UPDATE 13 MARCH We deeply regret to announce that all activities planned in the Week against Racism (16-21 March) are cancelled. This decision is made based on the new measures announced by the Executive Board last night, to limit the consequences of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) at the UvA. You can find the full announcement … Continue reading Week against Racism
UvA's Academic Diversity Programme (ADP) is a mentoring programme in which students are supported by senior students during their first year at the university. Applications are now open for the upcoming academic year! So, what exactly is ADP, and why is it called a diversity mentoring programme? What has the programme done for the participants, … Continue reading Sign up for the Academic Diversity Programme
Thanks to our partnership with the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) Team of the UvA, we are preparing for an exciting year of workshops and trainings for staff, students and board members of student & study associations. Last academic year (2018/2019), we conducted a pilot of 10 workshops with the bachelor program Politics, Psychology ,Law and … Continue reading Achievements & Updates OBOV
By Alfrida Martis. The State of Diversity at UvA On Thursday the 8th of November 2018 the CDO Team hosted our very first public event, entitled The State of Diversity at UvA: Meet The CDO Team. A lot can be said about the importance of organizing such events, but the turnout for our event speaks volumes. The room was packed with over 120 participants. Personally, as the organizer of the event I was super … Continue reading The State of Diversity at UvA: Recurring Events to Raise Awareness and Promote Diversity
By Fatima Kamal How it all started One of the initiatives we as the CDO-team work on is a mentor program called the Academic Diversity Program (ADP). Here I will share how this program started and what my personal connection to the ADP is. Student struggles The Academic Diversity Program (ADP) is founded on a … Continue reading The Academic Diversity Program
