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Board 11 July 2023

Dairy technologist Margrethe Jonkman will be the new chair of VU Amsterdam

She obtained her PhD in dairy technology and in 2017, together with fellow scientists/entrepreneurs, asked in a manifesto for more attention and money for science education.
Campus 28 June 2023

‘Give PhD candidates with an occupational disability a chance’

Because there are too few PhD candidates with an occupational disability at VU Amsterdam, the university is going to subsidise ten PhD positions. ‘We need to focus on opportunities and less on limitations.’  Student advisers, lecturers, support staff: VU Amsterdam…
Campus 13 June 2023

Student wants to revitalize roof garden

VU Student Floor Langerwerf thinks it’s a shame that the garden on the rooftop terrace of the main building is not getting enough attention. She decided to take action. The university describes the roof garden as a wonderful green oasis….
Campus 31 May 2023

‘International students incredibly welcome at VU’

President of the executive board Mirjam van Praag is picking up on signals that international students don’t feel welcome here. According to her that’s ‘absolutely not necessary’. International students are incredibly welcome at VU Amsterdam, says Van Praag. Word has…
Campus 25 May 2023

‘It seemed like this place and I were one’

Theology Dean and Chief Diversity Officer Ruard Ganzevoort has been appointed as rector of the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. ‘It is a natural next step.’
Campus 16 May 2023

SRVU starts book exchange

Besides the monthly clothing exchange, student union SRVU now also has a book exchange in the Studentendok. The amount of places where you can get your read on outside of the official library continues to grow. Not long ago, a…
Participation 26 April 2023

‘For 10 minutes, I thought I was in the council’

Due to an error made by the election committee, Berfin Baran mistakenly thought she was elected to the university student council. “We’re all humans, everyone makes mistakes.” How did you react when you heard you weren’t elected after all? “It…
Campus 20 April 2023

USR-election results spoiled by faulty announcement

When announcing the winners of the student council elections, one faculty seat was mistakenly given to the wrong person, a source who wishes to remain anonymous relayed to Ad Valvas. The results, announced per megaphone this evening, were withdrawn roughly…
Campus 20 April 2023

VU Amsterdam breaks from fossil fuel industry – mostly

The executive board has announced that VU Amsterdam will no longer be collaborating with fossil fuel companies for research, unless they commit themselves to the energy transition. It is now the first university in the country to take this step,…
Campus 20 April 2023

New student party wants to get rid of ‘privileges’ for VU Pride

“I’m sorry, can you do it in English?” asks someone from the audience as the leader of the Vrijmoedige Studentenpartij introduces himself during the student council’s election debate. But Marlon Uljee refuses to do so.
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