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| How many credits do you think a first-year student should be required to earn to be allowed to continue on to the second year? That's been the subject of a heated debate: the minister of education, the universities, and the student organisations have all different opinions on the subject. Meanwhile, the so-called "flex students" can breathe a sigh of relief as UU comes up with a solution for their case. For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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| ‘Don’t walk around feeling like you’ve failed’
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| A festival dedicated to openly talking about failure is soon to happen in Utrecht. After all, no one is immune to feeling like a failure. DUB approached five UU scientists to talk their own failures. Read more
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No need to worry anymore: UU finds solution for flex students
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| The abrupt ending of the "flexible learning" experiment hit the participating students hard. But UU has now decided that they will only have to pay for the credits they obtain next year. Read more
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USConcert will take you back to another era with the opera Doctor Atomic
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| The symphony orchestra will celebrate its 200th anniversary with an opera titled "Doctor Atomic", which will take you back to 1945, the year when scientists put the finishing touches to the atomic bomb. Read more
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| Click here to read the rest of the comic strip.
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Students Annemoon and Tess host a podcast with over 50,000 listeners
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| From ordinary UU students to podcast hosts listened to by almost 50,000 people regularly. That's what happened to Annemoon and Tess, the new hosts of Studententijd (Student Time). Read more
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Student association lands in hot water due to sex act in its headquarters
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| Footage has emerged of a naked woman with a bottle of wine in her rear end at the headquarters of the Utrecht Student Corps (USC). UU is waiting for the student association to take measures. Read more
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| 'The BSA is simply another form of selection'
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| Although there are valid arguments in favour of the number of credits required to be allowed into the second year of studies (BSA), national student organisations LSVb and ISO remain remain opposed to it. Read more
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| Vidius organises protest against housing shortage on a holiday
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| Students are the invisible victims of the housing crisis in the Netherlands. That's the motto of the protest that took place on Monday, May 29, organised by the student union Vidius. May 29 was a holiday, however. Read more
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| Belgian fraternity members given community service for death of Sanda Dia
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| Eighteen students of the Belgian university KU Leuven were sentenced to community service and a 400-euro fine for their involvement in the death of student Sanda Dia during a hazing ritual. Read more
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| Does the idea of watching a movie under the stars on the UCU campus appeal to you? If so, you're in luck because DUB is giving away five pairs of tickets to the outdoor movie screening that will take place on Wednesday, June 7, as part of the Sharing Days!
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| DUB panel is unanimous: Relaxing the binding study advice is a bad plan
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| Lowering the binding study advice criterion? Don’t do it, say the members of our DUB panel. Otherwise, students will find out too late that they’re in the wrong study programme, which will lead to more stress. Read more
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| Elaine Mak appointed dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance
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| Elaine Mak has been appointed the new dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, effective September 1. She is the vice dean of the same faculty and Professor of Jurisprudence. Read more
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| Tram stops in the Utrecht Science Park to get huge roofs
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| 25-metre-long roofs are soon to be installed above the tram stops on Heidelberglaan and Padualaan. Other tram stops on the same route will be given a major makeover as well. Read more
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| On July 17, the symphony orchestra Utrecht Student Concert is celebrating its second centenary. To mark this very special occasion, they are going to perform the modern opera Doctor Atomic at the Werkspoor Cathedral. DUB is giving away two pairs of tickets.
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| Universities claim that students are in favour of the BSA. Is that true?
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| In an op-ed published by the newspaper De Telegraaf, Dutch universities argue that the majority of students either have a neutral or a positive view of the number of credits required in the first year. Read more
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| Postdocs sceptical about recognition and rewards
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| Most researchers are positive about the new "recognition and reward" system but postdocs and full professors expect little of it. That's according to a poll by the news platform ScienceGuide. Read more
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| Knowledge security screening is unworkable, says journalist
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| Researchers from abroad will be screened to prevent sensitive information from falling into the wrong hands. Science journalist Saar Slegers reports that researchers fear the comeback of a Cold-war scenario. Read more
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| Read much more at www.dub.uu.nl/en. Coming up: A reunion with the three Ukrainian students DUB interviewed at the beginning of the war. How are they doing now? Prominent UCU alumni look back on their student days as the university college celebrates its 25th anniversary.
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