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Education13 January 2022
OMT: ‘Wear face mask at bigger lectures’
When students and lecturers come to campus again, they ought to wear face masks when attending classes in larger groups. That is the advice of the Outbreak Management Team.
read moreSociety21 December 2021
Strict lockdown for higher education, again
Again, universities and universities of applied sciences had to close their doors. The cabinet announced a lockdown last Saturday evening. This will last until after the Christmas holidays and maybe even longer.
read moreEducation17 December 2021
Students exposed to cybercriminals during online exams
For many months, malicious hackers were able to gain access to students’ computers and use their webcam via software program Proctorio. It is not clear whether this actually occurred.
read moreCampus16 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.
read moreScience16 December 2021
Many scholars at risk this past year
From murder and violence to stalking and intimidation: last year, the human rights organisation Scholars at Risk logged 332 attacks on academic freedom in 65 countries, including the Netherlands.
read moreCampus07 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.
read moreCampus02 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 200 students.’
read moreInternationalization30 November 2021
The Netherlands remains an attractive prospect for international students
Over half of the international students currently studying in the Netherlands say they plan to stay on after graduating. Despite the coronavirus crisis, this is about the same percentage as last year, reports Nuffic, the Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education.
read moreCampus22 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 from over.
read moreParticipation16 November 2021
Covid Pass: Dutch government wants to sideline employee participation
The government wants to prevent employee and student participation bodies from having their say about Covid passes at their institution. It plans to push a legislative amendment very urgently through the House of Representatives.
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