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| UCU students live on campus and must change rooms every year. If they break or damage anything, they have to pay for it. So far so good, but this year students are being charged a lot more for damages they do not always agree with. In other news, UU celebrated its anniversary by stressing the importance of fighting climate change, while the Earth Sciences Association decided to take a good look in the mirror when it comes to its ties to the fossil fuel industry. For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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| UCU students angry about room damage claims
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| Students from UCU are not amused at all by the amount of money they are being charged for damages to the rooms they occupied last year. They consider many of the claims unjustified. Read more
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| ‘Knowing the language has made me feel more included and at home’
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| So you came to the Netherlands to study. Will you learn the language as well? DUB spoke with three students who chose to do just that. Each of them chose their own method to master the language. Read more
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| Earth scientists struggle with Shell and self-reflection
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| The Earth Sciences Association (UAV) organised a meeting to discuss its ties to Shell after Rector Henk Kummeling asked associations to reconsider collaborations with the fossil fuel industry. Read more
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| Are you not afraid to express your opinions? Do you care about the university, your studies and student life in Utrecht? Then you should definitely consider joining the DUB panel, a group of students and employees frequently asked to comment on what's going on at UU. Learn more.
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Utrecht makes home sharing easier for students
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| The municipality is cancelling the requirement for a landlord's permit for up to three people from July 1. This is an additional step in the fight against the housing shortage. Read more
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| Gold fever and pub crawl: Varsity makes for great memories
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| Last Sunday, April 2, the student rowing association Triton, from Utrecht, won Varsity's 139th edition. That's the most important student sports event in the Netherlands. Read more
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| Alumni run fine dining restaurant without the use of animal products
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| Alumnus Jesse Boeve works as a service manager in a restaurant run by the alumnus and chef Mari Pitkänen. They studied Multidisciplinary Economics and Gender studies, respectively. Read more
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UU lets ChatGPT create personal student profiles
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| April Fool's joke - Are you a member of a student association? What are your hobbies? Where do you go out clubbing? Soon, your fellow students will get to know all about you on your UU profile page. Read more
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| Climate crisis: ‘The penny seems to have dropped’
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| UU celebrated its 387th anniversary in an unheated Domkerk. The theme of the celebration was "lackluster: the climate crisis". The message was clear: scientists must not remain sitting on the sidelines. Read more
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| No trams late in the evening and weekends for the time being
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| There aren’t enough travellers to keep the trams between Central Station and Utrecht Science Park running late in the evening and on weekends. This has been discovered thanks to research by the province of Utrecht. Read more
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Flag at half-mast for deceased professor Rens Voesenek
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| The biologist Rens Voesenek died on March 28 aged 65. He headed Utrecht University’s research group Plant Ecophysiology (currently named Plant-Environment Signaling) for over twenty years. Read more
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'You don't have to speak the same language to understand each other'
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| Opinion - Collaboration between international and Dutch employees involves more than establishing a language policy, say Jan ten Thije, Kimberly Naber and Frederike Groothoff. Read more
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| Great demand for ‘smarter’ academic year
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| Fifteen educational institutions are going to set up their academic year differently. By reducing the number of teaching weeks they hope to create more ‘breathing space’ for overworked students and lecturers. The experiment runs until 2026. Read more
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| 50 percent fewer European advanced grants to the Netherlands
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| The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded 14 advanced grants of up to 2.5 million euros to researchers from Dutch knowledge institutions. Two of the winners are from UU. Read more
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| Dijkgraaf emphasises need for clear rules for PhDs
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| Last year, the PhD Network Netherlands (PNN) concluded that the rules for PhDs are not always clear, which sometimes has painful consequences. Dijkgraaf is encouraging universities to take joint action. Read more
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| Young Academy: let's call everyone professor
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| Why only those with the title of full professors are allowed to call themselves "professor"? They are also the only ones who can wear a gown and confer PhD degrees. To the Young Academy, this should change. Read more
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| Internationalisation: minister of education asks for more patience
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| The long-awaited letter about the influx of international students won’t be coming this month. “I expect to be able to send a letter to the house by May at the latest”, writes the minister of education. Read more
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| City of Utrecht stops using the terms 'higher' and 'lower' educated
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| Utrecht is the first municipality in the Netherlands to stop using the terms "higher" and "lower" educated. This new plan is looking to ensure more appreciation and equal treatment for MBO students. Read more
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| Invitation of controversial UvA teacher divides higher education media
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| The invitation of "anti-woke" activist Lauren Buijs to a conference has led to the resignation of a member of the board of the Association of Editors-in-Chief of Higher Education Media. Read more
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Scientist Rebellion blindfolds statues
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| Scientists and university professors blindfolded statues in several cities around the world to draw attention to climate change and the responsibility of political leaders. “If our leaders want to merit a statue, they mustn’t turn a blind eye.” Read more
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| Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn for the latest news about UU and university life. If you would like to share something with us, please feel free to send us a message. Prefer sending an e-mail? No problem. Write to dubredactie@uu.nl.
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| Read much more at www.dub.uu.nl/en. Coming up: Another student reveals their income and expenses in our Cash-Strapped series; does UU consider TikTok a security threat?
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