Statement from the author: This article is part of a series on the pro-Palestine protests that recently happened on campus. The aim of this series…
Lioba RoggendorfAugust 13, 2024
“Half of us will be gone by next semester”, my friend sneered, his gaze wandering along the rows of first years awaiting their very first…
Lioba RoggendorfMay 1, 2024
More than a month ago, the University of Amsterdam announced the opening of a humanitarian fund to support students and academics affected by the disaster…
Laura SpringerApril 15, 2024
Did you also finally find housing? No, I’m still looking so if you hear anything, could you let me know? This is a conversation most…
Laura SpringerNovember 3, 2023
In December 2022, along with many other students, I signed a petition from the University Rebellion UvA which demanded that the UvA cut their ties…
Laura SpringerSeptember 6, 2023
With the upcoming application deadline on the 15th of January, here are some useful things to consider about pursuing a Bachelor’s in Psychology at the…
Evita EgertJanuary 13, 2023
Rosie Zheng is a truly remarkable human being. Having finished her bachelor in Psychology and then Artificial Intelligence at the UvA (during which she wrote…
Milena KaprálováApril 6, 2022
When I started my bachelor’s in Psychology at the UvA in 2017/2018, I did not know I belonged to the last batch of students that…
Lisanne van der VeldenFebruary 2, 2022
Since February, UvA students who would like to meet new people or who feel lonely during the pandemic can go for a walk with another…
Milena KaprálováApril 6, 2021
According to a recent article published by Folia, Internationale studenten zwaar oververtegenwoordigd in studentenraden (International students are heavily over-represented in student councils), there are a…
Lydia Tian and Julius DullaertJanuary 29, 2021
Eric-Jan Wagenmakers is a professor in neurocognitive modelling at UvA’s Psychological Methods Department. He recently published a book with the remarkable title Bayesian Thinking for…
Julius DullaertNovember 19, 2020
By the end of August, University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Vrije Universiteit (VU) confirmed that they will be collaborating with the multinational Chinese technology company…
Julius DullaertSeptember 30, 2020
In comparison to previous years, many things have changed for this year’s batch of psychology students. Besides the obvious shift to online learning, alternative online…
Lydia TianAugust 31, 2020
Not only have current UvA students experienced changes in their education due to the corona crisis, but prospective students are affected by this, too. Since…
Lisanne van der VeldenJune 3, 2020
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you have noticed that quite a few things have changed recently. More or less abruptly, the Dutch…
Valentin WeberMay 4, 2020
UvA invited Nelson Maatman, pedophile-activist, to give a guest-lecture for the course Sociology of Sexuality. Later, the university apologized for inviting him as they were…
Quinty MarsMarch 30, 2020
With the recent implementation of an international bachelor at the Psychology department (since 2018-2019), the topic of diversity has become more relevant at our department.…
Lydia TianMarch 9, 2020
Over the past few years there has been a lot of talk about budget cuts in different faculties and departments at UvA. So far, these…
Quinty MarsJanuary 20, 2020
Since the study Psychology has been internationalized at the UvA, the number of students that didn’t join university directly after high school but later on…
Julia NürnbergerDecember 9, 2019
If you ever tried studying for an exam at Roeterseilandcampus (REC), you may have had the draining experience of walking up and down the library…
Rosa BreedJune 19, 2019
Decolonization is the process of undoing colonialism. Parallel to giving back people’s indigenous land is the idea of intellectual decolonization, the undoing of colonial ideas…
Martin VerloopApril 9, 2019