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| At times it seemed like this day would never come, but here it is: students are finally allowed back on campus, albeit just one day a week. Those who want to do it safely can now order free self-tests online. But the question is: how many people are actually going to use the service? As we wait to see what the reopening will mean for the infection rates, DUB spoke with UU's corona bigwigs once more to find out what they think of the stage we're currently in. For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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| Being a short student in a land of giants
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| Overwhelming. That’s how short students define their first impression of the Netherlands. The average height of a Dutch man is 1.82 metres, while women are 1.68 on average. That makes for some funny situations, like using children’s bikes or getting elbowed in the face at parties. Read more
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| International students still want to come to the Netherlands – but not for online classes
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| The Netherlands remains a popular destination for higher education, according to the Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education, Nuffic. International students are still interested in Dutch universities, as long as the lectures and seminars are not provided online. Read more
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| Covid self-tests now available for free
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| The Dutch government has recently launched a website where students and staff members of higher education institutions can order Covid-19 self-tests for free, so they can go to the campus safely. Interested? Then don’t wait too long to order yours, because it can take up to five working days for the order to be shipped. Read more
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| Universities to welcome even more students
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| Preliminary figures show that Dutch universities are likely to receive a record number of first-year students in September. The amount of applications received by Dutch universities around the deadline represents a five percent increase on last year. Read more
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| Students launch dating service for Tuindorp-West complex: an unexpected success
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| Roos and Renée have developed a dating platform for residents and neighbours of SSH student housing complex Tuindorp-West. Called TWCoupleGoals, the initiative was a success: 135 people signed up for it in just a few days. Some of them have already gone on dates. Read more
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| Big reunion with the world
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| Campus columnist - "The upcoming process of returning to the outside world entails a fusion of anxiety, worry, excitement, and uncertainty", writes campus columnist Lili Szarvas as she prepares to return to the campus. "Restoring the habit of visiting the school’s bleak hallways means reprogramming yourself". Read more
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| A prank war to survive the lockdown
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| Roommates are prone to pranking each other, that's for sure. But IBB students Roos and Chris took it a step further and got themselves involved in a full-blown prank war. Annoying? Maybe, but it also made for some good laughs that helped them get through the long lockdown. Read more
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| Stop choosing your roommates through 'hospiteren'!
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| Opinion - Law student Stephan Verhulst would like to see an end to 'hospiteren', the act of interviewing several candidates to find a suitable roommate. According to him, this practice promotes discrimination. Read more
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| Students discuss the war: the question of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ is a nuanced one
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| Three students taking the course Living Pasts have launched a graphic novel about the acts of resistance committed by Utrecht students during World War II. The online publication depicts three stories, each of them asking the same question: what would you do if you were in their shoes? Read more
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| Exchange programmes still facing uncertainty
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| Most Dutch universities, including UU, have decided to allow their students to go abroad as part of an exchange programme, starting in September. The green light is conditional, however, as the plans may be cancelled if the pandemic worsens. Read more
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| Why is it so hard to enrol in courses from other faculties? Osiris says... 'No!'
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| Opinion - UU students are encouraged to make their education as interdisciplinary as possible by enrolling in courses from other faculties. In practice, however, online system Osiris makes it difficult to do so, notes student Matthew Tan. Read more
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| Dutch government refuses to adopt a ‘blacklist’ of Chinese universities
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| It is not unlikely that knowledge gained in Delft by Chinese researchers will be used by the Chinese army, according to recent articles published in university magazine Delta. Despite this risk, the Dutch government is not interested in adopting stringent screening procedures and blacklists. Read more
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| The corona bigwigs, one year later: ‘We’re in a catch-up race now’
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| One year after the first cases of coronavirus, the Netherlands is grappling with its third wave. How are the UU specialists interviewed by DUB last year doing now? A conversation about mutations, mental health, and antibodies. Read more
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| ERC Vice President Crone: ‘Dutch success is good, but a strong Europe is better’
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| The Netherlands is remarkably successful in European research grant competitions. That’s great, but what about the other member states? “Researchers in one country aren’t smarter than in another”, says Eveline Crone, Vice President of the European Research Council (ERC). Read more
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| 'Uhm, well, it's kind of hard to say what the UU should be researching about'
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| Video - Let the residents of Utrecht ask the questions and UU will conduct research to answer them. That's the idea behind the Utrecht Science Agenda. DUB approached people on the streets and discovered that not everyone knows what UU does. Also, coming up with a question is hard. Read more
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| Wellbeing Week does not solve fundamental problems
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| Opinion - For student Simon Huijben, UU's Wellbeing Week, which starts today, is a nice gesture but it doesn't solve the structural problems that harm students' mental health in the first place. After all, no amount of yoga classes is going to change the system putting them under pressure. Read more
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| Higher education demands retirement fund ABP to go green
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| Three separate Utrecht-based protest groups are demanding retirement fund ABP to stop investing in oil, gas, and coal companies. They have published a petition, a video and a survey online so that people can support the request. A street demonstration is also in the works. Read more
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| Student earns city 27,600 euros, according to housing providers
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| They benefit the local economy and also do volunteer work: students are a boon to the places where they live, according to two reports commissioned by Kences, the umbrella organisation for providers of student housing. Read more
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| Read much more at www.dub.uu.nl/en. Coming up: a video about UU Walks, an initiative to help students feel less lonely; an article about students who have barely been in a classroom the entire year.
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