Sefa Student Party
Sefa Student Party stands for a progressive and inclusive learning environment. We are committed to enabling students of all backgrounds to feel comfortable during their studies at the UvA to maximize their skill development. Like Sefa itself, we strive for a balance between academics, professional life, and social life by complementing the studies with internships, more job opportunities, and also more social activities.
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All lectures should be available online for everyone
Fully agree
The UvA should offer free menstrual products at each campus
Fully agree
As a way to curb the growth of the university, Dutch language courses should be a mandatory part of all programs
Disagree
Dutch courses should be encouraged and become more accessible to students instead of using it as a tool to prevent international students joining in.
There should be mandatory attendance for tutorials
Neutral
Mandatory attendance for certain courses and tutorials which strictly requires students' presence is understandable, but not all courses should be mandatory.
The UvA should address problems such as systemic overwork and bad working conditions among its teachers by giving out more permanent contracts
Agree
The university should stop the prioritisation of students from outside the EU in regard to the university provided student housing
Neutral
As far as we concern, the prioritisation of Non-EEA students for housing has already been cancelled.
The executive board of the university should be elected through an open election by the students and worker’s body
Fully agree
The board is there to serve the students', staffs' and teachers' benefits, so the election should be open to students and worker's body.
All food options should be plant based by default
Disagree
The UvA should give more training to the teaching assistants
Agree
Student & Workers Councils should have the final say in policy decisions
Agree
The University must prioritise active diversity policies, including decolonization
Agree
All board members of study associations should receive equal financial support from the University
Disagree
The financial support board members receive should depend on their contribution and impact of their actions to the university.
The Binding Study Advice (BSA) should be abolished
Disagree
More investment is needed in interdisciplinary education (providing students with more than just one perspective on a particular subject, such as is done in honours, PPLE or IIS programs)
Neutral
Calling the police is an appropriate response by the university to deal with student protests and demonstrations
Fully disagree
University should be a safe place to its every student, not a place where violence happens which threatens student's safety.
The UvA should cut ties with fossil fuel companies like Shell
Neutral
Programs should have the sole responsibility in deciding whether they teach in Dutch or in English
Disagree
Admission to programs with a limited student capacity should be based on selection procedure rather than random selection through a lottery system
Agree
The canteen should be deprivatized
Agree
Having a physical accessibility university that provides equitable education for it’s students is a priority for the University
Agree
The UvA should invest in more accessibility for students with functional limitations as well as sensitivity towards these students
Fully agree
Students wishing to take honours courses should be able to do so based on their motivation, regardless of their grades
Agree
The university should be allowed to limit the number of international students
Disagree
It is the government’s responsibility to provide mental health support for students. Therefore, the university should not spend extra resources on this
Fully disagree
The university knows way better about their students and the studies their students are doing, so the university can guide through their students better than the government.
The Numerus Fixus should be used to stopthe growth of the university
Agree
The UvA should involve students in long term plans for study spaces and teaching facilities according to the expected changes in student population
Agree
Students should be allowed to participate in more of the development and planning of the university projects.
The university lacks sufficient readily accessible gender-neutral toilets
Agree
There should be at least one gender-neutral toilets in each faculty and each building.
Student councils should support occupations as a legitimate means of protest at the university
Neutral
Academic freedom is the most important value to uphold for a university
Agree