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Campus & Culture 9 June 2021

VU receives 13.5 million euros coronavirus support

To limit the damage caused by the coronavirus crisis, the Dutch universities will receive an extra 162.8 million euros from the government over the next two years. How much of that will go to VU Amsterdam?
Campus & Culture 7 June 2021

Anthropology withdraws controversial cartoons

The department of Anthropology has withdrawn two cartoons today that have stirred up controversy. Some employees and people from outside the university saw them as racial stereotypes.
Column & Blog 7 June 2021

‘Twente’s not the ends of the earth’

LONGREAD – Rector Magnificus Vinod Subramaniam is leaving VU Amsterdam to become university president at Twente. ‘As an administrator, you can’t just impose your own values from above.’
Column & Blog 20 May 2021

Stop being self-satisfied, talk about your mistakes

LONGREAD – The climate in many academic workplaces is often miserable. These three researchers are working on how to improve it. ‘Share negative experiences with each other, that really helps.’
Campus & Culture 6 May 2021

Malik Luther King wins Student Council election

“Ordinary man” Abdul Malik came, saw and conquered with his independent list at the recent Student Council election. The turnout was historically low.
Column & Blog 8 April 2021

‘We want to remove the formality of a desk’

LONGREAD – The VU has greenlighted a two-fold plan by the University Student Council for a new panel and meeting point where students can talk to students about their wellbeing. ‘We really need to start as soon as possible’, the…
Campus & Culture 23 March 2021

We are moving to a ring-fenced cloud

If we are to believe the university, digital collaboration is set to become far easier and more secure this year with the switch to Microsoft Teams and the associated cloud storage. But first we have to bite the bullet.
Campus & Culture 16 March 2021

No Bratwurst for Rector Subramaniam

Student organisations and members of the executive board and people from Student and Educational Affairs got together for some bingo and chit-chat and it was pretty hilarious.
Campus & Culture 12 March 2021

VU wants to use rapid tests to help open up society

The rapid testing, which the VU will start next week, does not mean an immediate loosening of the coronavirus restrictions on campus. Nevertheless, it is important that invited students participate, says Marcel Nollen of the Executive Board. “This way we…
Campus & Culture 11 March 2021

Rapid testing on campus sounds easier than it is

Are rapid tests going to help students return to campus this spring, as the government had hoped? This remains very much the question, because trials of these lateral flow tests seem to be requiring more time.