Previous editions VU EduNews & Stories

• Academic year 2025/2026

  • 2026 week 28/29 - Jeroen Geurts thanks you & final education news before summer
  • 2026 week 26/27 - Rethinking the university & award-winning VU education
  • 2026 week 23/24 - Education across Amsterdam, Twente and New York
  • 2026 week 20/21 - Canvas update, recognition teaching & new tip
  • 2026 week 16/17 - What works in your teaching? AI, more dialogue & theory-practice integration
  • 2026 week 13/14 - Lessons from Davos, global citizenship & student or AI?
  • 2026 week 10/11 - It’s time: ITK panel & VU Education Day
  • 2026 week 7/8 - 18 grants awarded, AI experiments & which phase of teaching are you in?
  • 2026 week 5/6 - "How informal can an email be?”, Education Day ’26 & teacher’s role
  • 2026 week 3/4 - Your voice on quality assurance, what works in education & PhDs
  • 2025 week 51/52 - A proud end to '25: ECHO Awards, students at UN & emotions in education
  • 2025 week 49/50 - Moral deliberation on AI, 4  'Top Programmes' & VU Education Day '26
  • 2025 week 46/47 - AI opinion pieces, learning across borders & excellent VU education
  • 2025 week 44/45 - Courage, listening & wellbeing in action at VU Amsterdam
  • 2025 week 42/43 - Never-ending evaluations, break your bubble & opinion teaching spaces 
  • 2025 week 40/41 - Proud of the Self-Evaluation Report, activism & stories from professors
  • 2025 week 38/39 - AI in your teaching: ban it or use it?
  • 2025 week 36/37 - New assessment framework, shorter course evaluations & rector’s foreword
  • Special: Start Guide academic year 2025/2026

• Academic year 2024/2025

  • 2025 week 25/26 - Jeroen Geurts reflects, education highlights & neurodivergent teachers
  • 2025 week 23/24 - VU scores again! Education awards, high-quality education at VU & Hot Moments
  • 2025 week 21/22 - Open letter Executive Board, wellbeing at VU & avatars in education
  • 2025 week 19/20 - New: genAI framework, recognition for teaching & time-saving tools
  • 2025 week 17/18 - “The world is changing, and so are we”: FGB vision, Npuls explained & student teacher myths
  • 2025 week 15/16 - From Hot Moments to insight, shaping VU together & new faculty
  • 2025 week 13/14 - Strike, overloaded curricula & don’t fear AI
  • 2025 week 11/12 - Time for an academic countervoice & education award winners
  • 2025 week 9/10 - Enhance your lectures with role-playing, recognition junior lecturers & the power of representation
  • 2025 week 7/8 - Winter blues tips, interactive teaching methods & student learning styles
  • 2025 week 5/6 - Learning from students during lunch, Sociology revamped & teaching team workshops
  • 2025 week 3/4 - University as a sacred place, education of tomorrow, & new AI tool
  • 2024 week 51/52 - New year’s resolutions from your VU colleagues, genuine online connection & tips for open education
  • 2024 week 49/50 - AI recommendations approved, mental health students under pressure & junior lecturer’s exciting start
  • 2024 week 47/48 - VU stands strong for audit, fraud-free assessments & job-ready students
  • 2024 week 45/46 - National demonstration: stand up for education, discover the Quality Plan & new AI assistant
  • 2024 week 43/44 - Student-teacher teamwork, podcast & new VU toolkit
  • 2024 week 41/42 - Politically neutral education, shorter academic year & new Canvas feature
  • 2024 week 39/40 - Visit from MP's, new Evalytics features & celebrating educators
  • 2024 week 37/38 - AI literacy in education, sharing opinions as a lecturer & student well-being
  • Special: Start Guide academic year 2024/2025 

• Academic year 2023/2024

  • 2024 week 29/30 - Summer must-reads, ‘hot moments’ podcast & VU signs Knowledge Equity Agreement
  • 2024 week 27/28 - SpringLab wins NOP, matching via VU Connects & step-by-step guide to buzz groups
  • 2024 week 25/26 - Marketplace for educational excursions, toolkit of the month & role-playing in education
  • 2024 week 23/24 - Record number Comenius grants, how to receive valuable feedback & the importance of emotions in education
  • 2024 week 20/21 - Canvas contract extended, development path for junior lecturers & AI experiment
  • 2024 week 17/18 - Easily improve studying, tackle free-riding & new AI tool: MS Copilot
  • 2024 week 15/16 - Active learning with AI, update pilots Smarter Academic Year & Education Showcase
  • 2024 week 13/14 - VU Education Analytics team kicks off, frontrunner open education & Rashmi Kusurkar new chairperson NVMO
  • 2024 week 11/12 - Increase evaluation response rate, SBE develops AI guidelines & citizen science in education and research 
  • 2024 week 9/10 - Winners VU Education Awards, opening Library Tower & the 50th didactic tip!
  • 2024 week 7/8 - Last call: VU Education Day 2024, tips for neurodivergent students & VU Technology Centre
  • 2024 week 5/6  - VU-UvA AI Taskforce, winners SoTL Grant announced & Kaltura becomes Panopto
  • 2024 week 3/4 - VR in the Dissection Room, updates Teaching at VU Amsterdam & 3 well-being initiatives
  • 2023 week 51/52 - Sign up now for VU Education Day, NRO Grant for educational research & how to VU proof teach
  • 2023 week 48/49 - Teach your students to use ChatGPT as a personal teacher, SoTL Grant & 10 years of HIV studies
  • 2023 week 46/47 - Beyond textbooks: Mixed Classroom, reading tip & choose your workshop
  • 2023 week 44/45 - Meet the Future of Teaching! Video: ChatGPT & How to engage students in education
  • 2023 week 42/43 - How to fail? A 360-degree view of your teaching & Students as Partners
  • 2023 week 40/41 - Inclusion in medical education, tips from education pioneers & recap education events
  • 2023 week 38/39 - How the Student Desk managed this summer's top rush, Education Vision with video & reading tip
  • 2023 week 36/37 - Educational improvements, generative AI & self-help kit Group Work and more