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‘We’re inclined to have more respect for intelligent people’
Marjolein de Jong
17 May 2021
According to Renée van Schoonhoven, a lecturer in Education Law, we tend to regard diplomas as a reward for hard work.
VU to open new walk-in counselling service for students with mental health issues
Marjolein de Jong
17 May 2021
Arne Popma, a VU alumnus and currently a child and adolescent psychiatrist at UMC, is one of the co-founders of the @ease foundation.
‘We try to navigate using our instinct’
Marjolein de Jong
6 April 2021
We can find answers to contemporary questions in human evolution, contends Mark van Vugt, evolutionary psychologist at VU Amsterdam.
'Religious institutions are not prepared to negotiate on sex and sexuality'
Hannah Stoffels
6 April 2021
„The more institutionalised the religion, the more dominant the framework of gender, sex and patriarchy”, says Azza Karam, professor at VU Amsterdam.
‘A one-liner can sometimes say more than a long analysis’
Marjolein de Jong
19 March 2021
Comedian Teun van den Elzen (27) produces ‘Saaie Kutpolitiek’ (Boring Shit Politics), a YouTube channel with satirical videos about Dutch politics.
'I learned from Kierkegaard: anxiety is a teacher'
Marjolein de Jong
18 January 2021
When studying Pedagogy at VU Amsterdam, Geert Jan Blanken became fascinated by the work of Kierkegaard; a fascination that never left him.
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VU alumnus Jos Brils receives special Romanian distinction
Marjolein de Jong
17 January 2021
Every month we focus on an alumnus who has made an outstanding achievement. This time an interview with Jos Brils.
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'The European Union is the great experiment of our time'
Jasmijn Snoijink
19 October 2020
Eredoctor Anne-Marie Slaughter about the US elections, filter bubbles and democratic resilience.
Following in Abraham Kuyper’s footsteps
Marjolein de Jong
18 October 2020
George Harinck (62) is professor at the VU and an expert on everything Abraham Kuyper.
“The coronavirus is here to stay.”
Annemiek Simons
14 April 2020
“During this outbreak, everything depends on the capacity of hospitals to provide people with artificial respiration.”
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