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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
VU University Amsterdam (Dutch: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) or VU is a university in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, founded in 1880. VU is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being the University of Amsterdam (UvA).
The literal translation of the Dutch name Vrije Universiteit is “Free [as in liberated] University”. Both within and outside the University, the institution is commonly referred to as “the VU” (pronounced somewhat like ‘vew’ as in ‘new’). In English, therefore, the university uses the name “VU University”.
Though founded as a private, faith-based institution, VU has received government funding on a parity basis with public universities since 1970. Over the past decades, VU has transformed from a small, Protestant institution into a broad, research-intensive university attended by a wide variety of students of diverse backgrounds.
The university is located on a compact urban campus in the southern Buitenveldert neighbourhood of Amsterdam and adjacent to the modern Zuidas business district.
In 2012, VU had about 24,500 registered students, most of whom were full-time students. Measured in FTE, the university had 2,250 faculty members and researchers, who were supported by 1,500 administrative, clerical and technical employees. The university’s annual endowment for 2013 is around € 450 million. About three quarters of this endowment is government funding, the remainder is made up of tuition fees, research grants, and private funding.
The emblem of the university is the griffin. The position of its wings symbolizes the freedom in the university’s name: freedom from both state and church.
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Sebuah studi besar yang memperhitungkan gen dan latar belakang sosial ekonomi menunjukkan bahwa video game sebenarnya menyebabkan kecerdasan anak-anak tumbuh.
A big study accounting for genes and socioeconomic background suggests that video games actually cause children’s intelligence to grow.
The movement to change the way researchers are measured should undoubtedly be embraced.
Kontribusi tidak melulu tentang kehadiran. Negara tak perlu khawatir jika warganya memilih untuk ‘tidak pulang’.
Hundreds of Africa’s heritage sites are exposed to sea-level rise and coastal erosion in the future.
Getting on well with your work mates will improve your domestic partnership.
Platforms like Takecarebnb make these homestays accessible for refugees and hosts.
After years of pressure, western countries are finally returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. What's next?
Induction of labour can be life-saving in some situations. But women are increasingly induced for non-medical reasons, and earlier in their pregnancies.
The UK says its contract is better – it simply put tougher penalty clauses in place.
Fungi are a small but important part of the gut microbiome. A new study in mice shows that how much weight mice gain on a processed food diet depends on this fungal microbiome.
African evangelism is born from – and often funded by – American evangelism, and with it comes a damaging cocktail of rightwing ideologies, especially during the Donald Trump years.
Up to 35% of mothers and fathers don’t fall in love with their baby immediately.
We find out what psychological factors influence whether you believe in conspiracy theories or not.
When two proteins interact with each other they behave in their own molecular lives.
Social psychologists have been busy documenting the harmful effects that this brand of chivalry has on women. But are they missing something?
Scholars who study trust and cooperation designed a game to find out what it would take to get citizens to support refugees coming to their country.
Proteins guard their secrets closely, but once you get them to “sing”, there’s an enormous amount to learn.
Our study found babies born via medical or surgical intervention were at increased risk of health problems, from jaundice and feeding issues, to diabetes, respiratory infections and eczema.
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PhD candidate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Assistant Professor of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Professor of Clinical Child and Family Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Professor of Public Theology in the Department of Beliefs and Practices, Faculty of Theology, at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Free University of Amsterdam), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Child Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Professor of Methodology and Integrity, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Assistant Professor in Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Associate Professor in Comparative Politics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Researcher at the Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Kandidat Doktor bidang Antropologi Sosial, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Candidata doctoral Universidad Libre de Amsterdam - Investigadora Fundación Nueva Cultura del Agua y NEWAVE, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Earth and Climate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Assistant Professor in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Researcher in Environmental Change, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
