New Harmonie complex may be built near the main railway station
The Faculty of Arts is exploring, together with the municipality, whether a new Harmonie complex could be built near the main railway station. 
Old-fashioned Christmas hamper at FEB ‘immediately puts you in the mood’
The UG’s annual December email with a gift voucher can feel somewhat impersonal. At the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), staff also receive a physical Christmas hamper.
Emergency kit in your student house? ‘If things really go wrong, I’ll just cycle to my parents’
Students are not particularly concerned with putting together an emergency kit in case of a disaster. They don’t have the money, but they also don’t feel any real sense of urgency.
Experts: occupation of a university building can be lawful ‘in principle’
Protests, including those at universities, too often lead to riots and vandalism, according to some parties in the House of Representatives. But a new report concludes that there is no need to restrict the right to protest.
Thousands of staff and students strike against budget cuts
More than seven thousand students, lecturers, and researchers went on strike in Amsterdam on Tuesday to protest the millions in budget cuts to higher education. The UG was well represented, with over 250 people attending.
Science faculty rolls out the red carpet for collaboration with ASML
The UG signed an agreement last week with chip machine manufacturer ASML that makes collaboration between researchers on both sides exceptionally easy.
‘Difficult’ medical student not welcome at his own graduation ceremony
Medical student Jaap Pesman was refused entry to the medicine graduation ceremony. His presence would spoil the celebration for fellow students and lecturers, the faculty told him beforehand.