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| What to do after university? Travel, try to get an impressive job, get married? Two UU students created a podcast to talk about how we can get overwhelmed by all the possible paths to follow after graduation. One such path is starting your own business. If that's your thing, a new network is connecting UU students with experienced entrepreneurs. In other news, we had pretty strong contestants for the Campus Columnist competition this year, and the winner has just been announced. For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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'Let's show students what course evaluations are for’
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| UU faculties are trying out new setups for their course evaluations to increase the response rate, prevent offensive remarks, and ensure that students know what the results will be used for. Read more
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| New campus columnists are looking for a fresh perspective on university life
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| Educationalist Monica van de Ridder will be the campus columnist on DUB's English page in 2024. On the Dutch page, that post will be occupied by the law student Emma Ravenhorst. Read more
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Renovated Law building is modern and designed for the future
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| The Johanna Hudig building, formerly known as ASP 200, reopened earlier this month. Researchers and support staff are excited about the historical building’s new look. Read more
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| ‘Entrepreneurial UU students have lots of potential’
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| Students interested in entrepreneurship can now join the Utrecht Entrepreneur Group, a group that connects them with experienced entrepreneurs. It is an initiative of the student associations USC and UVSV. Read more
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UU students meet weekly to discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence
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| Every Wednesday, a group of students meets to discuss AI's most pressing issues. They have meeting for a year to explore a broad range of topics that reflect AI's impact on our daily lives. Read more
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‘I saw on Instagram that some of my old classmates are getting engaged’
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| What to do with your life after graduation? Focus on a career, start a family, perhaps become a digital nomad? The podcast Twintigers (Twentysomethings, Ed.) talks about that. Read more
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What 2023 has taught me: UU edition
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| Blog - English Language & Culture student Chiara Palmeri lists all the positive things she's learned in 2023 thanks to the university. After all, the university is no only a place to learn academic skills but to learn life skills as well. Read more
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Two Triton rowers headed to the Olympic Games
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| Two rowers from Triton will be at the starting line during the Olympic Games this summer. UU PhD candidate Jacob van de Kerkhof and Master's student Eli Brouwer are going to Paris. Read more
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| Setting fire to old ideas
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| Campus columnist - As a campus columnist, Helen spent a year writing about many different topics. But she could have written about several others. In her last column, she shares the ideas about which she never got around to writing. Read more
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| Pop-O-Matic is TivoliVredenburg's iconic dance night. On Friday night, Jan. 26, the DJs St. Paul and VJ Switchdoctor will take you on an audiovisual trip through every corner of pop music. From Peggy Gou to David Bowie and from Nia Archives to Taylor Swift. DUB is giving away two pairs of tickets to the party. Learn more.
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| Campus columnist winner - “Had we ever been lonely?" This question came up during a lunch organised by Utrecht Science Park Inclusive in the National Week Against Loneliness. Educationalist Monica van de Ridder writes about the meeting. Read more
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| How nerve-wracking an oral exam can be
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| Nominee - John Tang, Assistant Professor in History, administered an oral examination for a student who didn't pass his final exam. In this nominated column, he remembers how nerve-wracking this examination was back when he was a student himself. Read more
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| How leaving my country made me a patriot
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| Nominee - Iren Şerbetcioğlu, a student at University College Utrecht, explains how coming to the Netherlands made her take off her dark-tinted glasses towards het Turkish culture and see how much it influences her. Read more
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Scientific articles from UU freely accessible after six months
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| As of 2024, scientific articles by UU scientists will be published with open access after six months. This should make more scientific articles freely accessible to everyone. Read more
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| Three Utrecht-based scientists win Rubicon grant
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| Cardiovascular epidemiologist Yvonne Koop, marine ecologist Lauren Wiesebron and culture historian Steije Hohfuis can start getting ready to move abroad for two years. Read more
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Universities allowed to cut starting grants by half
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| Dutch universities suddenly have many more assistant professors with permanent contracts. It is no longer possible to give every single one a starting grant worth 300,000 euros. Read more
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PhD candidate transforms thesis into choreography
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| How about explaining your thesis through a dance routine? Unusual, but that's exactly what social scientist Kim Stienstra did in a video. Her PhD thesis is about inequality in education. Read more
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| Click here to read the rest of the strip.
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University grapples with internationalisation
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| UU President Anton Pijpers' New Year speech underscored that international students and employees are still welcome. However, measures to curb the influx of foreigners are in the pipeline. Read more
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De Uithof or Utrecht Science Park? The latter wins
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| Should the official name of the campus be changed back to De Uithof? The Municipal Council was practically unanimous in saying that no, this U-turn shouldn't be made, as it would cost too much money. Read more
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Doctor Atomic voted best opera of the year
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| Doctor Atomic, the opera performed by Utrechtsch Studenten Concert (US Concert) was chosen as the best opera of 2023 by the visitors of the website Place de l'Opera. US Concert's anniversary performance took place last summer at Werkspoorkathedraal. Read more
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Activists call on ABP to stop investing in occupied Palestinian territories
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| ABP, the pension fund for government and education employees in the Netherlands, should stop investing in companies that facilitate the occupation of Palestinian territories, according to activists. Read more
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Teachers and students sometimes bite their tongues
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| A "considerable minority" of researchers of teachers and students opted to keep their mouths shut mouths shut at least once recently, a report on self-censorship reveals. Read more
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We need international students, migration committee believes
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| Migration has many advantages and disadvantages, according to a new report about what the Netherlands will look like in the year 2050. But international students and highly skilled migrants are not the problem, the document argues. Read more
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Hercules 'students' aim for a new feat against Cambuur
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| The images went around the world in December: the amateurs of Hercules defeated football giant Ajax. With four UU students in the lineup, the team hopes for the cup fairy tale to continue. Read more
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| Read much more at www.dub.uu.nl/en. Coming up: The nominees for the Teacher Awards | International students share their favourite words in Dutch
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