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How can we shift from climate anxiety to climate action?
7 February 2023 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is working closely with international partners to translate the European Commission’s ‘New European Bauhaus’ initiative into concrete ...
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International students are part of AUAS
31 January 2023 | CommunicationThe Dutch House of Representatives today debates the recruitment of international students in higher education. The AUAS regards our current contingent of international staff, students and researchers as an integral ...
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Eight students join CrAFt in an interdisciplinary working group
30 January 2023 | Urban GovernanceEight students from universities in Amsterdam, Bologna, Prague, and Trondheim are selected to join an interdisciplinary working group which is part of the European research programme CrAFt. Their goal is to support ...
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Presented for the first time: The Open Science Awards
30 January 2023 | CommunicationThursday 26 January was the award ceremony of the Open Science Awards (OSCAwards). Open Science is an international movement that makes scientific knowledge openly available, accessible and reusable for everyone. The ...
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AUAS develops teaching package for international SHUTTLE project
30 January 2023 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe international SHUTTLE project has now been completed after two years of research. In this project, partners from the Netherlands, France, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal and Israel developed a smart, automated ...
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Dutch organisations are still a long way from realising the SDGs
23 January 2023 | Centre for Economic TransformationIn this first-time report titled the SDG Barometer 2022, the Netherlands can gain important insights regarding the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by Dutch organisations. This research has been ...
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What does ChatGPT mean for higher professional education?
17 January 2023 | CommunicationA super-smart chatbot that generates complete texts to order: ChatGPT is the latest sensation in the field of artificial intelligence and is now also causing a stir in the world of education. This poses the question ...
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Nur Nurmohamed joins the AUAS Supervisory Board
21 December 2022 | CommunicationNur Nurmohamed has been appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board (RvT) of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) effective 1 January 2023. He succeeds Rinse de Jong, who is stepping down after two ...
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'Students sense that I know what I'm talking about'
20 December 2022 | Faculty of EducationThe aim of Professor of Practice for Diversity and Inclusion Abdelhamid Idrissi (33) is to help the AUAS become the nicest, safest and most inclusive educational institution in the Netherlands within three years. ...
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Frank Kresin reappointed as Dean of the Faculty FDMCI
20 December 2022 | CommunicationFrank Kresin, Dean of the Faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industries (FDMCI), has been reappointed as dean of the faculty for a four-year term effective 1 February 2023.
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José Teunissen appointed new Director of AMFI
13 December 2022 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesJosé Teunissen will take up her post as the new Director of AMFI, the Amsterdam Fashion Institute of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, on 1 March 2023. She is currently Dean of the School of Design ...
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U!REKA debates: a virtual forum for reflection and exchange
13 December 2022 | CommunicationU!REKA Debates is an interdisciplinary study module designed to provide a virtual forum for reflection on relevant social, cultural and scientific issues. Multicultural teams share and develop 21st century skills, ...
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AUAS signs Amnesty manifesto against sexual violence
9 December 2022 | CommunicationJopie Nooren, Chair of the Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), signed the Amnesty International Manifesto 'Let's Talk about Yes' on 9 December. In doing so, the AUAS promises to ...
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Commercial Economics student Naznin Musa wins ECHO Award 2022
7 December 2022 | CommunicationAUAS student Naznin Musa won the ECHO Award HBO during the ECHO Awards ceremony on Tuesday 6 December. She is a role model for inclusive education.
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AUAS AI research showcased in European innovation paper
5 December 2022 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and its peers across Europe have a key role to play in helping the European Commission (EC) achieve its innovation goals. This is the message of a high profile ...
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AUAS adopts Hidden Disabilities Sunflower
1 December 2022 | CommunicationThe AUAS is the first university of applied sciences in the Netherlands to join the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower initiative. The sunflower symbol is used by people with hidden disabilities to show that they may need ...
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System error, please restart: responsible IT in the making
29 November 2022 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesThe use of digital systems has boomed over the past forty years. This huge growth in the use and up-scaling of digital systems has also gone hand in hand with a need to produce rapid solutions to IT problems. ...
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"Memes have power and can mass-produce hope"
13 November 2022 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesThe power of memes extends further than images alone: they can also affect the political system and how we treat one another. The newest edition of the Critical Meme Reader addresses the far-reaching influence of ...
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New mission, new name: Centre of Expertise City Net Zero
26 October 2022 | Faculty of TechnologyThe Centre of Expertise (CoE) Urban Technology, housed in the Faculty of Technology at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), today changes its name to City Net Zero. This name reflects the renewed ...
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A touch of AUAS at Dutch Design Week
20 October 2022 | CommunicationEindhoven will next week once again be the setting for the Dutch Design Week, where AUAS researchers, lecturers and students will show what the future might look like. Here is a small selection of what the AUAS has ...
