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Artur Moeijes makes it to the ECHO Award final
17 August 2019 | Student AffairsDiversity 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 ...
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72% of AUAS students satisfied with their programme
12 August 2019 | CommunicationStudents 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 ...
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Festivals in the Netherlands on the decline
5 August 2019 | CommunicationResearch 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 ...
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Four AUAS projects receive RAAK-PRO grants
1 August 2019 | CommunicationFour 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 ...
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AUAS researchers slate approach to illiteracy
31 July 2019 | CommunicationThe 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 ...
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U!REKA eyes new EU European Universities bid
24 July 2019 | CommunicationThe 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 ...
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Oumaima El Hammouti new student assessor
19 July 2019 | CommunicationAUAS student Oumaima el Hammouti has been appointed as the new student assessor at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), effective 1 August.
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Oumaima El Hammouti new student assessor
19 July 2019 | CommunicationAUAS student Oumaima el Hammouti has been appointed as the new student assessor at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), effective 1 August.
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AUAS names Tobias Groot new Photographer in Residence
15 July 2019 | CommunicationPhotographer 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 ...
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Amsterdam’s bicycle mayor is on a roll
4 July 2019 | CommunicationAmsterdam 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 ...
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Congestion poses a threat to hospitality industry distribution
2 July 2019 | CommunicationIn 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 ...
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New Masters of Digital Design Present Their Work
1 July 2019 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesFor 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 ...
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Summer School 2019 kicks off
1 July 2019 | CommunicationThe 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 ...
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Annual report 2018: consistent quality at the AUAS
1 July 2019 | CommunicationIn 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 ...
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Conrad building construction begins
25 June 2019 | AmstelcampusThe 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 ...
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Urban knowledge: WeMakeThe.City festival
12 June 2019 | CommunicationHow 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 ...
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Multicultural ambassadors: AUAS students up for ECHO Award
3 June 2019 | CommunicationAUAS 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).
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AUAS lands 1.3 million grant for sustainable district research
17 May 2019 | CommunicationAmsterdam 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 ...
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Struggling entrepreneurs wait too long to seek assistance
2 May 2019 | EntrepreneurshipStruggling 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 ...
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Judith Metz elected chair of ESWRA
26 April 2019 | CommunicationJudith 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 ...