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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…
Campus 2 September 2020

Vinod Subramaniam leads national advisory committee on diversity

Higher education and research needs more female researchers and more researchers with a migration background. A new action plan also emphasises that something needs to be done to combat bullying and abuses of power.
Staff 25 August 2020

‘We need to take action on behalf of colleagues on temporary contracts in particular’

Across the country, academics will be cycling between various student towns as a form of protest at the start of the new academic year. Lecturer and researcher of Economics, Sabine Go, plans to take part. What are the reasons for…
Taking Action 24 August 2020

‘Plenty of room for improvement of online education’

LONGREAD – As chairperson of the student council, Kata Rakić aims to work towards clearer communication for students, particularly for first-year students struggling to build a social network due to the coronavirus crisis.
Participation 20 August 2020

‘Corona almost spelled the end for the student council’

The university student council has four members this year who have been council members before. In corona time, last year’s board did not find enough new successors.
Campus 16 July 2020

Construction of new research building

The next VU Amsterdam new-build project has begun. The first sheet piling for the construction of the new lab building broke ground this week. Even well before construction began, it became known that the building was going to be a…
Campus 13 July 2020

Ventilation is excellent, says VU Amsterdam

Employees and students at VU Amsterdam do not need to worry about the ventilation of the buildings. There is plenty of fresh air and air circulation, according to the on-site crisis team.
Campus 1 July 2020

VU Amsterdam to get a ‘village’ for enterprising inventors

VU Amsterdam will be getting a start-up village: a place on campus where students or employees can rent office space for launching a business.