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Senior citizens get involved in neighbourhood research
14 November 2017 | Communication
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 ...
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AUAS delves into the Dutch wardrobe
19 September 2017 | Communication
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 ...
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AUAS programmes receive an international business accreditation
15 September 2017 | Communication
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 ...
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AUAS & UN connect cities of the world with the Global Goals Jam
11 September 2017 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industries
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 ...
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How students from Gen Y think about making a difference
4 July 2017 | Amsterdam School of International Business
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 ...
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Third AUAS Summer School ready to roll
3 July 2017 | Communication
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.
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AUAS and UvA launch logistics hub for sustainable deliveries
29 June 2017 | Communication
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 ...
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Nanda Piersma professor by special appointment Urban Analytics
7 June 2017 | Communication
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 ...
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More compost from underground worm hotel by AUAS students
23 May 2017 | Communication
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 ...
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AUAS researches world’s first Shopping Street Innovation Lab
19 May 2017 | Communication
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, ...
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Solar power storage by citizens stagnating
9 May 2017 | Communication
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 ...
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Amsterdam gets new education platform for future data specialist
24 March 2017 | Communication
Two Amsterdam universities and one University of Applied Sciences have joined forces to launch the Amsterdam School of Data Science, opening this March.
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AUAS launches first Master’s degree programme in Digital Design
16 March 2017 | Communication
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 ...
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Electronic energy meters’ false readings almost 6 times too high
7 March 2017 | Communication
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 ...
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MUAS and AUAS sign memorandum of understanding for cooperation
16 February 2017 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industries
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 ...
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International melting pot increases quality of AUAS education
1 February 2017 | Communication
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 ...
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Smart doorbell works through vibration
30 January 2017 | Communication
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) ...
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‘AUAS beer’ heavenly water wins catering award
20 January 2017 | Communication
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 ...
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'Something alive' occupies lamppost in amsterdam light festival
23 December 2016 | Communication
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’ ...
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AUAS aims for 100 percent open access
22 December 2016 | Communication
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 % ...
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