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Board 4 December 2020

Board: confidentiality does not apply to undesirable conduct

Experiences of inappropriate conduct can always be reported, even if a confidentiality statement has been signed. This states the executive board of VU Amsterdam in a letter.
Campus 27 November 2020

VU sends out phishing mail

Last Monday, VU Amsterdam sent out a phishing mail to check how many people would take the bait. Well, it worked.
Campus 18 November 2020

Open letter: open up all non-disclosure agreements

In an open letter, a group of employees of VU Amsterdam call on the university board to rescind all non-disclosure agreements. These contracts prohibit former employees to talk about the reason for their departure.
Campus 16 November 2020

Dean announces independent investigation of bullying after Ad Valvas story

Dean Maurits van Tulder of the Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences has announced an independent investigation in response to a publication by Ad Valvas, earlier today.
Debate 13 November 2020

The Young Academy wants fewer scientists in the air

Universities need to do more to reduce their CO2 emissions from air travel, says The Young Academy.
Participation 29 October 2020

Majority of Humanities’ student council is non-Dutch

LONGREAD – More and more international students are finding their way into the various participation bodies of VU Amsterdam. German history student Pia Potthoff is one of them, as the newly appointed vice president of the Faculty of Humanities’ Student…
Campus 12 October 2020

Faculty of Science is introducing face masks

The science faculty is taking extra coronavirus measures: mouth masks, one-way traffic, supervisors and a covenant for trainees. “If we have to close again, the damage is incalculable,” says science counselor Guus Schreiber.
Campus 7 October 2020

Participation council and executive board clash over language barrier

The executive board of the VU should do more for international members of the student councils, the central participation council thinks, like hire professional interpretators, translate documents and offer English-language training modules.
Campus 1 October 2020

No face-masks required at universities yet

Students and university staff are not yet required to wear face masks on campus, the website of the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) states. But this decision is not set in stone.
Staff 7 September 2020

PNN: more dubious contracts for PhD students than thought

For years, the proportion of PhD students with contracts that allocate too little time for their research has been estimated at 10 to 15 percent. However, that figure is likely to be higher, according to a new survey by the…
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