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Campus & Culture 9 February 2022

‘It’s heartbreaking how the university handles the challenges of international staff from a minority background’

How are you doing, after almost two years of pandemic? Students may even be confined to their rooms for the third spring in a row. In this ten-part series seven Dutch and three international staff members tell us how they…
Campus & Culture 27 January 2022

VU Human Rights Center suspends activities

The controversial Cross Cultural Human Rights Center (CCHR) ceased all activities last Tuesday. “And that is a decision by the management of the center itself, which is welcomed by the Executive Board”, said a VU spokesperson.
Campus & Culture 20 January 2022

VU Amsterdam will refund Chinese subsidies

VU Amsterdam will refund this year’s Chinese subsidy to the Cross Cultural Human Rights Center (CCHRC) in reaction to an article by Dutch broadcaster NOS. ‘Even the appearance of a violation of our academic independence is unacceptable’, the university says in a notification.
Campus & Culture 19 January 2022

‘Covid pass at campus of little use’

With new research showing that Covid passes do little to nothing to curb transmission, the introduction of such a pass in higher education currently seems unlikely.
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.