing protesters from campus, says the Dutch Student Union (LSVb), which is launching a hotline. University administrators believe they’re sometimes forced to call in the police.

8 May 2025

Row hard, play hard

Jannes van der Geest is chair of rowing association R.S.V.U. ‘Okeanos’ and hopes to connect the top-level rowers with the less competitive members.

8 May 2025

‘Cybersecurity law will adversely affect education’

Higher education institutions are taking a stand against the government’s plan to include them in its new cyber security law. They argue that this approach will have an adverse effect on security and cost the taxpayer dearly.

9 April 2025

Senate backs education cuts, universities to take legal action

The Senate has voted to back the government’s cutbacks to education and research. Doubts about the legality of some of the cuts were not enough to stall the budget. The universities now plan to take their case to court.

9 April 2025

‘Pay rises should go to those who earn less’

In times of austerity, professors don’t need the biggest pay rises. The most significant salary increases should go to people on lower pay scales, says Laura Batstra, an adjunct professor based in Groningen. She started a petition that’s been signed…

6 March 2025

Uilenstede residents chase down package thieves

A portable monitor, Shein clothes, a surprise gift from a friend – these and many more packages were delivered to Uilenstede but never reached their recipients.

5 March 2025

Pop-up café serves coffee and teaches sign language

At the pop-up ‘Sign and Sip Café’ in the VU main building on Wednesday, participants could get free snacks and coffee at the stand, as long as they asked for them using sign language.

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