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Campus & Culture 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.’
Debate 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…
Sports 27 February 2024

VU students start football association

At the ‘Student Football League’ association, students can play casual football, compete in serious tournaments and have fun watching games together. You’ll have to bring your own booze, though.
Freshmen 27 February 2024

‘Some UvA people told me they would rather switch to VU’ 

Life has gotten a bit boring for International Business Administration student Bailey Steinmeyer (19), but he still loves VU Amsterdam. 
Education 31 January 2024

The lecture hall as podium

Lecturers who take the theatre skills course can’t just sit back and watch. ‘I’m scared already.’
Campus 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.”
Key People 25 January 2024

Interpreter Elsbeth Dijkhuis: ‘Simultaneous translation is shooting from the hip’

Listening and speaking at the same time – impossible for most. As a Dutch-English (and vice versa) interpreter, Elsbeth Dijkhuis knows how to find the necessary hyperfocus. She interprets, among other things, at VU Amsterdam’s participation council meetings.
Campus 23 January 2024

Sit-ins for Palestine gain momentum

This afternoon a large group of students took to the main building to once again demand that VU Amsterdam cut its ties with Israeli institutions.
Campus 22 January 2024

VU teacher reproached for calling Israel apartheid state

Assistant professor Younes Saramifar who is teaching the second-year course history and social sciences, is reproached by VU Amsterdam after a complaint about his controversial viewpoints on Israel.
Campus & Culture 18 January 2024

Palestine activists return to VU restaurant

The VU restaurant once again set the scenery to a protest by activists who want VU Amsterdam to sever ties with Israel and to acknowledge the atrocities in Gaza.
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