How can we work together to make the cities of the future better? From 17 through 23 June, researchers and students at AUAS will be sharing their latest ideas and insights at the WeMakeThe.City festival – a festival ...
AUAS students Kethia Barigenera (Applied Psychology) and Artur Moeijes (HBO-ICT) have been nominated for the 2019 ECHO Award on behalf of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS).
Amsterdam has received a European grant for the development of an ‘energy-positive’ district in the Buiksloterham neighbourhood. Part of this grant, amounting to 1.3 million euros, will go to research programmes at ...
Struggling entrepreneurs suffer twice the shame and the stigma around failure, because making problems the subject of discussion has direct consequences for cooperation and doing business. In addition, it is in the ...
Judith Metz, professor of Youth Spot at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, has been elected chair of the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA). For the next two years, she will lead this ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has been awarded four Comenius fellowships. These are associated with grants amounting to a total of €500,000 to stimulate innovation in education.
The HBO Monitor 2018 shows that 89% of Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) alumni successfully found a job within three months of graduation. This is an increase of 3% compared to 2017.
Robert van Mulligen, PABO lecturer (teacher-training college for primary education) has been named AUAS Lecturer of the Year. This was announced during the annual AUAS Education Conference, which was held at Theater ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has been informed that there is currently a waiting list for completing the State Exams ‘Dutch as a Second Language’ (NT2). Students who require this diploma in ...
The expanding group of migrant entrepreneurs are translating their specific background and experience into innovation, frequently managing to find niche areas to successfully exploit through new business ideas. In ...
Jumping Joey, Comebek and Kubby. These are just a few of the products designed by students. Curious about what they are exactly? You can stop by SPOT, the pop-up store on the Spui 23 in central Amsterdam, to find ...
Didi Griffioen, professor of Higher Education, Research and Innovation at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, is the first Dutch academic to be accepted into the small international group of Principal ...
The Master’s programme Occupational Therapy at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences has been named the best Master in the field of health sciences. This was announced in the annual Master’s Guide (Keuzegids ...
In 2025, the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA) will open a new mega library (OBA XL) in Amsterdam’s Nieuw-West district. How can this become a place that brings cultures together, where young and old are challenged to ...
On 7 February, high school students will again take to the streets for a climate protest. Are they representative of their peers? Lecturer-researcher Adwin Bosschaart of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences ...
The first students with their own businesses have been selected for the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences’ (AUAS) Entrepreneurship Scheme. In the same way that the AUAS enables talented athletes to work on ...
The research by Cynthia Boomkens, Judith Metz and Jolanda Sonneveld was recognised as the best AUAS research of 2019. This was announced during the AUAS Research Day 2019, where awards were also presented for the ...
AUAS is receiving a total of 900,000 euros in RAAK Public Subsidies for three research projects. This has been granted for research into the promotion of a healthy lifestyle among toddlers, cooperation concerning ...
If we want to continue to feed 10 billion people sustainably and healthily in 2050, then we will have to learn to adopt a radically different way of eating. This message from 37 renowned academics got tongues wagging ...
The number of expat children in primary education is set to increase in the years ahead, meaning that levels of multilingualism in classes will also rise. Not only is the number of expats in the Amsterdam region ...
By 2050, Dutch society must have transformed into a circular economy. In this sustainable recycling economy, there is no waste and raw materials are used again and again. The Dutch government aims to achieve this and ...
A large proportion of Dutch children have poor motor skills. Researchers at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) have developed a programme to give these children the support they need. The intention ...
It’s likely that one third or more of the people in debt counselling or whose finances are administered by a trustee suffer from a moderate mental handicap. If special counselling remains unavailable, this number ...
'Shaping Urban Communities. Smart and Sustainable Solutions' – this was the motto of the U!REKA (The Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance) consortium’s third annual conference, hosted this year from 26-28 ...
An all-encompassing climate agreement is around the corner. In The Hague tension is mounting around the negotiating table. The stakes are high, but one thing is clear: it’s going to be a very tough job to actually ...
Following the launch of the Digital Society School in September, applications for its Spring 2019 Trainee Programme are now open. This 20-week internship runs from February through June 2019. It is offered in English ...
The prestigious Media Architecture Biennale 2020 (MAB20) will be jointly organised by various AUAS faculties, including the Play & Civic Media research group (DMCI Faculty) and Frank Suurenbroek’s Construction ...
Pay a fine, prove yourself and take tests are the messages expressed most frequently in Dutch folders and brochures for refugees. This is the observation of Nadine Blankvoort, lecturer-researcher at AUAS and ...
The new Sport and Nutrition Campus at the AUAS was recently launched on Dr. Meurerlaan. The eye-catcher is the new restaurant, which has been transformed into a luxury food court. Students and staff can taste the ...
Amsterdam will install smart ‘blue-green’ roofs on social housing buildings. These roofs allow for extra (blue) water to be stored beneath the green surface, better protecting the homes and their environment against ...
