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| The housing situation is so dire in the Netherlands that the international students set to join UU in the next academic year are being told not to come to Utrecht at all if they don't find a place to live from afar. Meanwhile, the Dutch Minister of Education asked for more time to evaluate how to contain the influx of foreign students. In other news, researchers from UU are among the winners of both the Spinoza and the Stevin prizes. For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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| UU to international students: ‘Don't have a room yet? Then don't come to Utrecht’
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| The shortage of rooms in Utrecht is so bad that Utrecht University has asked foreign students not to leave their home country if they don't manage to find a room before the start of the academic year. Read more
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| Spinoza prize goes to biologist Corné Pieterse: 'We're pampering our plants'
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| Corné Pieterse, Professor of Plant-Microbe interactions, is one of the four winners of this year's Spinoza Prize, the most prestigious scientific award in the Netherlands. He conducts research into crop protection mechanisms. Read more
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| Concerns raised about students' drug use: are hard drugs becoming more common?
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| Do you ever pop a pill? Sniff a line? University students' drug use caught the eye of Dutch media when Utrecht-based student associations organised a conference about the consequences of excessive drug use. Read more
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| Function-based contracts: are they good or bad for PhD candidates and young lecturers?
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| How desirable is an employment contract under which vacation days not taken expire at the end of the year? Young scientists are reportedly complaining about being “talked into” this type of contract. Read more
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| Minister needs more time to decide how to manage influx of foreign students
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| The Dutch Minister of Education, Robbert Dijkgraaf, is temporarily scrapping a bill that would have allowed universities to gain a better grip on the influx of international students. Universities are disappointed. Read more
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Lazy or addicted? Rapid delivery services popular among UU students
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| In this day and age, your groceries can be delivered to your home in a matter of minutes. Most students welcome delivery apps with open arms, while others fear a dystopian future in which nobody gets off the sofa anymore. Read more
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| Student members of the UU council demand higher wages, less hours, and more support
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| The drop-out rate is currently high, morale is low and most students are not interested in the council and its elections, write the student members in a letter. "The council is currently lacking support in several areas". Read more
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| Campus columnist - Now that our campus columnist Chandni is finally in Utrecht, she decided to share some of her first impressions and experiences with DUB's readers. How is she adapting to her new life? Surprisingly, a lot of things seem familiar already. Read more
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| Oh Wonder is coming to Utrecht for a performance at TivoliVredenburg on July 5. Do you want to go? DUB is giving away two pairs of tickets. Click here to know more.
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| Students & alumni making news
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| Women in politics: UU students in the municipal council
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| UU students Annemarijn Oudejans (Student & Starter) and Bina Chirino (ChristenUnie) have been elected to the municipal council. Who are they and what is going to be their contribution? Read more
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| From UU student to Enter The Wave director: ‘We didn't have a clue when we got started’
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| Coming summer, hundreds of Dutch students will go on a surfing vacation with the travel agency Enter The Wave, a business idea that started in UU's lecture halls. DUB spoke with alumnus Gido Lurvink. Read more
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| Tanja van der Lippe wins Stevin prize thanks to her research on work-life balance
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| UU sociologist Tanja van der Lippe is one of this year's Simon Stevin prize, awarded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). She is being recognised for her work on the relationship between work, family and spare time. Read more
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| ‘Disposable lecturer’ Marijn Scholte sues UU over temporary contract
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| After Marijn Scholte, a former lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, was told he would not be eligible for another contract, he decided to take the case to court. He argues that those performing structural work shouldn't be given temporary contracts. Read more
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| Covid-19 pandemic could harm science: ‘Entire datasets are now unusable’
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| The scientific research that was halted during the Covid crisis may cause large gaps – and, consequently, delays – in knowledge acquirement, fears Jellie Sierksma, Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology. Read more
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| 'Unpaid internships should be banned at UU'
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| Opinion - Mark Wolvers, a Master's student at the Graduate School of Life Sciences, spent nine months working full-time at a lab. That was hard, especially considering the internship was unpaid. In his view, Utrecht University should be offering at least an allowance to interns. Read more
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| Workers from Kruyt to be relocated to former SRON building and new lab building
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| Three to five years from now, the biologists and chemists working in the Kruyt building are likely to be temporarily moved to two other accommodations. They are supposed to go back to a completely renewed building in 2033. Read more
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| 'UU's lactation rooms sometimes look like prison cells’
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| Employees returning from their maternity leave and students who just gave birth can make use of lactation rooms, which also serve as quiet or prayer rooms. However, some are not entirely satisfied with the provisions. Read more
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| Associations fear more exams in Sports Centre Olympos sports halls
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| Student sports associations got a letter from Olympos which made them think that the sports centre would be closed for about sixteen weeks next year, including the evenings. Olympos says this is a misunderstanding. Read more
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| Government: ‘Universities will stay open as long as possible if new coronavirus wave hits’
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| In the event of another coronavirus spike, the Dutch government will keep educational institutions open for as long as possible. Universities will only be shut down if students and staff are in immediate danger. Read more
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| Students want night busses, starting with one to housing complex De Warande
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| Passengers and interest groups sent an open letter to the Province of Utrecht demanding more public transport at night. As far as student union Vidius is concerned, the night bus to De Warande, in Zeist, should be prioritised. Read more
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| Students protest in Utrecht to defend boycott against Israeli universities
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| Last Thursday, June 16, the group Utrecht in Solidarity with Palestine staged a protest to ask Utrecht University to cut its ties with Israeli universities. The protest took place in the University Library in the city centre. Read more
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| Dutch universities fall in QS rankings
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| All of the 13 Dutch universities ranked have dropped slightly in the annual rankings of the British research agency QS. They are still, however, among the top 400. The University of Amsterdam once again gets the highest score. Utrecht came third among Dutch universities. Read more
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| Read much more at www.dub.uu.nl/en. Coming up: an interview with Executive Board member Margot van der Starre and an article on how furniture items are being recycled for reuse at UU.
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