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Join the special edition of The UvA Create a Course Challenge
25 Jan 2021
The Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS) challenges all UvA students to submit an idea for a new interdisciplinary course and to develop that course together with IIS curriculum experts. Submit your idea ...
Executive Board approves joint accommodation of Executive Programmes and PPLE in REC P
20 Jan 2021
TThe Executive Board has decided to jointly accommodate the Executive Programmes (EP) and and the interfaculty Bachelor's programme in Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics (PPLE) in REC P. REC P will be renovated ...
Take part in the National Student Survey 2021!
18 Jan 2021
This week the National Student Survey (NSE) will start. The NSE is a national survey in which students give their opinion about their study and educational institution. From Thursday 21 January you will receive an ...
Winners Grassroots Science4all 2020
15 Jan 2021
In 2020, employees and students were again called upon to apply for financial support for projects to improve diversity and inclusion at the Faculty of Science. This time no fewer than six projects have received a ...
Universities lowering the standard for BSA this year
14 Jan 2021
In view of the corona crisis, the 14 Dutch universities have opted to lower the standard for the binding study advice (BSA) this academic year by 10-15%. For the UvA, this means that students who started their study ...
Take part in outdoor personal training at USC
14 Jan 2021
Interested in a little break from online workouts or your standard run around the park? With a USC PT membership, you can book three outdoor personal training sessions – 50 minutes each – at one of the USC locations.
UvA adapts building-related projects
11 Jan 2021
The coronavirus pandemic and the expansion of digital education have prompted the UvA to critically reassess the need for renovation or new-build projects. The feasibility of new plans will also be subjected to ...
2021 - 2026 strategic plan: inspiring generations
7 Jan 2021
At the beginning of this year the Executive Board (CvB) established its Strategic Plan for 2021 – 2026, entitled Inspiring generations. This states what is needed to maintain and expand our position as a university: ...
Old requests from Library Interlibrary Loan account no longer visible from 29 January
5 Jan 2021
On 29 January, the way in which staff and students with a UvAnetID log into WorldCat Discovery (the national library catalogue) will change. After that date, the system will automatically create a new Interlibrary ...
Highlighted: IIS electives Sexology and Big History
4 Jan 2021
Do you have your curriculum complete for the 2nd semester? If not: A few interdisciplinary electives that will start soon still have room for some extra students! For example, enrol to Sexology (6 EC) or Big History ...
Independent reporting point for undesirable conduct to remain open
4 Jan 2021
The availability of the temporary external reporting point for undesirable conduct has been extended. The independent reporting point was set up in July 2020 and offers an additional and accessible opportunity for ...
Explanation of actions pertaining to social safety: update
23 Dec 2020
It has become increasingly clear over the past year that the safeguards put in within the UvA for the purposes of flagging up and subsequently addressing lack of social safety need to be tightened up.
20 years Faculty of Science: the past, present and future
21 Dec 2020
Two excavators are busy, a man with a helmet is coiling a cable. There’s a strong wind, turning the otherwise deserted construction site at the Science Park into a sandstorm. The new building may be the pride of the ...
Faces of Science Park: Erik Persoon
21 Dec 2020
The Faculty Diversity Office interviews a staff member of the Faculty of Science every month about a book, a film or something else that has inspired them in some way. This month in "Faces of Science Park": Erik ...
Jacqueline Schoone stays on until the appointment of a new ombudsperson
17 Dec 2020
Parties like representative advisory bodies and deans are currently still discussing a document about the embedding of the ombudsperson. The recruitment of the permanent ombudsperson will start as soon as decision ...
The impact of the second corona wave on studying and working at the UvA
15 Dec 2020
The experiences of students and staff of the UvA during the second wave of corona have been in some ways similar: study and work pressure is high, and the lack of social contact and time outdoors has also been ...
André Nollkaemper reappointed dean of Amsterdam Law School
14 Dec 2020
The UvA’s Executive Board has reappointed Professor André Nollkaemper as dean of Amsterdam Law School. Nollkaemper’s second term will commence on 1 May 2021 and – like the first term – will last for a period of five ...
Faces of Science Park: Lisa Teichmann, phd candidate
11 Dec 2020
Every month, the Faculty Diversity Office interviews a staff member of the Faculty of Science about a book, a film or something else that has inspired them on the theme of Diversity. This month in "Faces of Science ...
Two UvA students receive ECHO Award 2020
9 Dec 2020
Of the four UvA finalists, Priscilla Maria and Marwa Ahmed were the two to win an ECHO Award 2020. Every year, the ECHO Award is presented to outstanding students from non-western backgrounds who actively demonstrate ...
Paris Proof by 2040: our route to Paris
9 Dec 2020
In November, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) published an Energy Transition Road Map. It sets out the sustainability measures that are required to enable the UvA to meet the targets of the UN’s Paris climate ...
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