The international campaign ‘Orange the World’ runs from the 25th of November until the 10th of December. This is campaign aims to reduce violence against women and girls, an initiative that is supported by our university. In line with this campaign UvA underscores their own new campaign: ‘Looking out for each other’. Will that be the solution for a socially safe university
Next year, the FIFA World Cup will be held in Qatar. As known by some and ignored by others, the choice of location has caused quite some uproar. What do UvA-students think about the location of the upcoming World Cup? We decided to ask our readers.
A new initiative offering support and a listening ear to fellow students has been founded on campus. We spoke to All Ears cofounder Elin and All Ears volunteer Alice, about the purpose of the initiative, why it is needed on campus and to ask if the UvA should be doing more?
“The politicians are not going to do it for us, we need to do it!” is ASVA’s Job Vermaas’ call to action for all students. Last Thursday, the Amsterdam student union ASVA put their money where their mouth is and organised a protest against the mounting student housing crisis.
In our article “Power to the Students” you could read about how the CSR works. But how are decisions made, and what specific topics are discussed during their plenary meeting? We went to one of their meetings for you and got the answers!
On World Toilet Day, the National Student Union organised an action for more gender-neutral bathrooms in universities. The UvA lavatories also got a makeover, courtesy of the ASVA.
Filled with roughly ten chairs, the CREA theatre transformed into an intimate setting. The candles, carpet and lighting all add to the cosy ambiance of the evening filled with spoken word. Here is what you missed!
Up for live music, dance or spoken word? This weekend is the ‘Made in CREA Weekend’ and with it the return of the CREA café. We spoke to the manager of the café, Niek Pelsser, who told us all about the café’s ‘comeback’.
The UvA now has its very own migration crisis. Towering amounts of international students make our university burst at the seams. A numerus fixus could solve the capacity issues, but can it solve the absence of a UvA community?
Last year Thijs de Lange won the AUV Alumni prize for his work on Wij Staan Op! [the only national organization run by people with disabilities]. Now a year has passed, it seemed the perfect time to catch up with the alumnus to talk about his career, passions, and living in the Netherlands as a person with a disability.