• The campus is a generic facility, with building types and uses standardized as much as possible and with a focus upon value creation, sustainability, effectiveness and efficiency. • The Campus Plan envisages the addition of public facilities such as restaurants, cafés, shops, cultural and sporting provision, student and general housing, green space, bicycle parking and events.
Profile and cooperation • We actively endeavour to embed the VU within the Amsterdam metropolitan community and to reinforce its profile in respect of our four chosen themes. • We provide space and facilities for joint initiatives like the Amsterdam Academic Alliance (AAA), the University Medical Centre Alliance (UMCA) and other recognized regional partnerships in higher education and with academic institutions, the business community and other private parties. • We maintain good relationships with our immediate neighbours and with the wider local community.
CONTENTS FOREWORD LOOKING FURTHER
Raise the profile of our campus as an attractive place for our partners to locate themselves.
Campus development • We develop the campus gradually and sustainably.
AMBITIONS
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Strengthen the unique status of our campus within the Amsterdam academic metropolis, and its reputation as international, substantive and welcoming.
• We work intensively with students in developing and implementing a “campus image”.
FOUR THEMES
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Make the campus more lively and liveable, with a combination of educational, research, housing, sports and cultural facilities.
Vision and policymaking • C ampus staff are welcoming and helpful, providing services tailored to the primary processes of education and research.
SUPPORT SUPPORT
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Strengthen the contribution the campus makes to the quality of our research and education.
FINANCIAL
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Approach
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