For students there are just good and bad teachers. For the academic staff, however, there is a huge difference between PhD, post-doc and assistant professors on the one hand and ‘real’ professors – entitled to call themselves ‘hoogleraar’ – at the other. Those in the first category work hard for little money, often on a
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 ‘People say you are what you eat. At Rostra we say you are what you read!’ Do you have a flair for writing? Have you always wanted to share your opinions not only with your friends but with the whole Faculty of Economics and Business? Then Rostra Economica is the team to join! Rostra is
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WannaCry Cyberattack – Yana Chernysh On the 12th of May, a wave of a cyberattacks hit many countries worldwide. The targets of the hackers were not only personal laptops and computers, but also the municipality, hospitals, and other socially important infrastructures. The four most affected countries were Russia, Ukraine, India, and Taiwan. The attack worked
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Economics General Economics – Yana Chernysh The US dollar has been rising constantly, as a result of the country’s strong economy and with the other countries in the world facing economic problems. The current exchange rate is 1.07$/1€. Economists predict that euro can even go below 1 dollar in the future years. Over the last
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Business Recap – Nando Slijkerman Yes, we did it! The AEX finally exceeded the 500 index points, finishing a 511 index points at the moment of writing. Election uncertainty is decreasing due to a loss of the populists. This can be the end of the march of the populists and can strengthen the bond between
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Economics – Evrim Öztamur For the first time in history, Germany’s biggest trading partner is China. With the increase in Chinese exports and an imports to 180 billion USD last year, China took the place of the US, which fell back behind France in the third place. The German government is likely to appreciate this
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Business recap – by Nando Slijkerman A new year means new records and so the Dow Jones exceeded 20,000. A new all-time-high! Let’s see what that will bring us. Unemployment decreases, inflation is increasing, and real estate is rising again. All lights are on green, so let’s face some economic growth! Donald Trump announced that
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Sharing economy – by Tsz-Tian Lu As the sharing economy sector has become more mature and been embraced globally, the prospect of this profitable industry is pretty positive. Especially in Asia, where the market is rather nascent for sharing economy companies like Uber and Airbnb and the demands for relevant services have been rising drastically
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January – by Michael van Rhee Happy New Year! New round, new opportunities, as we say in Dutch. Göran Persson, the former Prime Minister of Sweden, probably said it best: “Let our New Year’s resolution be this: we’ll be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.”
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UvA Recap – by Daphne Sweers Facilitated by the University of Amsterdam, the Democratisation and Decentralisation Committee will have an advisory referendum on its proposals from 23th of November until the 11th of December. Many of you will recall the protests in 2015 and eventually the occupation of the Maagdenhuis, which reflected a high degree
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UvA Recap – Triple Crown Accreditation for the FEB – by Daphne Sweers When wandering through the UvA in the past few weeks, you may have noticed the recently, prominently placed banners in the hallways with the text ‘Proud to be triple accredited’. Perhaps you also wondered, what does this exactly mean? In September, the UvA
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UvA Recap – by Artur Rymer The summer is officially over but this doesn’t mean that renovations at Roeterseiland Campus are as well. Perhaps the biggest surprise was the devilish construction that has sprung up next to Buildings D and E. The reactions to the new scaffolding-bridge include disbelief, amusement, lack of confidence in its
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Economics Recap – by Magdalena Wiśniewska Brexit approved by the referendum In June national referendum the majority of British voted in favour of leaving the European Union, which is expected to have a robust impact on the world economy. After UK leaves the EU it will have to renegotiate the trade terms with both the
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UvA Inside – by Yoeri Min Around the University of Amsterdam’s Roeterseiland campus, stunts for the American action-comedy film “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” will be recorded recorded from the 26th until the 28th of June.  On the 8th of July, actors will be welcomed to the University of Amsterdam to record to some of the movie
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UvA Inside – by Olga Kowalska From the 9th to 13th of May, UvA (Faculty and Central) Student Council elections took place. Students could choose between four parties for the CSR (Central Student Council) and between two parties for the FSR (Faculty Student Council) FEB. The election turnout was sadly quite low: only 19,7% of
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News from the FEB – by Yoeri Min Prof. dr. Han van Dissel has been reappointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Economics & Business at the University of Amsterdam. Han van Dissel was reappointed by the Executive Board after consulting the Faculty Works Council and the Faculty Student Council. The reappointment starts per
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The University Life – by Olga Kowalska Have you thought that exciting news comes only from the big world of politics or business? You have no idea how many interesting things happen on our own playground! After the last year’s student protest at the UvA, aimed at bringing decentralization and more transparency to the decision-making
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News Recap: World of Economics – by Daniel Koudijs Over the past month, just as worries about China began to lose some of their clout, another familiar headache appeared: plummeting banks’ shares. Reminiscent of the crisis years, the European bank stock index fell drastically; close to 2012 levels when European banks were in deep trouble. Mario
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News Recap: Economics – by Daniel Koudijs Uncertainty is the key word of 2016’s rocky start. This month, market volatility reached heights as oil prices reached record lows. Some of the biggest January losses in decades were reported on stock markets all around the world. Especially China suffered. The Chinese government had intended to limit
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“The West” Must Become Poorer – by Fransje Puts When I read a quote of our minister of Finance, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, in the newspaper a couple of months ago, I was convinced something had to change in our spoilt little part of the world. He phrased that migration will endanger ‘our’ welfare. If he were
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News Recap: Politics – by Magdalena Wiśniewska On the 16th of November, USA decided to join France in the airstrikes against ISIS, sending warplanes to Syria. Just a day later Russia followed the lead, sending to Syria their missile cruiser. Vladimir Putin ordered that Russia will cooperate with France in this matter as they were
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War in the heart of Paris by Ioana Nicolau Only 10 months after the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack in Paris, on the evening of the 13th of November, the French population has again become the target of a tragedy that terrified the whole world. The terrorist shootings and explosions were spread over 7 different locations in
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  News Recap: Economics by Daniel Koudijs Signs of global economic stagnation accumulated over the past months. Following the stock market crash in China earlier this year, worries of falling growth in China and other emerging economies have caused turmoil across the world. A report published by the CPB, a Dutch economic institute, estimated that
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