Peter Breedveld, Author at Ad Valvas

12 December 2025

VU appeals mediation-fee ruling for international students

VU has been ordered by a court to repay the mediation fees it charged five international students for arranging housing. “It’s a service for those students, and if this is how it has to be, we’ll simply stop doing it,”…

5 December 2025

‘Closure of VUmc is not on the agenda’

‘The closure of the VUmc location is not on the agenda,’ a spokesperson for Amsterdam UMC said in response to an article on the website Follow the Money.

27 November 2025

VU is creating Center for Defence and Resilient Society

No weaponry will be developed on the VU campus, but the Ministry of Defence will nonetheless become more visible on campus. VU Amsterdam wants to strengthen the collaboration in order to generate additional income.

20 November 2025

Earth Sciences to remain, in part due to commitments from ‘field partners’

Thanks in part to the commitments of several external organizations, VU Amsterdam can spare Earth Sciences. There are quite a few conditions attached, and the threat of layoffs has not disappeared.

7 October 2025

VU staff often feel unsafe because of students

Many employees who feel unsafe say it is because of students. Often, this is related to Gaza and sexism.

7 October 2025

SRVU no longer allowed to manage Studentendok

Due to a number of violent incidents during the student council elections and to meetings of VU for Palestine, members of the participation council say, SRVU is no longer allowed to manage the workspace and meeting area for student organizations.

24 September 2025

Dangerous books in the university library

From Harry Potter to the Quran, the newly openend Banned Books collection of the VU Library contains books that for some reason or other are banned by institutions and governments all over the world.

21 August 2025

Welcome to the woke university!

How woke is VU Amsterdam really? Well, pretty woke, we can tell you. On the basis of 13 locations at the campus we prove that VU Amsterdam is working hard to create a society in which everyone has equal opportunities,…

26 June 2025

‘My mom doesn’t want me to fight for Palestinian rights’

VU for Palestine is fighting for justice for the Palestinian people, but not everybody takes kindly to the way they do it. ‘I would say that 80 to 90 percent supports our actions.’