The Bajes Quarter (Bajes Kwartier) in the South East of Amsterdam, a new neighbourhood being created on the site of the former Bijlmerbajes prison complex, will be the first new ‘healthy’ housing development in the ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has started recruiting 40 trainees with bicultural backgrounds. In partnership with these ‘young professionals’, the AUAS wants to bridge a gap towards its student ...
When it comes to embedding entrepreneurship and innovation in higher education institutions, the Netherlands is ahead of its European peers. The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is one of the ...
More than 80,000 residents of Amsterdam feel seriously lonely. This has a negative impact on their participation in society and their health. 27 September marked the launch of national loneliness week, a theme that ...
The first week of September saw the launch of the Digital Society School: the new form of education within Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) that sees students, researchers and businesses work side by ...
Sixteen refugees with residence permits, a background in the sciences and teaching experience in their home countries have started an introductory course this September for teacher training at the Amsterdam ...
The care in relation to giving up smoking offered to smokers following a heart attack is not effective. Patients who have stopped by themselves need something completely different, and those continuing to smoke ...
Available to all, free of charge: an increasingly important requirement for all academic articles financed using public funds. But how, as a university, do you organise this? Librarians Jaroen Kuijer (AUAS) and ...
Photographer and artist Olga Permiakova (Ukraine, 1988) will be Photographer in Residence for the upcoming academic year at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). In this role, she will create artistic ...
In 2017, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) awarded over 7,500 Bachelor's degrees and obtained € 14 million in grant funding to support its applied research. These figures are from the 2017 AUAS ...
The City of Amsterdam and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) are joining forces to tackle challenges involving exercise, nutrition, health and professional and recreational sports in the city. The ...
A study conducted on the largest EV charging transactions dataset worldwide revealed insight in what rollout strategy for charging points can best be applied by policy makers. The research was conducted by Jurjen ...
Today, 2 July, marks the start of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Summer School 2018. This year it includes eight international courses, each lasting two weeks. Over 100 international students from 28 ...
Over the next four years, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) will conduct a European study into how policy can be organised in such a way as to provide optimum support for cooperating entrepreneurs ...
In March 2018, AUAS Engineering alumni Neil van den Haak and Kevin Kesteloo closed a deal with bicycle tyre manufacturer Schwalbe for their airless bicycle tyre. The tyre will be available from specialist retailers ...
From the coming academic year, students at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences who set up a business while studying will have greater opportunities to successfully complete their studies while running their own ...
AUAS-teacher Youssef el Bouhassani was named Lecturer of the Year 2018 nationwide today. El Bouhassani was elected in Utrecht from five finalists. The prize is an initiative of the Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg ...
AUAS Engineering alumni Neil van den Haak and Kevin Kesteloo have closed a deal with bicycle tyre manufacturer Schwalbe. While studying at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, they designed an ...
The Forensic Science (Forensisch Onderzoek) programme of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences is a partner in the large-scale SHUTTLE study, which is receiving 10.5 million euros in funding from Horizon 2020, ...
As far as AUAS alumna Suzanne Eikmans is concerned, plastic tokens used to pay at festivals can be banished to the dustbin of history. With her Festival Wallet app, you can just whip your telephone and pay digitally ...
Around 130 young people gathered together at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences’ (AUAS) Amstelcampus Wednesday evening, where speakers with different backgrounds talked about how Generation Y, the (student) ...
Electric cars can function as power plants for solar power. The technology already exists, but is not being widely applied at street and neighbourhood level. The main reason is the lack of financial benefits for ...
Students, lecturers and professors were all very positive about the premiere of the Research Lab Symposium of CEDIS (Centre of Entrepreneurial Dynamics and International Strategy). The well-attended Research Lab ...
As of 1st July 2016, the International Business School of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences changes its name to Amsterdam School of International Business (AMSIB). The name change is part of a wider ...
Second year Amsterdam School of International Business (AMSIB) student Moreno Weilenmann had the honor to be country delegate at Change the World New York 2016: an international conference organised by Rotaract ...
Studying at the International Business School and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, is studying in the innovation capital of Europe, Amsterdam, according to the European Committee. The European Committee ...
Travelbird has announced an exciting opportunity to win an internship at their main offices in Amsterdam. Current students at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences are now eligible to participate.
Last Friday April 15, the third edition of International Talent Event Amsterdam (ITEA) drew more than 900 international talent attendees of which many students of the International Business School and the Amsterdam ...
On Monday 14 March, the International Business School (IBS) held a celebratory event dedicated to the launch of CEDIS, its own research Centre of Entrepreneurial Dynamics and International Strategy.
Starting September 2016, international students who do not yet meet the requirements for the international bachelors’ programme of the International Business School (IBS), can join a pre-bachelor Business and ...
In the week of 7 – 11 December, IBS students will organise the second “YES, we care, so let’s share”! food drive.
This year for the first time Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences offered international students the opportunity to attend academic courses at the AUAS Summer School. During lunch students from many different ...
Challenge is a hot topic in education in the Netherlands. Underachievers form a neglected group in this respect. Challenge is crucial for this group in particular, as discovered by AUAS student Wietse Jelles who is ...
