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| Students have occupied academic institutions across the Netherlands to demand the universities to sever ties with fossil fuel companies, Shell in particular. DUB sat with Rector Henk Kummeling to discuss UU's relationship with the company. We also looked into how flex students are being affected by the end of the arrangement and asked a UU student on exchange in Turkey to share how the earthquake is affecting her surroundings. For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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‘Since the earthquake, the ticking of time is no longer ordinary’
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| Irem Zoodsma, student in Liberal Arts & Sciences, is studying at the university of Istanbul for a year. She describes how she and her fellow students and teachers are dealing with this disaster. Read more
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| ‘Collaborating with Shell is a complicated balancing act’
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| While Shell’s profits doubled last year, Dutch universities are being pressured to sever their ties to the company. The time seems right to speak with Rector Henk Kummeling about UU's collaboration with it. Read more
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| People are too quick to point fingers at international students
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| Editorial - How welcome are international students at UU? That's the main question that comes to mind after reading the comments about one of our articles. DUB's Editor-in-chief has noticed that international students are too quickly seen as the problem. Read more
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| ‘It hurts to see more and more students talk about ‘going to school’’
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| A student in the 80s, lecturer in the 90s, and a professor until last September. Leen Dorsman has been connected to Utrecht University for over forty-five years. He said goodbye to the university last Friday. Read more
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‘Vulnerable students will be particularly affected in their earnings'
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| The arrangement known as flex studying, in which students pay tuition per course taken, has been terminated. It was a great option for those who struggle to keep up with traditional education. Read more
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| Law student Sheila in the running to be Miss Beauty of Utrecht
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| Video - Sheila Zadeh is one of the 16 finalists of the Miss Beauty pageant of the province of Utrecht, which will happen later this month. She passed a preliminary round of more than 100 candidates. Read more
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Hey ChatGPT, how do I deal with jealousy?
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| Campus Columnist - Everybody is talking about artificial intelligence, but what about emotional intelligence? In her first column as a campus columnist, Helen stresses the importance of teaching this aspect of human learning as something fundamental. Read more
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| Becoming Frankentein's monster
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| Blog - College is usually when people discover their own identity. But how to introduce yourself as a first-year student, when you haven't had the time to figure all that out yet? Student Elle, from South Africa, often defines herself by the things she consumes. Read more
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| Click on the image to read the rest of this month's 3rd Floor.
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| Teacher's counsellor comes to the rescue
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| Imagine you're a teacher and you just got an e-mail from a student contesting their grade with an intimidating tone. What would you do? This is an issue that can be taken to Marian Joseph, who serves as a teachers' counsellor at the Faculty of Law. Read more
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| 'We have to figure out what being an adult means to us'
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| Digitalisation, climate change, globalisation... The world in which young people are growing up is changing rapidly. That's why UU scientists have started a research group titled 'Becoming Adults in a Changing World'. Read more
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| 65 researchers to get permanent contracts
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| The Faculty of Science is going to give permanent contracts to teaching researchers currently following the so-called tenure track, effective April 1. Usually, scientists only get such a contract after four to five years. Read more
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Academic staff: don’t abandon all collaboration with fossil fuel companies
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| Climate activists demanded once again that universities break their ties with the fossil fuel sector. Some academic staff are critical of this, however. They allege it would actually be harmful to sustainability. Read more
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| UU students can apply for VSBfonds scholarship after all
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| UU students are still eligible for a scholarship from VSBfonds, which allows them to pursue a degree abroad after graduating. UU considered taking a step back but it has since found a solution. Read more
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Lower House wants clarity about language of instruction
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| Should Dutch be the language of instruction in all Bachelor’s programmes? The House of Representatives voted on a series of motions designed to curb the internationalisation of higher education. Read more
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| Invitation to share thoughts and ideas on education and research in 2040
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| How to shape secondary vocational education, higher education and research in the coming years? The Ministry of Education plans to hold a series of four meetings in March for anyone keen to share their ideas. Read more
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| Universities and students take action following earthquake
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| Thousands of people were killed in the severe earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Local universities and students are collecting emergency relief aid. Students in the Netherlands are also keen to help. Read more
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| Quarantine Chronicles: A Tale of Misery
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| Opinion - Late last year, UU PhD candidate Linge Li decided to travel back to her home country, China, to visit her friends and family. She was met with the country's strict anti-Covid measures, which required her to quarantine in a hotel for eight days. Read more
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| Read much more at www.dub.uu.nl/en. Coming up: a conversation with landlords - how do they look at the housing crisis? How does their bad reputation affect them?
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