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Campus & Culture 18 June 2026

VSP members Marlon U. (26) and Reinout V. (25) receive community service orders for assault and discrimination

Marlon U., founder of the Vrijmoedige Studentenpartij (VSP), has been given a two-month suspended prison sentence and 240 hours’ community service for assaulting a fellow VU student. His party colleague Reinout V. has been given 180 hours’ community service.
Campus & Culture 9 June 2026

Brazen students face prison terms over ‘bar brawl’

Prison sentences of six and five months respectively have been demanded for VU Amsterdam students Marlon U. and Reinout V. for assault and discrimination. The public prosecutor was irritated that the two men mainly saw themselves as victims during yesterday’s…
Campus & Culture 20 May 2026

Occupation of VU buildings forcefully ended, 22 arrests

On Monday evening, a police arrest unit cleared the BelleVUe building and the office area of the executive board in the main building. Officers used force: one protester was struck in the neck, another needed a sling for their arm.
Campus & Culture 16 April 2026

An iPad for your vote

With costly gifts like an iPad and a Nintendo Switch up for grabs, the University Student Council is pulling out all the stops to get students to vote. But is that alone enough to move the needle on voter turnout?
Campus & Culture 13 April 2026

Here’s who you can vote for in the student council elections

After a tumultuous year in the University Student Council, the (battle?)field looks calmer this time around. VSP is no longer running, and students can choose from three parties: incumbent ChangeVU and newcomers ConsensusVU and VU Student Coalition.
Campus & Culture 9 April 2026

‘You don’t always have to include the opposing perspective’

As a programme maker for 3D, Jaron van der Veer tries to draw the ‘hard-to-reach VU student’ to thought-provoking events.
Campus & Culture 3 March 2026

Pop-up library on Palestine sparks campus conversations

Despite VU security personnel hindering their presence, students are running a pop-up library with books on Palestine in the main building. ‘VU is doing a bad job educating people about Palestine.’
Campus & Culture 18 February 2026

Students walk out of dinner with executive board

During a dinner with student representatives and the VU executive board last week, a large part of the room walked out after rector Geurts’ speech.
Campus & Culture 13 February 2026

Student council board resigns after crisis surrounding VSP

The board of the University Student Council (USC) has stepped down. Chair Anne Bruggink and vice-chair Oskar Siri say they no longer feel safe after the misconduct of two members of the Vrijmoedige Studentenpartij (VSP) brought tensions to a boiling…
Campus & Culture 5 February 2026

Students remain sceptical of VU Defence Centre

During a panel disussion about VU’s new Centre for Defence and Resilient Society (CDWS), students got a chance to voice their concerns. ‘Defence can easily become offence.’