On May 20, 2021, the festive online launch took place at the Law Faculty of the University of Amsterdam! This means that Meet your Mentor has been launched very successfully at four faculties of the University of Amsterdam. On May 20, 17 students and 17 professionals took part. The participating mentors are professionals: two judges … Continue reading Meet your Mentor at the Faculty of Law 20th May 2021
As CDO Team, part of what we do is help develop language around equity, diversity and inclusion. We share best practice examples and resources that can be beneficial to all layers of the university. With that in mind, there is an excellent resource that we highly recommend to any and all members of the UvA … Continue reading Inclusive Language – New Values
By Meltem Halaceli, Project Leader, Meet your Mentor On April 15th, the online reflection meeting of the Autumn edition 2020 of Meet your Mentor took place. 45 participants were present: 24 students from FEB, FGW and FMG and 21 mentors who work for Dutch ministries, local governments, (international) companies and other organisations. The presentation and … Continue reading Reflections: Meet your Mentor Pilot
We are proud to present the Chief Diversity Officer 2020 annual report and 2021 plan titled: Discrimination and Decolonization In this blog post, we include the foreword and personal reflection by Chief Diversity Officer, Anne de Graaf. Foreword: Strength and courage This personal reflection introduces some of the exciting initiatives and vision and concrete measures … Continue reading Annual Report 2020 & Year Plan 2021
Last month was the European Week against Racism. This event was a cooperative effort between the Chief Diversity Officer team (CDO team), the SeSi Community Center of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Pakhuis de Zwijger and Comité 21 maart. Deriving from this powerful collaboration were seven different events which enriched the lives of many … Continue reading European Week Against Racism: In Review
Last month the Homework Hub was publicly launched via Zoom. Together with all 8 partners in the Homework Hub; respectively StudieHub, Passie voor je Toekomst, Stichting SPE, Stichting IMC Weekendschool, Move, Fawaka Ondernemersschool, Weekend Academie, and Life Skills - a wonderful programme was hosted by Alfie Martis in which participants from the UvA community could … Continue reading Homework Hub public launch a huge success!
By: dr. Mieke T.A. Lopes Cardozo (UvA), Roxana Dumitrescu and Gabriela Zuntova (students in International Development Studies, UvA) What motivates you to work on inclusive higher education? – this was one of the questions that started and guided the active dialogue within the Comenius Carousel workshop on Teaching Innovations for Inclusive Education. The workshop was … Continue reading Teaching Innovations for Inclusive Education: Comenius Carrousel Workshop Reflections
by Diego Galdo Gonzalez The Amsterdam Research Centre for Gender and Sexuality (ARC-GS) hosted the “Women’s Strike” panel on 8 March, 2021. Dr. Siggie Vertommen (Ghent University) joined the event from the fifth edition of the Women’s Strike at Ghent University. She displayed the slogan of the current edition, “Care Is Essential Work,” to recognize … Continue reading Thinking through the Crises #2 | Special 8th of March Edition | The Women’s Strike
Dear Members of the UvA Community,The European Action Week against Racism takes place from 15-19 March. The UvA Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) team, in cooperation with the SeSi Community Center of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA), Pakhuis de Zwijger, and Comité 21 maart are presenting an enriching program of several events throughout this … Continue reading Join the European Action Week against Racism
Folia interviews Dağlar Taşci to talk about her experience as a mentee in the Meet Your Mentor (MYM) UvA pilot program. "The transition from studying to working is exciting for many students, but especially for students who have no examples within their own environment. Dağlar Taşci is such a student. A personal mentor helps her. … Continue reading Meet Your Mentor in Folia
