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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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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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The internet is headed for a ‘point of no return’
6 December 2022 | CommunicationEventually, the disadvantages of sharing your opinion online will become so great that people will turn away from the internet. This is the argument made by Geert Lovink, Professor at the University of and Amsterdam ...
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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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International students are part of AUAS
4 December 2022 | CommunicationTuesday, 29 November saw the House of Representatives pass a motion on temporarily discontinuing active efforts to attract international students to higher education in the Netherlands. AUAS finds this regrettable. ...
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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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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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SOCIAL MEDIA SHOULD BE LIKE DRINKING WATER: A REGULATED SERVICE
11 October 2022Geert 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 his new ...
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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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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 ...