ASVA Student Union is the biggest student organisation in Amsterdam. ASVA represents the interests of students of both UvA and AUAS (HvA). The quality and accessibility of education are our priorities. To achieve this, we engage with the Executive Board of these institutions, we investigate problems, we seek the media and we even organize manifestations.
Starting Tuesday August 25th every fresh student can get their digital introduction to Amsterdam student life at startyourstudentlife.nl. Based on a quiz, students get an overview of student associations and organisations that fit best with them. On the web site students can find information about student life in Amsterdam and… In the first semester of the academic year 2019-2020, I studied at the Universidad de Alcalá (Alcalá de Henares, Spain). Study exchanges − and especially exchanges in Spain − are surrounded by lots of clichés. Some biases are actually true, but you only understand them when you learn to understand… The ASVA student union voices her criticism of the way the University of Amsterdam continues functioning at any cost, thereby not doing justice to the complaints from students and teachers. This problem arises from the way higher education has been conducted for years. The university gets accused of being a…
ASVA starts digital introduction to Amsterdam student life
A semester abroad − past the clichés
The neoliberal university in a pandemic
