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Science & Education 13 June 2024

PVV regards cutbacks as weapon against ‘woke’

PVV wants to make drastic cuts in higher education and research to combat political activism at higher education institutions, yesterday’s debate on education revealed.
Campus & Culture 18 April 2024

Decolonising means tearing down the university 

Decolonising mainly means unlearning a lot of things, a gathering on decolonisation in debating centre 3D revealed. ‘It’s a joyous journey.’ 
Campus & Culture 27 March 2024

‘Israel is going to kill you all!’

The Shoah casts its shadow over the Gaza debate, the second teach-in about Gaza made clear. ‘Zionism needs antisemitism.’
Campus & Culture 27 March 2024

University College lecturers criticise handling of protesters

Lecturers of the Amsterdam University College (AUC) have voiced their concerns regarding the board’s response to protesting students last Monday. In a letter addressed to the board, they demand that the police not be called during future demonstrations.
Campus & Culture 18 March 2024

Call for VU boycott at meeting about Israel boycott 

‘Administrators are cowards, always afraid of scandals and lawsuits’, said Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti yesterday, at the first teach-in about Gaza ever since VU Amsterdam let go of the reins two weeks ago. He therefore called for VU Amsterdam to…
Campus & Culture 1 March 2024

VU permits Gaza gatherings, but no longer tolerates spontaneous actions

VU Amsterdam is taking a long time to make up its mind about permitting Gaza debates on campus, the staff council thinks. But the threshold for organising such gatherings has just been lowered by VU Amsterdam. It will, however, come…
Science & Education 23 February 2024

ScienceGuide is saved, for now

News website ScienceGuide will remain operational for the time being. The editorial team reports that a fundraising campaign has raised sufficient funds to keep the platform online.
Science & Education 16 January 2024

Minority teachers and students self-censors

What can you say and what’s better left unsaid? A ‘considerable minority’ of researchers, teachers and students has applied self-censorship over the past years, a report reveals.
Science & Education 7 December 2023

Dijkgraaf calls for freedom of press in higher education

Outgoing Minister Dijkgraaf thinks it’s important for media of higher education institutions to be able to operate independently. He said this in response to parliamentary questions about the conflict at Cursor, Eindhoven University of Technology’s news site.
Campus & Culture 23 November 2023

Activists make noise for Palestine during lunch

Roughly forty students protested for justice in Palestine yesterday in the VU restaurant.