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U!REKA shows solidarity with Ukraine via Odessa partnership
14 October 2022 | CommunicationThe Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Odessa National Economic University (ONEU). The agreement outlines the network’s commitment to offer ...
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Social media should be like drinking water: a regulated service
10 October 2022 | CommunicationProfessor Geert Lovink, keynote speaker at the Society 5.0 Festival in Amsterdam (12 and 13 October, 2022), has a message: we need to reclaim the internet from big tech companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon. In ...
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Zeno AI wins the Dutch Applied AI Award 2022
6 October 2022 | HvA Expertisecentrum Applied Artificial IntelligenceZeno AI was awarded a Dutch Applied AI Award on Wednesday evening, 5 October. WSK Medical's technology helps ENT doctors detect throat cancer in patients at an early stage. This is done during an endoscopy, with ...
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The AUAS took part in Diversity Day
5 October 2022 | CommunicationDuring the 'Let's Talk' event, presented by Eva Eikhout, Professor of Practice of Diversity and Inclusion at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) Abdelhamid Idrissi told students and staff about his ...
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Nadia el Gargouri new director of HR at AUAS
5 October 2022 | CommunicationNadia el Gargouri has been appointed Director of Human Resources (HR) at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) from 1 December 2022. Nadia has extensive experience in HR and management.
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Think, do and experience at the festival of the future
3 October 2022 | CommunicationAt the Society 5.0 Festival, designers, scientists and artists can discover what the sustainable, inclusive society of the future looks like. In Amsterdam on 12 and 13 October, festival visitors can also work ...
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Knit-a-verse presents future of textile and knitting technology
27 September 2022 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesOn the two-day Knit-a-verse event on September 29th and 30th, Dutch innovative companies, researchers together with international experts will present the future of textiles and knitting technologies. The conference ...
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Safeguarding democracy with artificial intelligence
16 September 2022 | CommunicationDemocracies around the world are currently under immense pressure. At the same time, western media landscapes are becoming ever more polarised. The rise of artificial intelligence is impacting both areas in ...
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New AUAS Master's programme on climate-conscious behaviour
14 September 2022 | Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and LawThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is launching the Netherland’s first university of applied sciences Master's degree programme that trains participants to become climate-aware behaviour ...
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Update: trains are running on 13 and 15 September
12 September 2022 | CommunicationThe previously announced train strike planned for 13 and 15 September is cancelled. We look forward to seeing you on campus.
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AMFI alum Ruben Jurriën wins the 2022 Lichting award
6 September 2022 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesRuben Jurriën, an AMFI graduate, won the 2022 Lichting fashion award on Friday 2 September. Each year, Lichting presents the best graduates among the seven Dutch fashion academies during Amsterdam Fashion Week. ...
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Amstel Campus completed as new AUAS building opens
1 September 2022 | CommunicationAmsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has opened the doors to its future-proof and most sustainable teaching facility. Jakoba Mulderhuis on Rhijnspoorplein is the Amstel Campus’s grand finale, ...
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Festive event kicks off the year in brand-new building
1 September 2022 | CommunicationA hand gesture by Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences’s (AUAS) Vice-Chair Hanneke Reuling and Alderman for Economic Affairs Sofyan Mbarki in a virtual environment opened the 2022-2023 academic year on 1 ...
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Former student Kate Antonenko designs dress from building fabric
1 September 2022 | CommunicationAt the annual opening of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), singer Maud Brugmans performed in a dress designed by former AMFI student Kate Antonenko. The dress was made from material used as ...
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AUAS welcomes Nataša Krivokuća as new Director of Communications
31 August 2022 | CommunicationNataša Krivokuća starts as Director of Communications at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) on 1 October 2022. Krivokuća (1964, Zagreb) has extensive experience in communication, ...
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AUAS to award ceremonial diplomas
29 August 2022 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) intends to start awarding ceremonial diplomas this academic year to students who, because of gender or personal reasons, want to be known by another name. Students ...
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Attention: National Railways (NS) on strike during introduction
24 August 2022 | CommunicationNS staff will be striking in the coming week. This affects the accessibility of the AUAS. The programmes start their introduction activities on 29 August. A large number of students and staff will not be able to ...
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Ukrainians talk about information in wartime
28 July 2022 | Communication'Dispatches from Ukraine' shows the first results of the Tactical Media Room Ukraine project (TMR), an initiative of the Network Cultures research group at AUAS and Waag Futurelab. The publication compiles ...
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Students present first LGBTQI+ museum in VR
21 July 2022 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesReliable and positive information about LGBTQI+ culture is hard to find online. That’s why students from the Master Digital Design (Hogeschool van Amsterdam/AUAS) created a LGBTQI+ museum in virtual reality. ...
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AUAS appoints Michel Sylla Photographer in Residence
8 July 2022 | CommunicationPhotographer Michel Sylla will be the Photographer in Residence at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) for the academic year 2022-2023. In this role, he will take artistic photographs on special ...