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Campus & Culture 16 June 2022

Bullying and psychic violence rise sharply

VU employees are reasonably content, but they do bully each other more than employees at other universities. On the other hand, the number of cases of academic misconduct seems to have decreased considerably. Employees of our university are reasonably satisfied,…
Campus & Culture 28 February 2022

‘Give education staff with long COVID third year of sick leave’

Education staff with long COVID must not be dismissed after two years of sick leave, says the General Union of Education (AOb). “Grant them an extra year to reintegrate.” Almost 700 staff members contacted the union about lingering symptoms of…
Campus & Culture 25 February 2022

Ukrainian VU lecturer teaches while worried about family

Just two hours after finding out her home country Ukraine was being bombed and invaded, VU Amsterdam lecturer and PhD candidate Nina Onopriychuk was speaking in front of a class. She shares the experience of suddenly finding out that a…
Campus & Culture 25 February 2022

Ukrainian VU lecturer teaches while worried about family

Just two hours after finding out her home country Ukraine was being bombed and invaded, VU Amsterdam lecturer and PhD candidate Nina Onopriychuk was speaking in front of a class. She shares the experience of suddenly finding out that a…
Campus & Culture 9 September 2021

‘I sat on the floor and cried’

LONGREAD – The work of PhD student Rosanne Anholt consisted of a patchwork of projects. She barely had time for her own research. Eventually the pressure took its toll.
Campus & Culture 1 July 2021

Employee organisations demand better approach to social safety

Investigations into bullying, abuse of power, intimidation and sexual harassment at Dutch universities should not be outsourced to external companies, declare protest group WOinActie and trade unions AOb and FNV.
Campus & Culture 1 July 2021

Postdocs are left behind in the new collective labour agreement

In the new collective labour agreement (CAO) for universities, reducing the number of temporary contracts is a major issue. Assistant professors in particular will benefit from this development. However, postdoctoral researchers will be no better off.
Campus & Culture 26 March 2021

Unions demand better work-from-home compensation

Current compensation for higher education staff working from home varies widely. Unions want the collective labour agreement to include a standard allowance of two euros per working day, excluding the costs of a home workstation.
Campus & Culture 17 December 2020

Diversity policy focuses too much on women

“More diversity?” In academic circles this phrase often still means “more women”, says Saskia Bonjour, political scientist and member of The Young Academy. Too little is being done for other target groups.
Campus & Culture 17 December 2020

Higher education will receive 20 million euros for supporting corona jobs

Universities and universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands will receive 20 million euros from the government to fund 1,200 temporary jobs for up to a maximum of six months each. The idea is to bring some relief to higher…