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President of the board Geert ten Dam: “When we take a stand, we fuel polarization”

President of the board Geert ten Dam: “When we take a stand, we fuel polarization”

15 November 2023 - 12:44

The Israel-Palestine conflict is dividing the UvA. President of the board Geert ten Dam is deeply concerned. “A graduation ceremony or open day is not the time for a political statement.”

UvA Board threatens legal action if budget figures are not approved

UvA Board threatens legal action if budget figures are not approved

9 November 2023 - 12:45

The adoption of the UvA’s 2024 budget threatens to get into a quagmire since the participation councils have been refusing to agree to the draft budget for several months. The UvA is now threatening to go to arbitration to obtain consent.

Hundreds of UvA employees dissatisfied with UvA's stance on Gaza

Hundreds of UvA employees dissatisfied with UvA's stance on Gaza

19 October 2023 - 10:12

A letter to the Executive Board regarding the UvA’s response to the crisis in the Gaza Strip has been signed by more than 700 doctoral students, students, and staff. The signatories call the university's response “discouraging” and want the UvA to more strongly condemn Israeli acti...

Acta strategist Leon van de Zande is the new UvA secretary general

Acta strategist Leon van de Zande is the new UvA secretary general

14 September 2023 - 11:05

Leon van de Zande, strategic advisor to Acta dental faculty, has been appointed UvA’s new secretary general. He succeeds Calluna Euving, who is leaving the UvA at the end of October.

Obstruction of critical views is fundamentally paternalistic

Obstruction of critical views is fundamentally paternalistic

30 August 2023 - 12:40

The uproar surrounding “gender studies” at the UvA has led to a report by an external committee and public statements by the rector magnificus, among others. Computer scientist Jan Bergstra and ethicist Marcus Düwell propose three principles to ensure both social safety and academic...

University secretary Calluna Euving is leaving the UvA

University secretary Calluna Euving is leaving the UvA

29 June 2023 - 12:26

University Secretary Calluna Euving is leaving the UvA after seven years for a staff position at the Council for the Judiciary in The Hague. Her appointment takes effect at the end of October.

Han van der Maas | On the exploitation of PhD-students

Han van der Maas | On the exploitation of PhD-students

9 May 2023 - 09:52

Junior lecturers may complain about temporary appointments, but at least they get paid for their hours. That is far from always the case for delayed PhD-students, who through no fault of their own sometimes have to live on loans or exhaust their hard-earned savings, points out Han van der Maas, who ...

Céline Zahno | The student council is alive, but barely thriving

Céline Zahno | The student council is alive, but barely thriving

24 March 2023 - 08:30

After the occupation of an UvA building to protest against the university's ties with Shell, students organized “Anti-kantine” to demand lower food prices at UvA’s cafeteria. Even though there is a student council that is supposed to channel students’ demands to the universit...

Muslim students dissatisfied with size and silence of contemplation room on campus

Muslim students dissatisfied with size and silence of contemplation room on campus

15 March 2023 - 09:37

After the Maagdenhuis-occupation of 2015 contemplation rooms were created everywhere on the UvA-premises. Muslim students may use them also as places for prayer, but they are unsatisfied about the rooms, especially those on Roeterseilandcampus, says Sanaa Kashif.

UvA to commission research into its own colonial past

UvA to commission research into its own colonial past

9 March 2023 - 16:49

The UvA will launch a major research project next spring in which its own involvement in the Dutch colonial and slavery past will be the subject of investigation. The research will be conducted by a yet-to-be-determined “independent and reputable institute with expertise in this field,” ...

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