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26 April 2024
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Peter Breedveld

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.’ 
27 March 2024

‘Israel is going to kill you all!’

The Shoah casts its shadow over the Gaza debate, the second teach-in about Gaza made clear. ‘Zionism needs antisemitism.’
18 March 2024

Call for VU boycott at meeting about Israel boycott 

‘Administrators are cowards, always afraid of scandals and lawsuits’, said Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti yesterday, at the first teach-in about Gaza ever since VU Amsterdam let go of the reins two weeks ago. He therefore called for VU Amsterdam to…
7 March 2024

Teach-in about Israel-boycott features Palestinian activist

At the first teach-in involving Gaza – since VU Amsterdam changed its policy – speakers will discuss an academic boycott of Israel.
7 March 2024

SRVU endorses BDS movement after long debate

Student union SRVU passed a motion yesterday to endorse the BDS-movement against Israel. Not everyone within the union is happy with that. ‘We’re endangering our relations.’
1 March 2024

VU permits Gaza gatherings, but no longer tolerates spontaneous actions

VU Amsterdam is taking a long time to make up its mind about permitting Gaza debates on campus, the staff council thinks. But the threshold for organising such gatherings has just been lowered by VU Amsterdam. It will, however, come…
26 January 2024

‘VU professor was not reprimanded and is not being warded’

VU professor Younes Saramifar was not punished by VU Amsterdam and there’s nothing wrong with having political stances in the lecture hall, says rector Jeroen Geurts. “So long as there’s space for multiple perspectives.”
19 December 2023

‘Being fired over a protest? This is not a dictatorship’

At VU Amsterdam, people should be able to say whatever they want as long as they keep things respectful, the Executive Board says. But lecturers and students feel like they can’t fully express themselves when it comes to the matter…
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