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Peter Breedveld

1 November 2024

VU wants to make difficult choices in tandem with staff council

VU Amsterdam will cut its budget significantly in 2025, but what exactly will be affected remains unknown. That there will be layoffs and that the quality of education will suffer, seems virtually guaranteed.
4 October 2024

Ad Valvas defaced with anti-Semitic texts

Numerous copies of the latest issue of Ad Valvas have been defaced with texts such as ‘Fuck Israel’, ‘Fuck Zionism’ and ‘Stop supporting genocide’. The defacers have consistently targeted the interview with three Jewish students in that issue, in some…
27 September 2024

Eindhoven university magazine is now officially independent

Following a great deal of commotion about censorship, Eindhoven University of Technology news platform Cursor now has a new editorial statute. The Executive Board acknowledges the editorial team’s independence. The platform is “not a public relations vehicle”.
16 September 2024

New Jewish student association prefers low profile

A new Jewish student body, the Jewish Student Association, aims to create a campus space where Jews can feel secure and express themselves freely.
4 September 2024

Higher education graduates more likely to be organ donors

People with a higher education degree are more likely to be registered as organ donors, according to new figures from Statistics Netherlands.
4 June 2024

VU Amsterdam now faces budget cut of 60 million

The incoming Dutch government is pushing VU Amsterdam into a major financial setback. Forced layoffs seem unavoidable.
13 May 2024

‘Lefty hobbies’ divide consultative meeting

Emotions ran so high at a recent meeting of the Executive Board with the student and staff councils that it had to be suspended. ‘Not everyone has the patience for consultative procedures.’
25 April 2024

ChangeVU and VSP win Student Council elections

New parties ChangeVU and VSP have won the Student Council elections, with the traditionally dominant SRVU losing heavily. But there is disquiet over the campaign conducted by the right-wing VSP.
22 April 2024

‘We want the heart of VU Amsterdam to be safe’ 

If it’s up to the Executive Board, the faculties of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Religion and Theology will merge into one large faculty. ‘Such a faculty will have a greater impact.’ 
18 April 2024

Decolonising means tearing down the university 

Decolonising mainly means unlearning a lot of things, a gathering on decolonisation in debating centre 3D revealed. ‘It’s a joyous journey.’ 
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