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Call for papers: Critical Views of Education and Research

This year’s GLSA Conference (May 26-27) at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Toronto) will focus on the appropriate balance between theory and practice in legal education.

Your future, your Master’s

Have you not yet decided which Master’s programme is right for you?? Come to the UvA Master's Day on Saturday, 18 February 2012!

Vienna International Christian-Islamic Summer University

The Vienna International Christian-Islamic Summer University(VICISU) is a three week summer programme that aims at bringing together students and professors from universities in Christian and Muslim countries all around the world to discuss the most important questions concerning today's world from a Christian and from a Muslim perspective.

Blackboard down in the morning on Feb 2

On Thursday, 2 February, the Blackboard website will be down for maintenance from 7-9 AM.

New Director Adjunct for the Amsterdam Research Institute for Legal Studies

Effective January 1 2012, Dr. Jean d’Aspremont has been appointed as Adjunct Director of the Amsterdam Research Institute for Legal Studies (ARILS).

Student grants and loans may be abolished for Master’s programmes

Halbe Zijlstra, State Secretary of Education, Culture and Science in the Netherlands, submitted a legislative proposal in the Dutch Lower House concerning cuts to higher education on 19 January 2012. This proposal advocates the abolition of financial assistance for Master's degree students.

AUC Who's in Town lecture series - 'Big impact from small size: applications of nanotechnology in society'

As part of the 'Who's in Town' lecture series organised by Amsterdam University College, Prof. Albert van den Berg, honorary professor and head of BIOS/Lab-on-a-Chip group, MESA+ at the University of Twente and board member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, will hold a lecture about nanotechnology at the AUC Artis Library on Tuesday, 31 January 2012. All students and staff of the UvA are welcome.

To ensure your course registration in SIS goes as smoothly as possible, it is handy to follow a few steps.

If you are new to the UvA here is the information you need to get started with your new life as a student in Amsterdam.

International Student Affairs

This office coordinates international academic relations and assists with visas, scholarships, loans, registration and housing.

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Student Language Exchange (SLE)

Connects Dutch and international students so that they can teach each other a language.