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Staff 1 July 2021

Postdocs are left behind in the new collective labour agreement

In the new collective labour agreement (CAO) for universities, reducing the number of temporary contracts is a major issue. Assistant professors in particular will benefit from this development. However, postdoctoral researchers will be no better off.
Campus 25 June 2021

Covid-19 cost VU Amsterdam 12 million euros last year

VU Amsterdam closed the year 2020 with a positive balance of €24 million, €16 million higher than budgeted. But still the university did not make a profit, says board member Marcel Nollen.
Campus 25 June 2021

More reports of alarming conduct in 2020

People have missed their colleagues and fellow students last year, the meetings in the corridors and the chats at the coffee machine during the break. But the 2020 annual report also reveals other things: more illness among academics and an…
Campus 25 June 2021

‘Ventilation and server cooling both cost extra energy’

It was a frugal year for VU Amsterdam. The university consumed 12.5% less energy than in 2019 and 30% less than in 2005. VU Amsterdam says this puts it on course to meet its agreement with the government to improve…
Campus 25 June 2021

IT department has too many external staff members

The works council is generally satisfied with the year 2020, except for one thing: the enormously high number of external staff hired by the IT department. The costs were budgeted at €7.8 million, but actually amounted to almost €9 million.
Campus 18 June 2021

VU wants at least one introduction day on campus

While preparing for every eventuality, universities and universities of applied sciences are hoping that first-year students will have a normal introduction week, without all the fuss of social distancing and other restrictions.
ICT 17 June 2021

Protect your students and employees against Big Tech, scientists warn

In an open letter published last Friday, a group of professors from various Dutch universities urge their institutions to stop using American cloud services in order to protect their students and staff.
Campus 9 June 2021

VU receives 13.5 million euros coronavirus support

To limit the damage caused by the coronavirus crisis, the Dutch universities will receive an extra 162.8 million euros from the government over the next two years. How much of that will go to VU Amsterdam?
Campus 7 June 2021

Anthropology withdraws controversial cartoons

The department of Anthropology has withdrawn two cartoons today that have stirred up controversy. Some employees and people from outside the university saw them as racial stereotypes.
Debate 28 May 2021

‘I would like to tell Van Praag: speak for yourself’

VU Amsterdam rejects scientists’ call to boycott Israel. Professor Thijl Sunier signed the petition and believes the university is making a mistake.