Category: Today

YOUVOTE 2022: Decentralization, Accountability and Academic improvement at the FEB
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16 May 202216 May 2022Politics, Today

YOUVOTE 2022: Decentralization, Accountability and Academic improvement at the FEB

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The annual UvA Student Council elections will be held from Monday 16 until Friday 20 May. Student Councils represent the interests of UvA students and you get to decide who sits on the student councils! Are you voting?

The Economics and Business Student Council (Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, FEB) represents the department of Economics and Business. The Faculty's Student Council has eight members. 5 different parties: List Sefa, 020, Inter, NewDemocratsFEB, SLAAFS. Four different students: Youri, Mia, Mahmood, Miguel and Filip.

YOUVOTE 2022: Advocating for more influence at the Faculty of Humanities
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12 May 202212 May 2022Politics, Today

YOUVOTE 2022: Advocating for more influence at the Faculty of Humanities

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The Student Council Elections 2022 are just around the corner. This year, they will take place 16-20 May. For those studying at the Faculty of Humanities, there are 4 parties to choose from: Lijst TOF, De Vrije Student, Activistenpartij UVA and 020. On this final stretch to the elections, we have posed them some questions to give you a better glimpse into their political agendas.

Unpacking the Wolfpack 
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11 May 202211 May 2022Arts, Today

Unpacking the Wolfpack 

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In 2010 five teenagers look at the world outside their apartment for the very first time. Almost their entire lives up to had been spent confined within a three-bedroom New York apartment. A few years later the world will get to look back at them through "The Wolfpack", a documentary that recounts the incredible and disturbing story. This weekend at CREA cafe theatre group STA attempted to tell their story once again, only this time live and onstage.  

YOUVOTE 2022: flexibility, transparency and inclusivity at the Faculty of Law!
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9 May 202210 May 2022Politics, Today

YOUVOTE 2022: flexibility, transparency and inclusivity at the Faculty of Law!

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The Law Student Council (Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid, FdR) represents the department of Law and PPLE (Politics, Psychology, Law, Economics). The Council of the Faculty is distributed as follows: 12 seats divided into 8 Law students and 4 PPLE ones. Let’s delve into the candidates from each party. 4 different parties: Inter, 020, De Vrije Student, OpRecht. Four different students: Sam, Chiara, Robin and Janne. The 2022 faculty student elections are waiting for us to hop on! Are you joining

Everyday racism at UvA: ‘You’re so pretty for an Arab’
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6 May 20226 May 2022Opinion, Today

Everyday racism at UvA: ‘You’re so pretty for an Arab’

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If I got a Euro for every time I've been asked if women could drive in my home country, I'd probably be able to afford a car. Being a Lebanese student at the UvA, I've experienced a fair share of implicit racism when telling others I have an Arab background. It has put me in difficult situations in which I felt like that aspect of my identity was something of less importance to my White counterparts. While these racist interactions vary, they more or less follow the same story each time: stereotypical Western views and comments on Arab cultures. Many fellow Arab students have encountered similar experiences of everyday racism from their peers at our university. Everyday racism was coined by Philomena Essed and highlights the lived experience in which structural forces of racism are upheld by everyday interactions. Here, I open up a short conversation about everyday Arab racism at the UvA with stories shared by some of its students. 

GREEN WEEKS: Reflecting on your own unsustainable behaviour 
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4 May 20224 May 2022Today

GREEN WEEKS: Reflecting on your own unsustainable behaviour 

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Fighting climate change is not a lonesome battle. That’s why the UvA and the HvA have combined their strength in their sustainability mission: enter GREEN WEEKS. During the month of May, students can join a bunch of green activities to learn more about how they can participate in saving the planet. However, the organizers of GREEN WEEKS also want to focus their attention on what the university staff can do themselves.

Does the UvA’s high QS ranking hold up? 
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29 April 20221 May 2022Today

Does the UvA’s high QS ranking hold up? 

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 It seems like Celebrations are in order! Why? The Qs world University ranking by course has yet again ranked the UvA as number one of the world in Media and communication sciences; Surely, UvA’s media and communication sciences faculty members and students are proud of this fact, right?  We spoke to a student and a member of said course's faculty to find out if the rankings hold up.