Amsterdam is well on the way to becoming the number one ‘smart city’ in the world. Under the umbrella of the Amsterdam Smart City cooperation, more than 70 projects are already helping improve the quality of life in ...
On Wednesday, 28 January, a throng of students in suits fills the fourth floor of the Leeuwenburg. Groups of second-year ED&I students about to present the innovations they have developed for clients and businesses ...
Amsterdam is a global leader in casual design. Nevertheless, fashion designers have a tough time here due to the fierce competition in a small market. Around 50 European students are offering a solution: on Friday, ...
On 22 December, former Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) students of illi Engineering presented their new interactive wall for people with dementia. They now have their first customer: from tomorrow, ...
The design for the new educational building of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) at Rhijnspoorplein has been honoured with a four-star New Construction Design Certificate by BREEAM-NL. It is the ...
Recently it has become possible to experience virtual reality on your mobile phone using Google Cardboard, a cardboard holder that transforms your smartphone into virtual reality glasses. The Amsterdam University of ...
Eight Engineering, Design & Innovation students are working on a multi-purpose drone for Waternet, which can be used to take water samples and to inspect dykes.
Elite athletes from all over Europe need to be able to successfully combine their studies or work with their careers in sports (dual careers). This ambition has received special attention from the European ...
For the Amsterdam Light Festival, eight students of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) are making a large illuminated sphere that uses colours to reflect the mood of the city. From Thursday, 27 ...
Harry van Vliet, Professor of Experience Design for Crossmedia Content (Crossmedia), gave his inaugural lecture on 4 November 2014. He opened with: “This professorship should never have been created,” and spent the ...
The Communication and Multimedia Design Amsterdam (CMD) programme of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is starting its own Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). From April 2015, CMD will be the first ...
Damrak is not exactly what you would call the showpiece of Amsterdam. But located between the dodgy hotels, falafel and chip shops there is one notable exception: Hotel The Exchange. AMFI students designed 30 rooms ...
From now on, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) will be making higher education more widely available and accessible for high performing athletes. The launch of TAA (Topsport Academie Amsterdam, the ...
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 ...
The dance industry is one of the Netherlands’ great successes. Dutch entertainment company ID&T has been taken over by an American investor, and over the next five years the Netherlands will become the biggest music ...
Students of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA), the University of Amsterdam (UvA), VU University Amsterdam and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) are working together to develop a drone that ...
Amsterdam is leading the way internationally in the use of electric cars and wants to further expand the number of charging points in the city, as do other major Dutch municipalities. Jurjen Helmus of the HvA is ...
Three projects are being launched in Amsterdam’s Nieuw-West district to help citizens become self-reliant. The Nieuw-West district and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) are going to assist and guide ...
This year sees the launch of the pilot ‘Vehicle2Grid’. This will allow households to store power produced by their solar panels in the battery of their electric cars. This is innovative: currently households return ...
AUAS student Arjen Reinders has developed a tricycle for charity Cycling out of Poverty (CooP-Africa). Arjen is a fourth-year Product Design student who developed the tricycle to contribute to a self-sufficient waste ...
