On 14 June at 12:45, the final Future Scenarios Progress meeting brought staff and students to the crowded common room. While previous meetings had only ever seen a maximum of 20 students, this time around, students lined the walls and took seats on the floor solely to hear what the dean had to say about the Future of AUC.

10 June, 18:33: A message in the general AUC WhatsApp group chat (AUCGC) sent students into a spiral of confusion. The chair of the Student Council, Willemijn Eijsink, shared the three drafted scenarios developed by the Future Scenarios Taskforce regarding the future of AUC.

By Rebekka Walser Not too long ago, AUC updated the “Tuition Fees and Costs” page. From this September onwards, incoming international students (non-European Union /European Economic Area) paying the non-statutory tuition fees will be required to pay more than 20,000 euros a year in tuition fees; an increase of more than 30 percent.  According to…

On 12 May 2026, AUC’s dean, Bruce Mutsvairo, presented the progress of the AUC Future Scenarios Taskforce to the public. In the final stages of the project, the Dean discussed possible consequences of the best and the worst case scenarios being chosen by the executive boards of the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) and the Vrije Universiteit (VU). The consequences of a “doom” scenario took the centre stage.

By Vedosi Karmarkar and Komari Machida As seats started to fill up in the common room, the current AUCSA president Sterre Vreeker stepped on the stage for her opening remarks. Thus began the annual AUCSA general elections assembly, held to determine the AUCSA board for the academic year 2026/2027. Vreeker congratulated the candidates and wished…

By Rose Carmichael On May 8, the Taskforce assigned to gather data for the future scenarios assignment will present their findings to the Dean. With AUCNext due to end in 2026, UvA and VU have asked the Dean to develop a new strategic vision that outlines what AUC will look like in the next five…

By Cadence Chua and Komari Machida This article is the second part of a piece on the No Kings protests in Amsterdam, published here.  Protests against the Trump administration, also known as the No Kings protests, were held on 28 March around the world, including in Amsterdam. A few hundred demonstrators had gathered at Museumplein…

By Cadence Chua and Komari Machida On 28 March, protests were organised globally against the Trump administration in the US, including here in Amsterdam. Known as the No Kings protests, the Dutch iteration brought together hundreds of demonstrators in front of the US Consulate General at Museumplein. They used homemade signs and raised voices to…

“I didn’t know this was going on. I feel almost lied to. Why didn’t I know this?” 

In February, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) – one of AUC’s parent universities – opened its Centre for Defence and Resilient Society, in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Defence. 

By Maria van Wijnen and Milan Rooney After facing pressure from students to fix a range of ongoing issues within the student apartment complex at Carolina Macgillavrylaan, DUWO has responded by introducing a new policy that would guarantee stable shower temperature and working elevators… at a price. This new policy, to be implemented in January…

On the 27th of March, the Palestinian flag flew above Science Park. Equipped with drums, Amsterdam University Free Palestine (AUFP) members stood on the benches in front of the AB as students joined them in their chants. The day before, AUFP had called for an “emergency protest” in response to allegedly being denied permission to hang a banner in commemoration of Israeli Apartheid Week. 

AUC taskforce announces possible “North Star” for the Future. Will “Science and Technology in Society” be the new guiding slogan? How did students react?

By Cadence Chua, Esmée Zuiker, and Lou Boot On 18 March, residents of 333 municipalities across the Netherlands will head to the polls to vote for their preferred candidates in the 2026 Dutch municipal elections. Want to know whether you can vote and, if so, how? Read on to find out. The ins and outs…

At 12:50, on the 12th of March, crowds of students left behind their lunches and squeezed onto the red couches on the third floor of the AB. AU Free Palestine (AUFP) was hosting an information session on the 2026 Amsterdam Municipality elections.