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Social safety
Social safety
A safe and inclusive university doesn't happen automatically. Social safety remains a complex challenge.
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COR calls on UvA to improve social safety plan following Labour Inspectorate warnings

15 juni 2026 - 12:47
COR calls on UvA to improve social safety plan following Labour Inspectorate warnings
The UvA’s Central Works Council is calling for an improved action plan to address workload and social safety at the university. The council made the request in an unsolicited advice to the Executive Board. The appeal follows discussions with the Netherlands Labour Authority, during which the UvA ...
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Student fraternity A.S.C./A.V.S.V. regains grants under conditions

24 april 2026 - 11:30
The society of the A.S.C./A.V.S.V. in Warmoesstraat.
The UvA, together with the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) and VU Amsterdam, has decided that executive committee members of the student fraternity A.S.C./A.V.S.V. are once again eligible for Executive Board grants. The fraternity has been working on a cultural change in recent years ...
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Almost one in two women experiences inappropriate behaviour during their PhD programme

27 maart 2026 - 07:45
PhD students in the laboratories of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences at the University of Amsterdam.
More than a third of recent PhD graduates in the Netherlands experienced inappropriate behaviour during their PhD programme. This is according to figures from Statistics Netherlands. Women are more likely to experience inappropriate behaviour than men. At the University of Amsterdam, more than a qua...
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Students experience unwanted behavior at the UvA more often

18 maart 2026 - 10:30
Students experience unwanted behavior at the UvA more often
UvA students are increasingly encountering unwanted behavior at the university. This emerges from the 2024–25 Student Social Safety Monitor, a survey conducted by the university among its students. International students, in particular, appear to face unwanted behavior relatively frequently.
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UvA skipped monitor on students’ social safety during campus protests

18 maart 2026 - 07:45
UvA skipped monitor on students’ social safety during campus protests
During the 2024 campus occupations, the University of Amsterdam deliberately skipped its annual survey on students’ social safety. This occurred precisely at a time when concerns about student safety on campus were high. According to the UvA, a survey at that time would have produced “no...
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Taskforce: “Universities must do more to guarantee the safety of Jewish people”

2 februari 2026 - 14:17
Taskforce: “Universities must do more to guarantee the safety of Jewish people”
Jewish students and staff at Dutch universities are feeling increasingly unsafe. This is the conclusion of the Taskforce on Combating Anti-Semitism in a study that also includes interviews with UvA students. The taskforce calls on universities to offer more active and visible support to the Jewish c...
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“Stronger legal definitions are needed to combat violence against women”

5 december 2025 - 13:44
The orange-lit bridge on Roeterseiland
It is Orange the World week, a global campaign focused on combating violence against women and girls. But to truly make a difference, cultural change is not enough says Bregje Dijksterhuis, assistant professor in family law.
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Powerless against university authorities

31 oktober 2025 - 12:13
There is still much room for improvement in terms of social safety at universities.
Inappropriate behaviour is a monster with many heads, even at universities. Philosopher and lawyer Klaas Rozemond became involved in this issue at the VU, resulting in a labour dispute. He now works at the UvA and has written a book about his experiences. It includes tips!
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Mayor Halsema: Jewish students’ sense of insecurity at the University of Amsterdam “not representative”

11 september 2025 - 17:38
Mayor Halsema: Jewish students’ sense of insecurity at the University of Amsterdam “not representative”
According to Mayor Halsema, the feelings of unsafety expressed by several Jewish members of the UvA are “not representative” of the entire Jewish UvA community. This was the mayor’s response to questions in the city council following an article in Het Parool.
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Can hazing be done differently? This writer and former student association member thinks so

19 augustus 2025 - 12:05
Introductory period at the ASC/AVSV
Good hazing rituals do exist, according to Barend Last. He wrote a book about introductions within student associations and other clubs. Based on his own experiences and conversations with members, he outlines how hazing should be done. ‘It’s that one per cent that goes wrong.’
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Corps bans new members for dispute Thalia after serious misconduct

12 augustus 2025 - 11:03
Corps bans new members for dispute Thalia after serious misconduct
Following an incident of “serious misconduct,” the A.S.C./A.V.S.V. has decided that the dispute Thalia will not be allowed to admit any new members this academic year. The corps board says it is concerned about the safety of (new) members.
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Jewish UvA community feels unsafe: rector calls this “unacceptable”

7 juli 2025 - 14:38
The facade of the Maagdenhuis.
On Saturday, Jewish students, lecturers and staff told het Parool that they feel unsafe at the UvA. The rector says that steps have since been taken: reports are now dealt with more swiftly, security has been deployed and students or lecturers are being confronted over unacceptable behaviour.
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I have never felt so unsafe at the UvA as yesterday

15 april 2025 - 10:33
Police action during the occupation of the Maagdenhuis on 14 April.
Master’s student in urban history Ole Lechner has never felt so unsafe at the UvA as he did last Monday. He also felt unsafe during last year’s demonstrations, in which people called for a break with Israeli institutions. He filed a complaint at the time, but never received a response. “That i...
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UvA files a police report for threatening posters at Science Park

25 maart 2025 - 16:59
Text on blackboard at Science Park
The UvA will file a police report for threatening posters that were distributed on Tuesday afternoon at Science Park and via Instagram. Each member of the Executive Board is named and pictured and accused of ‘complicity in genocide’. The UvA calls this “a new low”.
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Intreeweek checks with push message if first year students feel safe

29 augustus 2024 - 12:52
Intreeweek checks with push message if first year students feel safe
Sports day, museum night and the final party, Intreeweek has followed a set pattern for years. Yet there is something new: a check-in moment for freshmen via a push message on their phones. It is a way of keeping an eye on social safety.
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“Non-verbal aggression and destroying property during demonstrations is counter-productive”

8 mei 2024 - 17:19
“Non-verbal aggression and destroying property during demonstrations is counter-productive”
Law student Winnie Terra believes the anger over what is happening in Gaza is unfairly placed on the UvA. Just as guilty of what is happening in Israel and Gaza are our forefathers and their choices in history, she argues.
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2 mei 2024 - 10:26
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Safety of scientists is under pressure worldwide. Dijkgraaf highlights the Netherlands

20 maart 2024 - 16:02
Safety of scientists is under pressure worldwide. Dijkgraaf highlights the Netherlands
Studies on the safety of scientists primarily highlight the same thing: Things are not going well. More attention must be paid to this in the Netherlands as well, Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf believes.
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24 januari 2024 - 09:33
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6 juli 2023 - 16:59
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Jewish students feel unsafe and unwelcome at the UvA

3 juli 2023 - 11:52
Jewish students feel unsafe and unwelcome at the UvA
Jewish students at the UvA do not feel safe due to strong anti-Israel sentiment and implicit calls to violence during the recent occupation. “If you don’t subscribe to a pro-Palestinian ideology at the UvA, you’ll be in for a rough time.”
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