All educational institutions in the Netherlands are obliged to be smoke-free starting on 1 August. This also includes the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). The new smoking policy applies to everyone ...
AUAS student Elijah Alvares has been appointed as the new student assessor at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), effective 1 August 2020.
A rooftop that improves urban biodiversity whilst protecting us against high temperatures and collecting and regulating excess water after heavy showers. Although this idea has a utopian ring to it, Amsterdam Oost ...
Despite the many fine examples of inspirational distance education, it’s vital to good education that students can meet face-to-face with their peers and teachers.
Students of the Communication and Multimedia Design programme (CMD) at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) recently wrapped up a very successful project in collaboration with the renowned Hermitage ...
In 2019, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) awarded degrees to 6,884 students. Some 13,766 new students began their studies at the AUAS and a total of € 12 million in grant funding was obtained ...
Patients returning home after a stay in intensive care are overwhelmed by a great sense of uncertainty. How will their recovery go from here? Fortunately, they are no longer on their own. From now on, patients in the ...
The AUAS has taken decisions concerning the international mobility of students and employees in the first semester of the 2020-2021 academic year. This includes three types of international mobility: degree-seeking ...
Students who have a foreign diploma and plan to study at the AUAS in one of our Dutch-taught programmes are required to demonstrate their language proficiency by showing that they have passed all four parts of the ...
The Amsterdam School of International Business (AMSIB) has decided to deliver education entirely online in the fall semester for all students. This means, that despite which year or phase you are at in your degree ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences aims to participate in the Horizon 2020-funded Marie S. Curie fellowship programme, which offers international postdoctoral researchers a great opportunity to work in ...
The recent death of George Floyd due to police violence has caused a great deal of indignation not only in America but around the world – including our country. Thousands of people took part in a Black Lives ...
In SustainaBul 2020, the AUAS rose from its low position in 2019 to the middle of the rankings: a good result in just a year’s time. Furthermore, the AUAS ranked third in the 'best practices' category for its ...
The Executive Board has appointed Nynke van Dijk as Dean of the faculties of Sports and Nutrition (FBSV) and Health (FG). Van Dijk will start at the AUAS on 1 September 2020. Until then, Irene Sparreboom will be the ...
The Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has appointed Pieter Meulenhoff Professor of Cyber Security by special appointment with effect from 1 September 2020. Meulenhoff works for ...
This evening, the government announced that higher professional education, just like secondary vocational education, will be allowed to open their doors for educational activities from 15 June on, to a limited ...
Lea den Broeder, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) professor and senior researcher at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) is set to join the RIVM’s Corona ...
The Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) are jointly establishing a new special professorship: Applied Quantum Computing. This research group makes ...
At the end of March, the government explained that even in the most positive scenario, a return to the 'old situation' for higher education would take time. Tonight's announcements by the government make it clear ...
The corona crisis increases the risk of malnutrition in the elderly, making them more susceptible to COVID-19 warns Professor of Nutrition and Exercise Peter Weijs of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences ...
Huib de Jong will continue as Executive Board Chairman of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) until 1 September 2020. His departure was originally planned for 1 July 2020.
BillyFor this month’s Life@AMSIB, we interviewed the human embodiment of positivity and joy, Billy Shur, to see how her first year at AMSIB has been so far! Was there a challenge that tore down even the most ...
The Dutch government has announced that the current measures for higher education will continue after 28 April.
Gerard van Haarlem passed away on Friday 17 April, following the onset of an illness that began last summer. Gerard served for seventeen years as the Dean of the Faculty of Technology at the Amsterdam University of ...
Some 91% of Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) alumni succeed in finding a job within three months of graduation. This is according to the HBO Monitor, the annual nationwide study among all graduates of ...
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak the AUAS Summer School 2020 has been cancelled.
For the past few weeks we’ve been living in a different reality in the Netherlands and at the AUAS. We work at home and this will be the case for a while. This raises questions: how can AUAS employees work well ...
Reint Jan Renes, Professor of Psychology for Sustainable Cities at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, is currently seconded to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) for four ...
COVID-19 patients hospitalised in the ICU have an increased risk of PICS: Post-intensive Care Syndrome warns Marike van der Schaaf, professor of Acute Care Rehabilitation at the Amsterdam University of Applied ...
