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Student Life & Society 8 November 2024

UvA estimates Palestine protest costs at 4,1 million euros

This summer’s student protests against the war in Gaza have cost the University of Amsterdam a total of 4.1 million euros. The delay to the construction of the university library is cited as the biggest drain on the university’s finances.
Campus & Culture 27 September 2024

Eindhoven university magazine is now officially independent

Following a great deal of commotion about censorship, Eindhoven University of Technology news platform Cursor now has a new editorial statute. The Executive Board acknowledges the editorial team’s independence. The platform is “not a public relations vehicle”.
Student Life & Society 8 March 2024

AUC students complain their board abuses power

The student council of the Amsterdam University College (AUC) has initiated a petition against the manner in which six students were summoned for their involvement in a pro-Palestine protest in early February.
Student Life & Society 1 May 2023

UvA suspends lecturer Laurens Buijs

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) has suspended the controversial lecturer Laurens Buijs after he called a Professor of Sociology and Gender & Sexuality Studies a dangerous extremist on Twitter.
Student Life & Society 13 January 2023

Unions demand 14.3 percent rise in pay

On Tuesday afternoon, the unions presented their bargaining position ahead of talks to set out a new collective labour agreement for Dutch universities. Their demands include a 14.3 per cent salary increase across the board and a rise in the…
Student Life & Society 11 April 2022

Ukrainian researchers: ‘We don’t want to abandon our students’

They are all three still in Ukraine. Because they were not allowed to leave, or because they felt that Kyiv was still safe enough. Three Ukrainian researchers who fear for their universities, but continue nevertheless to work on next year’s…
Student Life & Society 8 March 2022

Russian rectors support war in Ukraine

The association of rectors of Russian universities stands fully behind President Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. In a previous statement, the association had been more non-committal.
Student Life & Society 11 June 2021

Working from home: blessing for one, curse for the other

Some professors and lecturers in higher education “can’t stand” working from home, while others are quite happy to do so. Opinions are sharply divided, a survey conducted by Newcom Research & Consultancy has revealed.