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| The academic world continues to be shaken by events, protests and occupations putting their ties to Israeli universities into question. Meanwhile, a conservative cabinet has been formed in the Netherlands and the coalition agreement foresees considerable cuts for science and higher education. Last but not least, the European elections are right around the corner. For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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| Maya Wind: ‘Israeli universities are deeply entangled with military projects’
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| Maya Wind, from the University of British Columbia, gave a lecture about how Israeli universities collaborate with state violence against Palestinians. Two Executive Board members were in attendance. Read more
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VSP new to council, Lijst Vuur surrenders two seats
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| Student parties Lijst Vuur and the PvdUS both won five seats in the University Council. The new party VSP secured a spot in the council as well, with two seats. Read more
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‘Voters are led to believe migration can be kept away’
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| In the lead-up to the European Parliamentary elections, DUB will speak with several scientists about EU-related topics, starting with the Associate Professor Ilse van Liempt on migration deals within the EU. Read more
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Coalition parties want tough spending cuts and penalty for slow students
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| The Netherlands has a new cabinet. The coalition agreement announces a reduction in the number of international students and significant cuts in higher education and science. Read more
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| What is the state of affairs concerning board grants for student associations?
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| Students criticised the plan to redistribute board grants and basic subsidies among student organisations, so the proposal is back on the drawing board. But why did they need a new system in the first place? Read more
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'Metis is a bunch of friends helping out other friends'
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| The study association for the Bachelor’s Programme in Philosophy, Politics and Economics celebrated its fifth anniversary in style, with two days of activities."Metis brings students even closer." Read more
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Competitors today, members of the same team at the Paris Olympics tomorrow?
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| Information Sciences student Luna Fokke (23) and Social, Health and Organisational Psychology student Elzemiek Zandee (22) are hockey players. They may represent the Netherlands in Paris soon. Read more
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| Read the rest of the comic strip here.
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Spontaneous occupation of Janskerkhof 15a also ends with police intervention
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| For the third time in a single week, Pro-Palestine protesters occupied a UU. This time it was the one located at Janskerkhof 15a. Once again, the demonstrators were expelled by the police. Read more
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'Please don't send the police or bulldozers against our protesting daughter'
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| Opinion - Arnold de Jong's daughter is a first-year student at UU. She was one of the students who protested in the library's courtyard on May 7. He writes an open letter to the Executive Board. Read more
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Minister of Education warns against cutting ties with Israel
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| Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf argues that institutions are better off maintaining ties with their counterparts in Israel as UU announces an updates list of partnerships. Read more
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How collaborations with Israeli universities make UU complicit in war crimes
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| Opinion - Since 2013, UU has maintained close institutional ties with Ben-Gurion University, which cooperates with the Israeli military and develops weapons used in Gaza. Read more
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Should we make citizenship education mandatory for UU students?
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| DUB Panel - Students in vocational education (MBO) will soon have a mandatory exam in "citizenship". Would that be a good idea for UU students as well? We asked our panel of students and employees. Read more
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'Beer can make a scientific topic feel more accessible'
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| Irish pub O’Connell’s hosted Pint of Science, a festival that gathers researchers and laypeople at a pub so they discuss the latest news from the scientific world while having a few drinks. Read more
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'Does it make sense to lock everyone up?'
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| Video - Are criminals responsible for their actions? Studium Generale organised a Dialogue Dinner where people could discuss criminality with a philosopher and a criminologist. The menu was inspired by the topic of discussion. Read more
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| Ready to dance the night away with the DJ MRD, AK Sports and Twiena? DUB hopes you are because it has two pairs of tickets to the party to give away. The event is part of TivoliVredenburg's 10th anniversary. Click on the image above to know more.
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Higher education institutions can exclude international students, agrees Senate
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| The House of Representatives hasn’t set a great example in using the budget bill to arrange the cap on international students, but the Senate nonetheless unanimously agreed with this cap. Read more
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An enrolment cap, no obligation to learn Dutch and other surprises
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| If the new draft bill on the internationalisation of Dutch higher education passes, non-Dutch-speaking staff might be fired if the programmes they work for are forced to switch back to Dutch. Read more
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Plan to start screening foreign researchers delayed once again
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| There is still no bill on the screening of foreign scientists working in sensitive research areas. “Recent developments” are causing delays, according to the Minister of Education, Robbert Dijkgraaf. Read more
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Universities and students taken aback by planned cutbacks
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| Dutch universities warn that the plans announced by the new cabinet are damaging to education and research. Student organisations are displeased with the intention to punish those who take longer to graduate. Read more
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UU students and staff walk marathon in their own city: ‘Long live Strava’
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| UU students and staff members Hester Haasdijk-Spoelder, Noortje van Hoef, and Nouk Lax participated in the fortieth edition of the Utrecht Marathon, which started at Utrecht Science Park. Read more
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Labour Authority: universities not in control of overtime, bullying and misbehaviour
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| Stress, overtime and misbehaviour are still common in academia and universities aren’t doing enough to solve these problems, sfinds the Netherlands Labour Authority. Read more
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| Read much more at www.dub.uu.nl/en. Coming up: What does the UU community think about all the occupations? | Drawing straws for research grants: shabby or a beautiful ambition?
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