The Dutch government has announced that the current measures will be extended until (and including) 28 April 2020. It’s also evident that it’s going to take some time for normal life to resume, if, in the ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences will carry on with working from home and offering distance education after 6 April. In principle, there will be no on-campus education for the rest of the academic year ...
Master Digital Design student Matthijs Nolst Trenité created the online History lessons series Meneer Goedknegt in 2017. Overnight, it became a success in the Netherlands. He explains his design vision and ...
He wasn't supposed to officially start in his role as Digital Transformation Officer at the AUAS until next week. However, Ivo van der Werk is already fully on board. "Had you told me a month ago that the ...
Considering the exceptional circumstances due to the corona crisis, the AUAS understands that our international students may prefer to be at home with loved ones during this time. If this applies to you, we advise ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is postponing the BSA (binding study advice) due to the corona crisis. AUAS aims for education and exams to continue wherever possible. The degree programmes are ...
The Dutch are being forced to break their ingrained habits due to the emergency measures taken in the fight against the coronavirus. It’s not easy, as behavioural scientist and AUAS professor Reint-Jan Renes ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has decided to no longer offer the AMFI Master Fashion Enterprise Creation as of 1 September 2020. This means that the degree programme is no longer accepting new ...
The collaboration platform U!REKA is strengthening its presence in Europe with the addition of two new institutional partners: Politécnico de Lisboa (IPL) and VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO). ...
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) alum Fiere Bonnerman has won the thesis prize of the Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement (scriptieprijs van de vakbeweging) in the universities of ...
The Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of Applied Science (AUAS - Hogeschool van Amsterdam) has appointed Troy Nachtigall on 4 February 2020 as Professor of Fashion Research and Technology. The professorship ...
During this academic year (2019-2020), a total of 13,766 first-year students started studying at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). This represents an increase of 5.2 percent compared to the ...
The Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has appointed Martijn de Waal Professor of Play & Civic Media as of 1 February 2020. In his research, De Waal focuses on the relationship ...
The renowned British economist Kate Raworth praised the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences community and Amsterdammers who attended her inauguration on Thursday. "In no other city do I see so many good ...
Huib de Jong, Chairman of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences’ Executive Board, has announced that he will leave the AUAS on 1 July 2020. He plans to retire. The Supervisory Board will now start the ...
Due to the increasing digitisation of society, the role of digital technology in innovation is becoming more and more important. Professor of Digital Life, Dr Somaya Ben Allouch, at the Amsterdam University of ...
The Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has appointed Tamara Witschge professor of Cross Media as of 1 January 2020. This position had become vacant after the departure of Harry van ...
The prestigious Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize has been awarded to the paper ‘Everyday life after a hip fracture: what community-living older adults perceive as most beneficial for their recovery’. The ...
The Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has appointed Ineke Bussemaker as Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE), following consultations with the representative ...
Amsterdam's knowledge institutes, including the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), are joining forces and investing EUR 1 billion in the development of responsible artificial intelligence (AI) ...
The transition to sustainable energy and mobility in the Netherlands is faltering, despite advancing technological developments and the clear economic benefits of such a transition. To change this, the Dutch Research ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences recently organised Going International 2019. The Kohnstamm building was buzzing with activity: fascinating speakers, diverse workshops, a student meet & greet and an ...
In theory, proactive behaviour by employees helps an organisation to move forward or protects it from threats and mistakes. However, in reality, a significant proportion of managers are insufficiently open to ...
At the request of Amsterdam’s Zuidoost district council, 130 students from seven faculties at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) worked together to come up with creative and innovative ideas to ...
Soraya Wahjudi, physiotherapy student at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and gold medallist at the World Taekwondo Beach Championships, has been nominated for the VIVA400. Soraya juggles many ...
Amsterdam will be one of the host cities of the European Football Championship (UEFA EURO 2020) in June and July 2020. What will Amsterdam’s residents and visitors think of this event, and what will volunteers ...
Researchers from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) are involved in the development of a toolkit with an advanced microscope. This will enable forensic investigators to carry out more detailed ...
