International Classroom Archives

International Classroom Spiegeloog 433: Control

Pro-Palestine Protests: Interview Series – Interview #2 on The Third Narrative

Statement from the author: This article is part of a series on the pro-Palestine protests that recently happened on campus. The aim of this series…

Lioba RoggendorfAugust 13, 2024

International Classroom Spiegeloog 433: Control

Protests on Campus: A Series of Interviews – Interview #1 on Creating Crisis

A scream rang through the library. Then another one. Angry voices that were coming from somewhere on the second floor of the ABC hall on…

Lioba RoggendorfAugust 13, 2024

International Classroom Spiegeloog 433: Control

International Classroom: Not doomed, but struggling – Dropout rates in the UvA psychology programme

“Half of us will be gone by next semester”, my friend sneered, his gaze wandering along the rows of first years awaiting their very first…

Lioba RoggendorfMay 1, 2024

International Classroom Spiegeloog 432: Fragile

International Classroom: The UvA Fund – Education as a Lifeline

More than a month ago, the University of Amsterdam announced the opening of a humanitarian fund to support students and academics affected by the disaster…

Laura SpringerApril 15, 2024

International Classroom News & opinion Spiegeloog 428: Alive

International Classroom: Housing First, Academia Second

Did you also finally find housing? No, I’m still looking so if you hear anything, could you let me know? This is a conversation most…

Laura SpringerNovember 3, 2023

International Classroom News & opinion Spiegeloog 427: Anomalies Terra

Terra & International Classroom: Shell, Fossil Fuel Companies, and the UvA

In December 2022, along with many other students, I signed a petition from the University Rebellion UvA which demanded that the UvA cut their ties…

Laura SpringerSeptember 6, 2023

International Classroom News & opinion Spiegeloog 423: Pride

International Classroom: Psychology at the UvA

With the upcoming application deadline on the 15th of January, here are some useful things to consider about pursuing a Bachelor’s in Psychology at the…

Evita EgertJanuary 13, 2023

International Classroom Spiegeloog 418: Time

International Classroom: Rosie Zheng Wins the ECHO Award

Rosie Zheng is a truly remarkable human being. Having finished her bachelor in Psychology and then Artificial Intelligence at the UvA (during which she wrote…

Milena KaprálováApril 6, 2022

International Classroom News & opinion Spiegeloog 416: Language

International Classroom: First Batch of English-Taught Psychology Students

When I started my bachelor’s in Psychology at the UvA in 2017/2018, I did not know I belonged to the last batch of students that…

Lisanne van der VeldenFebruary 2, 2022

International Classroom Spiegeloog 411: Power

International Classroom: UvA Walks

Since February, UvA students who would like to meet new people or who feel lonely during the pandemic can go for a walk with another…

Milena KaprálováApril 6, 2021

International Classroom Spiegeloog 409: Conflict

International Classroom: Dissent in Diversity

According to a recent article published by Folia, Internationale studenten zwaar oververtegenwoordigd in studentenraden (International students are heavily over-represented in student councils), there are a…

Lydia Tian and Julius DullaertJanuary 29, 2021

Books International Classroom People Spiegeloog 408: Consequences

International Classroom: Eric-Jan Wagenmakers about Bayesian Thinking for Toddlers

Eric-Jan Wagenmakers is a professor in neurocognitive modelling at UvA’s Psychological Methods Department. He recently published a book with the remarkable title Bayesian Thinking for…

Julius DullaertNovember 19, 2020

International Classroom News & opinion Spiegeloog 407: Motivation

International Classroom – UvA/VU Collaboration with Huawei

By the end of August, University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Vrije Universiteit (VU) confirmed that they will be collaborating with the multinational Chinese technology company…

Julius DullaertSeptember 30, 2020

International Classroom News & opinion Spiegeloog 406: The Unknown

International Classroom: Starting Psychology in a Pandemic

In comparison to previous years, many things have changed for this year’s batch of psychology students. Besides the obvious shift to online learning, alternative online…

Lydia TianAugust 31, 2020

International Classroom News & opinion Spiegeloog 405: Together

International Classroom: Application and Admission in Corona Times

Not only have current UvA students experienced changes in their education due to the corona crisis, but prospective students are affected by this, too. Since…

Lisanne van der VeldenJune 3, 2020

International Classroom News & opinion Spiegeloog 404: Experience

International Classroom: Is online education the future?

If you haven’t been living under a rock, you have noticed that quite a few things have changed recently. More or less abruptly, the Dutch…

Valentin WeberMay 4, 2020

International Classroom News & opinion Spiegeloog 403: Global

International Classroom: Was UvA’s apology to pedo-activist Maatman necessary?

UvA invited Nelson Maatman, pedophile-activist, to give a guest-lecture for the course Sociology of Sexuality. Later, the university apologized for inviting him as they were…

Quinty MarsMarch 30, 2020

International Classroom News & opinion Spiegeloog 402: Appearances

International Classroom: Raising Awareness on Diversity

With the recent implementation of an international bachelor at the Psychology department (since 2018-2019), the topic of diversity has become more relevant at our department.…

Lydia TianMarch 9, 2020

International Classroom News & opinion Spiegeloog 400: Psychology & Writing

International Classroom: Changes in the Psychology Department

Over the past few years there has been a lot of talk about budget cuts in different faculties and departments at UvA. So far, these…

Quinty MarsJanuary 20, 2020

International Classroom News & opinion Spiegeloog 399: Attention

International Classroom: Support for the academic greenhouse

Since the study Psychology has been internationalized at the UvA, the number of students that didn’t join university directly after high school but later on…

Julia NürnbergerDecember 9, 2019

International Classroom News & opinion

International Classroom: The Wretched REC

If you ever tried studying for an exam at Roeterseilandcampus (REC), you may have had the draining experience of walking up and down the library…

Rosa BreedJune 19, 2019

International Classroom News & opinion

International Classroom: Decolonizing the curriculum

Decolonization is the process of undoing colonialism. Parallel to giving back people’s indigenous land is the idea of intellectual decolonization, the undoing of colonial ideas…

MartinApril 9, 2019