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Response to CvB’s request for extension of deadline

De Nederlandse tekst volgt hieronder   In response to the CvB’s request for extension of the deadline, ReThink UvA sent the following message. Dear Dr. Gunning-Schepers, Today we received your request for an extension on the deadline we set in our recent communication. Your request concerned only one of the demands listed. Nonetheless, as a […]

6 March 2015 – 19:33 | Comments (0)

Eerste schriftelijke reactie op verzoek van uitstel CvB

Geachte dr. Gunning-Schepers, Bedankt voor uw schriftelijke reactie op onze brief van 4 maart. Als docenten ontvangen wij regelmatig verzoeken om uitstel van een deadline, en ook in dit geval willen we daar zorgvuldig en verantwoord mee omgaan. In reactie op uw verzoek om uitstel kunnen we u dan ook het volgende mededelen: in onze […]

6 March 2015 – 14:23 | Comments (0)

Third staff assembly on Friday 6 March

After last Wednesday’s second ReThink UvA staff assembly, our letter with six demands was sent to the Executive Board. You are all warmly invited to join our next assembly on Friday 6 March, 16.00h, where we will have an open discussion on what our response will be to whatever reaction the Board will have formulated […]

6 March 2015 – 13:38 | Comments (3)

Meeting with Executive Board

De Nederlandse tekst volgt hieronder. At the invitation of the University of Amsterdam’s Executive Board (CvB), a group of staff members came to discuss the demands of Rethink UvA, which have now been formally adopted by a well-attended staff assembly and publicly supported by the FNV (Federation of Dutch Labour Movement) and VAWO (Scientists’ Union). […]

5 March 2015 – 18:11 | Comments (0)

ReThink UvA komt met eisen op Nationale Actiedag

In het kader van de Nationale Actiedag vond vandaag om 16.00 uur een drukbezochte algemene vergadering van ReThink UvA plaats in het Maagdenhuis. ReThink UvA presenteerde hier een voorstel tot democratisering en decentralisering van het UvA-bestuur met als doel een academische gemeenschap te creëren die in staat is om zichzelf te besturen. Belangrijk onderdeel van […]

4 March 2015 – 23:19 | Comments (3)

Demands to the Executive Board of the University of Amsterdam

De Nederlandse tekst volgt hieronder. At present, ever more decisions are taken at the UvA by managers who are removed from the concerns and needs of students and staff, and do not answer to them for those decisions. Without assuming there is one template that fits each and every program, department, institute, or faculty, we […]

4 March 2015 – 21:49 | Comments (11)

Staff meetings on Wednesday and Thursday

Following Saturday’s meeting, the staff will gather for a second meeting in the main hall of the Maagdenhuis on the National Action Day, Wednesday 4 March 2015 at 16.00h. Please see the minutes of Saturday’s meeting below. Minutes Staff Meeting Maagdenhuis In addition, FNV is organizing meetings for staff members on Thursday, 5 March, 2015 at three different […]

3 March 2015 – 19:47 | Comments (0)