The Faculty of Health at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and the College of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Manitoba are about to embark on an intensive cooperation. They will join forces to ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), ING, the City of Amsterdam, and the ROC have launched a new innovation district, Cumulus Park. It is a profound cooperation uniting partners that traditionally ...
Collaboration between universities of applied sciences and school boards is a prerequisite to effectively tackle the teacher shortage in the Netherlands. Amsterdam serves as an example of this. To see how this works ...
Professor Valérie Lamontagne passed away on 4 October. She was 51 years old. The AUAS appointed Dr. Lamontagne, a Canadian, as professor of the Fashion Research and Technology research group at the Amsterdam ...
Dr Michiel Horikx was appointed professor by special appointment in Structural Safety at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), effective 1 September 2019, . This concerns a new research group that ...
Ice cream that is high in protein and really tastes good: that’s what elderly people want to see on the menu in their care homes. With this in mind, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) Nutrition and ...
Fifteen new trainees started at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) this academic year. They are part of a special traineeship aimed at creating more role models for students with a multicultural ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences’ (AUAS) Executive Board has appointed André Henken acting dean of the Faculty of Technology (FT), effective immediately. Henken succeeds dean Gerard van ...
The Digital Society School, part of Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), and the United Nations (UNDP) are organising the fourth edition of the Global Goals Jam on 20-21 September. During this two-day ...
Electric flight will help make aviation more sustainable; it is cleaner, quieter and more economical than conventional aviation. Knowledge institutes, research institutes and the business community are working with ...
Growing nationalism, migration, a shrinking welfare state: all these changes have a particularly strong effect on vulnerable groups. Occupational therapy, a care- and welfare-oriented profession, is increasingly ...
Some 450 new first-year students from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) harvested soot yesterday in the most polluted places in the city. This wasn’t an ...
The new academic year was officially opened yesterday by Amsterdam’s Deputy Mayor, Sharon Dijksma and AUAS Executive Board Chairman Huib de Jong. In his speech, De Jong touched on the digital, social and ...
Today, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences' Executive Board Chairman, Huib de Jong, announced that Kate Raworth has been appointed Professor of Practice effective January 2020. The Faculty of Business and ...
A group of approximately 70 new Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) students yesterday experienced a first for the Netherlands, participating in Tune In – a new three-day summer introductory ...
Gender, age, socio-economic background, nationality, worldview and religion. No two of the 46,000 students at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) are the same. What they do have in common is that they ...
Diversity Talks is a non-profit organisation focused on promoting inclusive education in the Amsterdam metropolitan area. Devised by Artur Moeijes, who studies HBO-ICT at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences ...
Students at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) are the most satisfied when it comes to the atmosphere, class size, content and lecturers. These are the findings of a student satisfaction survey ...
Research by the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) into Dutch festivals shows that the number of festivals in the Netherlands has decreased by more than ten percent over a two-year period. Professor ...
Four research teams from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) have been awarded RAAK-PRO grants. Each of these teams will receive an amount of 700,000 euros to start or continue research into the need ...
The Social and Economic Council (SER) is calling for a more intensive fight against functional illiteracy. However, according to Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) researchers Krispijn Faddegon and Eelco ...
The collaboration platform U!REKA intends to participate in the second European Universities pilot in 2020, as soon as the application guidelines are announced. This is a grant programme for cooperative European ...
AUAS student Oumaima el Hammouti has been appointed as the new student assessor at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), effective 1 August.
Photographer and artist Tobias Groot will be Photographer in Residence for the upcoming academic year 2019-2020 at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). In this role, he will create artistic ...
Amsterdam appointed a new Junior Bicycle Mayor today – 10-year-old Armin Taheri. This initiative was devised by Katelijne Boerma, lecturer and programme manager at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences ...
In the major shopping cities in the Netherlands, almost one in four retail establishments is a restaurant, hotel, bar or cafe, and this number is increasing. These thousands of hospitality entrepreneurs receive their ...
For a second year, the Master Digital Design of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences is seeping some of the best talent in the field back onto the job market. The occasion is marked with the launch of the ...
The summer of a lifetime starts today for over 180 international students who are attending the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Summer School 2019. This year’s group spans students with 36 different ...
