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Campus & Culture 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 & Culture 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 19 December 2023

‘Being fired over a protest? This is not a dictatorship’

At VU Amsterdam, people should be able to say whatever they want as long as they keep things respectful, the Executive Board says. But lecturers and students feel like they can’t fully express themselves when it comes to the matter…
Campus & Culture 11 December 2023

This campus exhibition is an artistic ode to plants

According to the curator of the latest VU Art Science Gallery exhibition, we suffer from plant blindness. The exhibition’s four artworks might help open our eyes.
Student Life & Society 27 November 2023

‘Suddenly, he put his hands in my trousers’

Despite six years of #MeToo debate, two out of three students experience sexually transgressive behaviour during their period of study. Why is it so persistent and how can we get rid of it?
Campus & Culture 19 October 2023

‘VU didn’t discriminate with software, but they did with handling the complaint’

VU Amsterdam did not discriminate against a black student by using Proctorio invigilation software for online exams, according to the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights. But the university did discriminate against the student in dealing with her complaint.
Campus & Culture 3 October 2023

VU restaurant has cheapest lunch

The newspaper of the University of Groningen (UKrant) compared the restaurant prices of ten universities. As it turns out, the least expensive lunch can be had at VU Amsterdam. For a luxurious soup, a luxurious sandwich and a bottle of…
Campus & Culture 28 September 2023

Uilenstede residents complain about poor sanitary conditions

Due to construction work, several student units at Uilenstede are cut off from water in their toilets and showers. Around fifty students have to share four portable toilets and two cold showers. “I have an exam on Friday”, first-year student…
Column & Blog 6 September 2023

Mirjam van Praag: ‘It was a wonderful time, but tougher than I thought’

“During my presidency, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has hopefully become a better place. And VU Amsterdam has also made me a better person and a better tactician”, says Mirjam van Praag, who said farewell as President of the Executive Board last…
Campus & Culture 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…