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| Not seeing fellow students face to face has really taken a toll on students' motivation, as evidenced by DUB's survey on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on students' motivation. It looks like UU employees were less affected than the students, a finding confirmed by the 2021 Employee survey, also made public this week. Furthermore, in this newsletter you'll learn more about the student strike staged last Thursday and the problems faced by UU to enforce the new smoking ban on campus. For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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| DUB survey shows lack of face-to-face contact is detrimental to motivation
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| Online education is demotivating for 50 percent of the students and a quarter of the employees. They miss seeing colleagues and classmates face-to-face. However, they still regard it as a good addition to the curriculum. These are some of the findings of our survey. Read more
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All classes on campus in September, with neither 1.5-metre rule nor proof of vaccination
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| After the summer, all students will be allowed back on campus for classes and work groups, without having to stay 1.5-metre away from one another. They will not be required to show any proof of vaccination or test results either. Read more
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| New student complex in the Utrecht Science Park to have nine hundred rooms
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| The plans for the fifth SSH building in the Utrecht Science Park has been finalized. Named "High Five", the student complex is set to have 500 independent apartments and 200 rooms with shared facilities. Read more
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| University Council students want menstrual products in UU toilets
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| Tampons and sanitary napkins should be made available at Utrecht University, preferably at every single toilet, for free or a very affordable price. That's what some student members of the University Council are requesting, following the preliminary results of a survey on the topic. Read more
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| Hugs are of vital importance to students
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| Your college years are usually the time when you make friends for life or perhaps meet the love of your life. Lockdown and social distancing, however, have been keeping students from doing just that. Eline Kraaijenvanger, intern at Studium Generale, talked to three scientists about that. Read more
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| 2,000 students raise their voices for the possibility to study without debt
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| About 2,000 students staged a protest in The Hague last Thursday to call for an end to the student loan system, as well as for compensation for the students harmed by the abolition of the student grant in 2015. They managed to respect all Covid rules while protesting. Read more
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| Students on strike against study loan system to pressure government formation
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| UU student Marte Vroom is a board member of FNV Young & United, one of the organisers of the protest that took place on Thursday. She explains why she feels that the loan system undermines the accessibility of higher education, especially for the poor. Read more
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| Renowned Dutch astronomer Kees de Jager dies aged 100
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| Kees de Jager, former director of the Utrecht Astronomical Institute passed away shortly after his hundredth birthday. A figurehead of Dutch astronomy for many decades, he was a pioneer of Dutch space research. Read more
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| A new lab for humanities scholars to brush up on digital skills
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| The Faculty of Humanities has inaugurated a physical space where researchers can brush up their digital research skills, something that is urgently needed, according to Professor Joris van Eijnatten. “We are being overtaken left and right by other scientists who are more digitally literate”. Read more
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| KNAW publishes checklist for scientists looking to share data
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| Are you planning to share your scientific data? If so, with whom and in what form? A checklist devised by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW in the Dutch acronym) is set to help researchers draw up their own data strategy. Read more
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| Scientists support Dutch whistleblower
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| Scientists all over the world have been publicly expressing their support for Elisabeth Bik, a Dutch researcher and expert on scientific misconduct who is being sued by the controversial microbiologist who claimed hydroxychloroquine was effective against Covid-19. Read more
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| 'I think smoking outside doesn't bother anyone'
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| It hasn’t gotten through to all students, employees and guests that they’re no longer allowed to smoke in premises of Utrecht University – yes, even outside. At the Science Park, some find it hard to believe that they can't smoke a cigarette outdoors, something that, in their view, bothers no one. Read more
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| Dutch Ministry of Education to cut 149 million euros from higher education
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| There is no such thing as free lunch. The saying appears to ring true when it comes to the compensation students are getting for the pandemic. It turns out that the Dutch government is paying for relief measures by cutting back the budget for vocational and higher education. Read more
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| UUers' workload increased because of Covid; UU still a pleasant place to work
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| UU employees are putting up with heavy workloads and high levels of stress, particularly those working at the Faculty of Humanities and UCU. Many staff members also state that gossip makes the work environment feel less safe. These are some of the results of the 2021 Employee Survey. Read more
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| Conflict between Israel and Palestine causes unrest in Dutch higher education
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| The recent conflict between Israel and Palestine has led to protests, petitions and a call to boycott Israeli knowledge institutions. But Dutch universities prefer not to take sides. "A boycott has no place here", says VSNU. Read more
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| Parliament: use of personal data for intimidation should be punishable by law
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| A historian from Leiden University has recently found threatening stickers stuck to her front door. Her address had been published online. Minister of Justice Ferdinand Grapperhaus plans to write a bill this year. Read more
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| Coronavirus support: millions of euros distributed to higher education
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| The funds to help limit the damage of the coronavirus crisis have finally been distributed to Dutch higher education and research institutions: in the next two years, research universities like UU will receive 83.6 million euros. Read more
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| Read much more at www.dub.uu.nl/en. Coming up: An interview with the president of Vidius about the student union's 10th anniversary and a story about the turmoil following the decision to close receptions in some of UU's buildings.
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