In 2018, the AUAS awarded degrees to 7,210 students. Some 13,105 new students began their studies at the AUAS and a total of € 15 million in grant funding was obtained to support applied research ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences struck the first pile today for the Conrad building. By building the ‘Conradhuis’, the AUAS will complete the Amstel Campus, a bustling urban campus at the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) consortium has launched a bid to take part in the 2019 European Universities pilot project.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
'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 ...
The Make IT Work retraining track offered by Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has won the Pro-Motor Award 2018. This annual award for an ambitious idea was presented on Wednesday evening by ...
Are push notifications desirable in a news app for children? Should Airbnb be designed community-centric rather than user-centric? Would you ever create a platform which helps to deport millions of immigrants?
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 ...
Dirk Reynders has been appointed the new director of Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) with effect from 1 February 2019. Located in the Dutch capital, the renowned fashion institute is part of Amsterdam University ...
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 ...
U!REKA partners Edinburgh Napier University and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) are collaborating to strengthen their expertise in Dual Careers (DC). This programme gives elite athletes the ...
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 ...
Following a previous, tentative excursion to Hilversum, Make IT Work will officially move in with MyBit at the Media Park in Hilversum on Monday, 12 November 2018. The new site for AUAS’s retraining track will ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 degree programme of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences is a partner in the large-scale Shuttle project, which has received a €10.5 million grant from Horizon 2020, the European ...
As far as AUAS alum 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 out your telephone and pay ...
For the second year in a row, the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is organising a SweatShop. On 27, 28 and 29 November, the sewing room on the third floor of ...
Edinburgh Napier University has hosted a conference aimed at developing a network of research excellence with five European partners. The event marks the first anniversary of the formation of the Urban Research and ...
Amsterdam is a city in which everyone should be able live comfortably, no matter what their age. The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) investigated how senior citizens feel about the quality of life in ...
What exactly does the average Dutch wardrobe contain? How often do we buy new items – and do we then actually wear them? Or do they just lie around in the bottom of the wardrobe gathering dust? The survey ...
This week the Amsterdam School of International Business (AMSIB) at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) was awarded international EPAS accreditation of its Bachelor degree programmes International ...
MediaLAB Amsterdam, part of Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), together with the United Nations (United Nations Development Programme) is organising the Global Goals Jam on 15 and 16 September. During ...
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 ...
Seven different summer courses, more than 100 students from 26 countries and a 'social programme' varied in theme and content; the ingredients of Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences' third AUAS Summer School.
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) are working together to achieve smart and sustainable deliveries for their 80 buildings, spread over five campuses throughout ...
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) Executive Board has appointed Nanda Piersma as professor by special appointment researching ‘Urban analytics’. Piersma's appointment will start on 1 ...
Four AUAS students have designed a shredder with which vegetables, fruit and garden waste (known in Dutch as GFT) can be shredded and fed to worms. This would mean that GFT waste from local residents in Amsterdam can ...
Holograms in the jeweller’s shop window, a VR headset to watch the production process of the bonbon you are eating, and an interactive bar at the off-licence: for a period of one year from today, ...
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 ...
Two Amsterdam universities and one University of Applied Sciences have joined forces to launch the Amsterdam School of Data Science, opening this March.
In September 2017, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) will start the first Master’s degree programme in Digital Design in the Netherlands. This international programme offers ambitious digital ...
Some electronic energy meters can give false readings that are up to 582% higher than actual energy consumption. This emerged from a study carried out by the University of Twente (UT), in collaboration with the ...
At a ceremony in the Mucca Halle in the historic centre of Munich on Tuesday 14 February, the Department of Design of Munich University of Applied Sciences, represented by Prof Ben Santo and the Faculty of Digital ...
At the beginning of February, more than 700 international students landed at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, with study destinations at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) or the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences ...
Ding-dong! The doorbell rings and we know someone is at the door. But this is not true for Jorrit Overweg, who has impaired vision and hearing. Five ICT students at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) ...
Hemelswater, literally ‘water of heaven’, is a beer brewed with rainwater. This week Hemelswater won the Innovation Award at the Horecava, the national catering trade fair. Hemelswater was created by the ...
One lamppost in Amsterdam is definitely different from all the others. This lamppost seems to be ‘run’ by a small light accommodated in the post. It also reacts to passers-by. The ‘light’ ...
