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Campus & Culture 16 December 2021

Face masks divide participation

The Works Council would like to make face masks compulsory in the lecture halls on the VU campus, but the University Student Council thinks otherwise, according to the executive board.
Campus & Culture 7 December 2021

Student Clothing Exchange launches on campus

There is a new place in town for students to get affordable and sustainable clothes. On Monday 6 December the SRVU Student Union launched a monthly ‘Student Clothing Exchange’ in the Studentendok. The initiative by SRVU is largely led by…
Column & Blog 6 December 2021

‘We do not believe students wish to put other people in danger’

LONGREAD – What will VU Amsterdam be doing to make sure infected students do not come to the campus? VU Amsterdam spokesperson Frauke van Goethem says it is primarily the responsibility of students themselves: ‘It is quite simply irresponsible to…
Campus & Culture 2 December 2021

VU students petition for their exams to be taken online

Almost two and a half thousand Dutch and international students at the VU signed a petition asking to be allowed to take the exams at home. ‘I do not feel safe taking an exam in a room with more than…
Campus & Culture 22 November 2021

IT crisis at VU Amsterdam set to last well into 2022

Almost a hundred separate IT problems have been identified and once they are resolved, staff and students can expect a lengthy operation to improve the usability of the new digital system. In other words, VU Amsterdam’s IT crisis is far…
Campus & Culture 15 November 2021

Words matter during Black Heritage Night

What are you as a white person prepared to give up in the struggle for equality? That’s a difficult question, if you want to be totally honest about it, according to Jennifer Tosch in her Martin Luther King Lecture.
Column & Blog 10 November 2021

New rector Jeroen Geurts: ‘I hope to be an example’

LONGREAD – Neuroscientist Jeroen Geurts will take up the position in January as successor to Vinod Subramaniam. ‘It’s a job that lets me do everything I want to do.’
Campus & Culture 9 November 2021

New VU rector is the figurehead of a changing campus

The VU has found a new rector. Neuroscientist Jeroen Geurts (1978) will be the successor of Vinod Subramaniam in January.
Column & Blog 2 November 2021

Students can share their worries at Wellbeing Point & Panel

LONGREAD – It’s been a long time coming, but today VU Amsterdam is launching its Student Wellbeing Point & Panel, or rather a pilot phase for it. The twin initiatives are intended to increase the accessibility of help and information…
Campus & Culture 16 September 2021

‘Arabic’ instructions in VU buildings miss the mark

Throughout the VU Amsterdam buildings, about a thousand stickers urge people in multiple languages to keep their distance. But according to native speakers, the ones in Arabic read gibberish. “This is a symptom of a structural problem.” When asked what…