Psychologist David van den Berg: 'We must stop reducing people to a label'
Clinical psychologist David van den Berg aims to break away from rigid mental health diagnoses that confine people, as a professor at VU Amsterdam.
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NOS reporter Marleen de Rooy: 'A good scoop starts with asking the right questions'
NOS reporter Marleen de Rooy studied International Business Administration and now covers politics at the Binnenhof.
‘The Key to Job Happiness? Returning to Your Core!’
Stuck in an energy-draining job but not quite sure how to change it? Alumnus Sandra Klijn offers some practical tips.
'Kickboxing is no longer the sport of the criminal underbelly'
Frank van Gemert, a criminologist at VU Amsterdam, not only researches kickboxing but also trains weekly in the gym.
From Vocational Training to PhD: 'Being underestimated serves as fuel'
Sara Ben Hmido is far from following a standard career path: after starting in vocational training, she quickly climbed to pre-university education.
'Pitching to the founder of Tesla was like playing a role in my own movie'
Alumnus in Physics and Science, Business and Innovation, Jardo Stammeshaus, is making significant strides with his startup Liion Power.
Suddenly you know: you're becoming a teacher
Faye Best (29) radically changed her career: from working in sustainability to becoming a maths teacher. „I haven't regretted a single day.”
Writer Joke J. Hermsen on nostalgia: 'We all long for a lost time.'
For Joke J. Hermsen, studying at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam felt like being reborn. „I came home to myself.”
'I have often had to fight against the label 'refugee''
Wahhab Hassoo, who fled from Iraq, reached VU Amsterdam through vocational education. Now, he's on the list for parliamentary elections.
‘Newcomers need contact with Dutch people’
VU alumnus, Sylvia de Groot-Heupner, tries to match newcomers with volunteers so that they can learn Dutch.