Results of publicly financed research need to find their way into education, to researchers and to the professional field unhindered. The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) wishes to aspire to a 100 % ...
An exercise programme for muscle strength and endurance, a balanced nutrition programme, respiratory muscle strength training, and above all: the physiotherapist as the coordinator for both physical and psychological ...
Six institutes of higher education have come together and launched a consortium called Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA). The six institutes will cooperate internationally with regard to ...
The successful retraining project ‘Make IT Work’ by the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), in which Bachelor’s or Master’s graduates spend a year retraining as fully qualified ...
AUAS Applied Psychology student Anita Abaisa has won the 2016 Higher Professional Education ECHO Award. This prize is awarded annually to the most promising student in higher professional education from a non-western ...
‘A highly promising design talent’, was how Laura Brussaard who studied Product Design at AUAS was described. In the first year of her programme, Laura unexpectedly and tragically died as the result of ...
As of 1 December 2016, Jacomine Ravensbergen, Dean of the Faculty of Sports and Nutrition (FSN) at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), will become a member of the Executive Board of Avans University of ...
Six universities of applied sciences have established a joint Consortium of European universities and universities of Applied Sciences. These institutions have been brought together around the shared themes of ...
Five European cities, led by the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) will launch an experiment in storing and delivering solar energy in electric cars. The project lasts 3 years, total costs sum up to 5 ...
ISMB-student Jerry-Roy Karg, along with his international student team, won the EASM Student Seminar on 9th September in Warsaw. Eight groups presented their strategic plan to renew Orliks: free accessible ...
Amsterdam-based knowledge institutes and the municipality of Amsterdam are investing heavily to make scientific knowledge and technology available for societal and economic applications.
They are small, but not harmless: algae are increasingly plaguing waters in the Netherlands. Four students in the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) Engineering, Design and Innovation bachelor's ...
There are many good examples of partnership between the UvA and AUAS in teaching and research, but the administrative union has been of limited added value in this regard. As for the service units, the partnership ...
The AUAS Summer School 2016 has come to an end. Over the last two weeks, almost 100 students from 19 different countries immersed themselves in one of the six summer courses offered. And last week, they showed what ...
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) have taken note of the current situation in Turkey and stand ready to offer advice and support to their students and staff.
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is organising the AUAS Summer School for the second year in a row. Rector Huib de Jong opened the Summer School on Monday, 4 July in the presence of all ...
Product Design students from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) created designs to improve the quality of life of refugees in emergency shelters and asylum seekers’ centres. The final results ...
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 ...
About thirty students from various faculties completed the masterclass for outstanding students in June. This masterclass consisted of eight evenings with inspiring, successful and ambitious Amsterdam residents such ...
The new ‘Access, Equity and Identity in Sport’ (AEIS) research programme of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) got off to a great start this month by receiving funding from the ...
The European MSc in Occupational Therapy underwent two re-accreditations at once: the programme accreditation according to the standards of the Dutch Flemish Accreditation Institute NVAO (NederlandsVlaamse ...
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 ...
An intelligent paving slab is being used to warn children at a primary school on Nassaukade in Amsterdam of approaching traffic on a busy cycling path. The solar-powered interactive slab lights up with LED images ...
On 1 June 2016, Dr Ingrid Wakkee will take on the role of professor of Entrepreneurship at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS).
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.
For the first time in the Netherlands, ‘beacons’ are being used to encourage people to exercise more. At public locations in Amsterdam, for example the Marineterrein and Oosterpark, these small ...
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 ...
Information from the Supervisory Boards to the UvA-AUAS community on the current appointment procedure and the resignation of Hans Amman as vice-president of the Executive Board
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.
The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and childcare organisation Impuls Kinderopvang will enter into a partnership from 25 February to promote a healthy lifestyle among young children. The AUAS is ...
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 ...
A virtual jungle in Amsterdam’s Zuidas district? Alderman Eric van der Burg of the City of Amsterdam is enthusiastic about this idea developed by students of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). ...
‘How does entrepreneurial orientation affect decisions and trade-offs on sustainability impact?’ This is the question Lori Divito (AUAS, IBS) and René Bohnsack (UCP, Catholica) are answering in ...
