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| DUB is back and so is university life. The Dutch students have already had their introduction week and most international ones are arriving this week. Soon they will all be offered a course on sexual consent, as part of a campaign to make the university safer. Apart from that, lots happened this summer at UU and beyond: the university pledged only to work with the fossil fuel industry under certain conditions and the Dutch cabinet fell, putting a question mark in the future of several plans for the higher education sector. For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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| All first-year students to follow course called 'Consent Matters'
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| UU wants to give all an online course on giving consent, and they are expected to discuss the contents afterwards. It take place this year or the next. Faculties are still figuring out when and how. Read more
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Taiwanese students display nonchalant attitude about conflict with China
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| According to Western media, tensions between China and Taiwan are growing by the day. But Taiwanese students are keeping their cool about it, reports the UU graduate Marcel Hobma. Read more
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| UU establishes new conditions for collaborating with fossil fuel industry
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| UU will only work with with companies from the fossil fuel industry if they "work intensely and demonstratively on accelerating the energy transition." But what does this mean in practice? Read more
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| Is hazing becoming a thing of the past in student associations?
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| Excesses committed during initiation rituals are a frequent topic in the media. Two Honours students from UU spoke with five associations and five scientists to define whether or not hazing is antiquated. Read more
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‘The Dutch ‘Tikkie’ culture suits me well’
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| Cash strapped - Meet Laura, an international student who is careful when spending her money. She says she's learned that from her parents, who have given her a sense of frugality that is right at home in the Netherlands and its "Tikkie" culture. Read more
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Code of conduct set to make introduction week safer
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| Thousands of first-year students took part in Utrecht's introduction week (UIT). This edition of the event aimed to be more sustainable and safe thanks to vegetarian food and a code of conduct. Read more
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| Student mentors not interested in guiding disabled freshers at UIT
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| At UIT, groups with students with special needs tend to be larger than the others. That's because only a few mentors are interested in guiding this type of student, even though there are incentives to do it. Read more
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Room rental prices keep on rising
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| Rental prices for student rooms are 8 percent higher than last year, according to Kamernet. That's because there are too few rooms to meet the demand. Students are currently paying an average of 715 euros a month for a room. Read more
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| How about dancing the night away at TivoliVredenburg's Guitar Disco on September 8? DUB is giving away two pairs of tickets. Click here to know how you can get a chance at winning one of them.
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| UMC Utrecht considers abolishing cum laude
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| UMC Utrecht and two other Medicine programmes are considering abolishing the ‘cum laude’ distinction, following in the footsteps of VU Amsterdam. And they're not the only ones questioning the pressure that comes with such a distinction. Read more
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| UU gets 23 of the 188 Veni grants conceded
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| This year, a total of 1,462 recently-graduated PhDs applied for a Veni grant of up to 280,000 euros. In the end, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) gave financial aid to 188 young scientists – only 13 percent of applicants. Read more
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| ‘Starting and incentive grants don’t need to be divisive’
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| Interview - UU Professor Bert Weckhuysen led a committee that scrutinised the starting and incentive grants. “We don’t want universities to have their own little Dutch Research Councils," he says. Read more
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| UU best Dutch university in the Shanghai Ranking
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| Three Dutch universities made it to the top 100 list best known as the Shanghai Ranking. UU had the best results of them all, coming in 51st place. Groningen and Rotterdam are the second and third best. Read more
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| UU's solar park: ‘It’s absolutely marvelous’
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| On July 10, UU finally signed the contract to install solar panels on 16 acres of land in Bunnik. The field should provide electricity to the Utrecht Science Park by 2025, when a fifth of UU's energy use on campus should be generated by the sun. Read more
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‘UU should do more to reach its sustainability goals'
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| UU must make considerable changes to achieve its sustainability goals. Current initiatives are scattered and employees with good intentions often hit a wall, members of the University Council say. Read more
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| Primera shop in the Science Park closes and UU looks for new tenant
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| UU is looking for a business to rent the space previously occupied by Primera. The university would prefer the new tenant to be a similar business, selling office supplies and handling PostNL packages. Read more
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| Obituary: Hans van Ginkel, a pragmatic idealist
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| Former UU rector Hans van Ginkel (83) passed away at the end of July. In 1997, he left UU to be the rector of the United Nations University, an international institution headquartered in Tokyo. Read more
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| Who is Pieter Omtzigt and why should you care?
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| Pieter Omtzigt is a member of the Dutch Parliament who has just created a new party. This could have serious consequences for the internationalisation of higher education in the Netherlands. Read more
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| So, the Dutch cabinet collapsed. Which projects will be put on hold?
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| The Dutch cabinet collapsed and a new coalition needs to be formed. Until then, the big question is which plans for the higher education sector can still go ahead and which will have to wait. Read more
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| Mehmet, from snack bar Huzur: ‘I never forget a face’
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| For 32 years, the snack bar Huzur, on Voorstraat, has been the place to go for UU students when they get cravings, be it a late-night snack or some carb-rich food to cure a hangover. Read more
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| Platolaan Avenue closed for two weeks
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| Platolaan Avenue, in Rijnsweerd, is set to be closed to all traffic between August 14 and September 2. This needs to be done because of the renovation works on the bike lane on Weg tot de Wetenschap. Traffic must go through Wim Sonneveldlaan. 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: Interviews with Eric van Sebille, Professor of Public Engagement, and Janine Sienstra, the Dutch student who wrote a handbook answering the most frequent practical questions asked by international students.
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