Cybersecurity Problems at the UvA By Kira Guehring| April 1, 2021 Illustration by Florian Olivo Campus reporter Kira unpacks the recent cybersecurity issues occurring within the Dutch education system and their impact on students. The Dutch higher education system has encountered multiple cybersecurity issues in the last few weeks. First, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) was hacked on February 8 by a criminal group. This resulted in the entire NWO…
Quarantine Quirks By Andrada Pop | March 19, 2021 Cover Illustration by Andrada Pop Our staff tells University Reporter Andrada Pop the fun habits they’ve picked up to keep themselves going during multiple lockdowns Ellie’s handmade twisted candles. Ellie Caulfield / The Amsterdammer Twisted Candles – Ellie Caulfield I have been a fan of twisted candles for a while now but after seeing them priced at upwards of €10 per…
“Switch On Your Camera”: Forced Compliance or Respectful Gesture? By Diana-Teodora Gaitan | March 6, 2021 Magazine Reporter Diana Gaitan personally reflects on the impact of the rules being imposed on students during Zoom classes, and questions their essentiality A year ago, when online classes suddenly became the norm, students quickly found a new rubric in their course syllabus: Zoom Etiquette. First rule: keep your camera on. Second rule: mute your…
Back with the next installment of her biking series, University Reporter Andrada Pop warns of the dangers that come with biking through volatile Dutch weather conditions.
Dogs and delivery uniforms: February’s must haves By BEATRICE WIHLANDER | February. 17, 2021 Metro Reporter Beatrice Wihlander looks into the creative responses to bypass the new curfew regulations in the Netherlands. Inhabitants of the Netherlands have lived under a strict lockdown since December 15, 2020. The next step in reducing the spread of the virus has been to implement a curfew. This is now in place from 9 pm until…
@UvA.Bios: An Alternative Way to Make Friends if You’re New to Amsterdam! By Chia-Ai Hsu| January 28, 2021 Campus reporter, Chia-Ai Hsu, speaks to the founders and managers of student-run Instagram accounts created to engage new students, discussing their experiences and reasons. On February 12, 2020, an Instagram account called University of Amsterdam Bios (@uva.bios), was created to welcome and engage first-year University of Amsterdam students from the class of 2023.…
