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| The coronavirus restrictions have finally been lifted: goodbye face masks, hello packed lecture halls. But if you think returning to campus is going to kiss your loneliness away, well, things are actually a bit more complicated than that. So, what to do when loneliness rears its ugly head? DUB went on a quest to find out. A UU student also shed light on the situation of students in ill health: are they being left to their own devices now? Lastly, those who do go to campus will find something new: tampons and pads offered for free for menstruating persons. For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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| What can international students do to cope with loneliness?
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| What to do when loneliness strikes? International students are particularly susceptible to that feeling, and the pandemic definitely doesn't help. DUB asked three students and an expert to share their experiences and advice. Read more
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| Government lifts Covid restrictions, but changes at UU will be gradual
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| From February 25, universities will be allowed to offer classes the way they used to. Restrictions have been lifted for other activities as well. But don't pop the champagne yet. "There's enough reason to be optimistic, but we also have to be realistic", says the Executive Board. Read more
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| Forgot your tampon? Get one for free at a UU reception desk
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| UU now provides menstruation products free of charge. Tampons and pads are temporarily available at four FSC service desks. On the UCU campus, you can get it from vending machines. A good initiative, say students, but some find it embarrassing to have to ask for it. Read more
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| More employees call in sick, but classes go on
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| The absenteeism rate among UU employees has increased by a wide margin in the past few months. Since November, a hundred more employees have called in sick compared to the same period in 2019 and 2020. As a result, more classes are taking place online and students have to wait longer to see a study advisor. Read more
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UU student: 'students suffering from ill health are on their own'
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| Not everyone is happy about the coronavirus rules being lifted. "Vulnerable students are being told that they're on their own now", says Master's student Nadia Buiter, who thinks UU is not taking this group sufficiently into account. Read more
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| Student wellbeing during lockdown: 'I have plenty of time, so I do nothing'
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| Over 5,000 quotes from a survey of UU’s science students indicate how they felt during lockdown. In sum, they had all the time in the world, but no idea how to fill it. According to researcher Ralph Meulenbroeks, there are lessons to be learnt from the results. Read more
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| Another case for online learning
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| Campus columnist - Of course, most students are more than glad to go back to campus. Yet our new campus columnist, Chandni Shyam, is breaking a lance for online education. Covid has changed universities, after all. “Why can’t we see it for what it is? An enabler.” Read more
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| Blog - You've probably heard about the acronym FOMO, which stands for Fear Of Missing Out. According to our blogger Hannah, Erasmus students have their own type of FOMO, which she calls "Erasmus guilt". Are you living your exchange to the fullest? Read more
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| Classes go back to campus, but many students not showing up
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| Students were eagerly awaiting UU's doors to reopen, but now that they have been, many are not showing up for the lectures. But the ones who do go to campus are excited."This is so much nicer than seeing names on a screen". Read more
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| 'Universities approving their own study programmes? That's risky'
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| Education has deteriorated in the pandemic, but programmes have not fallen through the cracks, says Sander van den Eijnden, the new chair of NVAO, the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders. Read more
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| UU Council agrees not to give itself right of consent for new study programmes
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| After long deliberation, the University Council is content with the way the Executive Board envisages involving co-determination bodies when launching or cancelling a study programme. Read more
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| No curbs yet on intake of international students
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| The growth in the number of international students enrolled in Dutch educational institutions is showing no signs of slowing down in the next academic year, revealed the Dutch Minister of Education, Robbert Dijkgraaf, during a Parliament debate. Read more
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| Universities want more time to process information request regarding ties to Israel
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| A research institute advocating for the rights of Palestinians wants Dutch universities to provide documentation regarding their ties to “organisations that propagate support for the state of Israel”. The universities have asked for more time to process the request. Read more
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| Universities, think for yourselves about research funding from autocratic countries
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| Opinion - How is it possible that a country like China can provide funding for research into human rights at a Dutch university institute? Alumn Gert Jan Geling thinks that internal mechanisms should work better. Read more
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| Minister wants ‘binding commitments’ with institutions on knowledge security
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| Knowledge institutions need to arm themselves better against unwanted interference by autocratic countries. It is up to supervisory boards to check that they are doing so, Minister of Education Robbert Dijkgraaf said. Read more
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| Sixteen researchers win European grants to pursue their commercial dreams
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| Sixteen researchers working for Dutch universities and academic medical centres have been awarded European development grants that will allow them to translate their scientific insights into commercial applications. Read more
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| Storm Eunice shuts down university
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| Precisely on the same day universities were officially allowed to offer classes on campus without social distancing restrictions, most educational spaces had to be shut down because of storm Eunice. Other Dutch universities did the exact same. Read more
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| UU to prioritise using second-hand furniture
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| As of now, whenever UU needs furniture for an office or study programme, it is first going to verify whether there's any suitable furniture in its own storage space. If not, then it's going to look for second-hand furniture. Only if that fails will the university consider buying something new. Read more
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| As far as we’re concerned, free tampons are only a first step in the right direction
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| Opinion - University Council members Rémi ter Haar and Chiara Stam are pleased that UU is now offering free tampons and pads. The two students, who are partially responsible for the change, hope this will be just the beginning. Read more
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| UU does not declare state of emergency concerning the climate
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| University Rebellion wasn't able to convince the university to declare a state of emergency regarding climate change. The activists didn’t succeed in bringing more urgency into the university's sustainability policy, either. Read more
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| Relaxations, but no marathon at the USP
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| Were you hoping to watch the Utrecht Marathon, which starts and finishes at the Utrecht Science Park? Well, we have some bad news for you. Due to the crisis caused by the pandemic, the event's organiser is not going to have enough time to prepare everything by April. Read more
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| UU student Selma Poutsma Olympic champion
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| Liberal Arts & Sciences and French student Selma Poutsma has become Olympic champion in Beijing. Poutsma was part of the Dutch short track team that won the relay race. She's one of the fifteen promising students shortlisted by DUB at the end of 2021. Read more
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| Read much more at www.dub.uu.nl/en. Coming up: how teachers and students experienced work pressure during Block 1; Meet three students who started fundraisers to finance their studies abroad.
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