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| At some student homes, every day is Christmas. You'll see a big group of roommates gathered around the table, sharing a meal and laughing together. That's why DUB is wrapping up 2023 by joining a gezellige dinner at IBB. We also spoke with six students and employees for whom 2023 was out of ordinary, both in a good and in a bad way. For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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‘She sucks at teaching and has no didactic insight’
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| Endless questionnaires, low response rates, cursing students. Course evaluations have been criticised for years at UU, so the faculties are experimenting with different methods. Read more
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‘The poop was flowing down the hallway’
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| The year is coming to an end and the news will soon be flooded by annual reviews. But how do UU students look back on 2023? DUB joined a student house for dinner at IBB, while roommates reminisced. “That house party was both the highest and the lowest point.” Read more
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| 2023, a year of startling discoveries, maddening joy, and intense sadness
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| Discovering a painting, winning Varsity, having coffee with Queen Máxima, witnessing a natural disaster. DUB met six students and scientists to whom 2023 brought memorable stories to tell. Read more
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‘I feel like a second-class citizen’
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| Now that a politician in favour of a complete U-turn on the internationalisation of higher education has won the Dutch elections, foreign students and staff at UU are feeling even less welcome. “I’m more aware of my position in this country now.” Read more
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| DUB asked a few employees and students to recommend a book for the rest of the UU community. The result is a list that caters for almost every taste. Novels, memoirs, self-help... Just choose one! Or, if you're into New Year's resolutions, why not read all of them? Read more
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| Click here to read the rest of the comic strip.
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Most students feel like they belong at UU but there is room for improvement
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| UU students grade their overall sense of belonging 3.9 out of 5 on average. But there is still work to be done, as students with disabilities and religious students tend to feel less at ease, according to a survey. Read more
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How can students in Utrecht help sustainable villages in Madagascar?
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| Unicef Student Team Utrecht (USTU) is on a mission to support Madagascar. With their goal to create climate-smart villages, USTU members are actively raising funds for this cause. Read more
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International students also apply for the basic student grant
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| Approximately 14,500 international students receive student financing in the Netherlands, according to the Dutch Education Executive Agency (DUO). That's more than before the basic grant was abolished. Read more
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| TivoliVredenburg is about to be transformed into a winter wonderland! Sophie Straat, Elmer, Zer00's Heroes DJ set, De Danshal, Queermas by ICONIC, Hollandse Hitte, Vinylfeestje and a silent disco are just some of the attractions in the line-up of its Christmas Festival. DUB will give away two tickets for it. Learn more.
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Consternation and distrust among science employees threatened with dismissal
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| Four employees of the Faculty of Science are likely to lose their jobs as a result of a reorganisation of part of the instrument-maker workshop. The employees involved feel that they are victims of their role as “whistleblowers”. The Faculty Board denies this. Read more
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UU students and staff must be able to indicate their pronouns and register as 'X'
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| Some of the students and staff find the current registration system unfair and hostile, as it only allows people to register as "men" or "women", concludes the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Office. Read more
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UU-chair was warned about fraud
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| Since 2017, UU-chair Anton Pijpers has received several signals about suspicious transactions within Utrecht Holdings. This was revealed this weekend by an investigation by the Volkskrant into the possible fraudulent actions of PVV senator and former Holdings director Gom van Strien and his successor. The university says they have been misled. Read more
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| Last Vegas announces departure from Utrecht Science Park
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| Food truck Last Vegas will be leaving the Utrecht Science Park as of January 1, 2024. The vegan snack bar decided to terminate its collaboration with the university. Read more
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| UU will help society move forward in 2050 with word and deed
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| Utrecht University would like to be sustainable in 2050, but what does that look like? That was the main question of a dialogue organised by Pathways to Sustainability. Read more
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| Nearly 40 percent of UU students who have done an internship were confronted with inappropriate or abusive behaviours. Most of them were bullied, intimidated or snubbed. One in ten students felt unsafe at the company they were interning for. Read more
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| ‘Let's make thorny subjects discussable in our lectures through art and games’
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| Leoniek Wijngaards-de Meij and Gönül Dilaver want to use art and games to teach students to talk to each other about sensitive topics. They won the Comenius Leadership Fellow (half a million euros). Read more
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Controversy surrounding the Heineken prize
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| Should universities still be participating in the Heineken Prize, despite the war in Ukraine and how harmful alcohol can be? UU Professor Albert Heck is one of the members of the panel of judges. He criticises the "polarisation" surrounding the prize. Read more
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The Rights Forum wins first battle in case against universities
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| Universities are obliged to process the request for information about their ties to "pro-Israel" organisations submitted by The Rights Forum, a court decided earlier this month. Read more
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Minister: how will higher education ‘direct’ internationalisation?
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| Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf is asking higher education institutions how they want to control the advantages and disadvantages of internationalisation. They have one month to reply. Read more
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How do you assess the language of instruction at your university?
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| Accreditation body NVAO asks universities why certain programmes are taught in English. Outgoing Minister of Education Robbert Dijkgraaf explained the process behind it to the House of Representatives. Read more
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Fraudulent scheme allowed 260 Romanians to obtain student finance
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| A Romanian organisation has offered 260 students fictitious work so that they could apply for student finance in the Netherlands. This has emerged from replies to parliamentary questions. Read more
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| DUB will not publish any articles during the holidays. We will come back on January 15. Meanwhile, we would like to thank you for your readership in 2023 and wish you all happy holidays. See you in 2024!
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