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Campus 3 May 2022

‘VU Amsterdam is an excellent place for joints and junk food’

What makes for a good university? According to Google reviewers, it might depend on whether you can smoke joints there, or how likely it is for someone to steal your plushies. Have a look at the most remarkable reviews of…
Participation 28 April 2022

Political parties want equal compensation for participation bodies across the country

Why does a student on the participation council get more remuneration at one institution than at another? National guidelines are needed to change this, in the view of GroenLinks and the PvdA.  Via the participation councils of higher education institutions,…
Campus 14 April 2022

Main building evacuated because of burnt pizza

There was a sudden evacuation in the main building today. The culprit: a pizza margherita.
Campus 13 April 2022

Taking selfies on campus is forbidden

Feeling cute, might get stopped by security later? According to university rules, people are not allowed to take pictures or record videos on the campus terrain. But what happens if we keep snapping pictures anyway?
Campus 12 April 2022

Student council elections: not much disagreement here

Should the VU go vegan, oblige its international students to learn Dutch and provide for free tampons? These and other topics were discussed yesterday on an election debate night at the debate center 3D.
Campus 25 March 2022

Student Wellbeing Point & Panel celebrates official launch

After a four-month trial period the Student Wellbeing Point & Panel opened its metaphorical doors yesterday in the main building. The open area next to the student desk in the main building, tucked in between bookcases and large plants, has…
Campus 17 March 2022

Going away for the weekend with a colleague? Check it with your boss

VU employees will soon have to report any relationships they have with colleagues in order to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.
Campus 11 March 2022

Anthrocine Filmclub is open to everyone

The 3D space on campus has begun screening monthly films, offering anthropologically relevant films and engaging panel discussions.
Staff 28 February 2022

‘Give education staff with long COVID third year of sick leave’

Education staff with long COVID must not be dismissed after two years of sick leave, says the General Union of Education (AOb). “Grant them an extra year to reintegrate.” Almost 700 staff members contacted the union about lingering symptoms of…
Staff 25 February 2022

Ukrainian VU lecturer teaches while worried about family

Just two hours after finding out her home country Ukraine was being bombed and invaded, VU Amsterdam lecturer and PhD candidate Nina Onopriychuk was speaking in front of a class. She shares the experience of suddenly finding out that a…