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Society 6 September 2022

How to deal with eco-anxiety

Throw together some global warming with failing government policies and you have the perfect climate fear cocktail. But what can you do about eco-anxiety? “Focus on the things that are within your control.”
Opinion 31 August 2022

‘Be tough on your teachers, but don’t cancel them’

‘Wokeness’ has brought us wonderful things, but cancelling people is not the way forward, says VU professor Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte. He proposes an academic safe space.
Students 24 August 2022

This is how you make new friends

People can tell you to ‘just be yourself’ all they want, but when you’re breaking a cold sweat on a crowded campus square you might want advice that’s a bit more specific. 
Students 22 August 2022

Cabinet concerned about drug use among students

Something needs to be done about drug use among students, according to State Secretary of Health Maarten van Ooijen, who says “prevention is very much needed”. But he doesn’t want to rush things. During the pandemic, drug use among students…
Housing 19 August 2022

Wanted: young female flatmate who cooks and cleans

What do you do when you’re desperate for accommodation and a homeowner asks you to get into his car? And would you be willing to cook or clean for someone if that means you can get a roof over your…
Students 23 June 2022

‘We have the right to study here’

How does VU Amsterdam treat people with disabilities? We put the University to the test with two students: one blind, the other a wheelchair user.
Society 2 June 2022

‘Young people should be the last group to target with restrictions’

The number of people with mental issues has increased considerably in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, VU research shows. ‘But too few people have access to the help they need.’
Students 18 May 2022

‘I want to represent minorities in the council’

With her independent party Light Storm, first-year student Valerie Delauney Felipe (19) hopes to take the paralyzing emphasis off of getting good grades and represent the black and female community.
Society 12 May 2022

From Kyiv to Amsterdam: ‘My brain is working overtime’

LONGREAD – They fled Kyiv in order to finish their study programmes in peace. But is that even possible while the safety of your family and the future of your home country is uncertain? How are the Ukrainian students that…
Students 12 May 2022

More international students have a right to student financing

Having lost a few court cases, the Education Executive Agency (DUO) is changing its course with regard to European students. They are now more likely to be granted student financing. The government is studying the consequences.