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| Lockdown is over, but Utrecht University is taking its time to bring classes back to campus, which is a big bummer for many students. Speaking of bummers, we've just past Blue Monday, the saddest day of the year, and students' mental health is a hot topic. In this newsletter, you're also going to meet the winners of the campus columnist competition! Where do you think our new English-speaking columnist comes from? For a complete overview of our news and articles, visit dub.uu.nl/en.
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| Promising student Kinan: ‘I want to solve the problems migrants face in The Netherlands’
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| Economics student Kinam Alajak came from Damascus four years ago. It's hard to believe he only has 24 hours in his day. Aside form his studies, he is a researcher and a social entrepreneur helping other newcomers. Read more
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| Contract signed for the construction of ‘High Five’ building, which will house 921 students
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| The contract for the construction of student complex High Five, to be located in the Utrecht Science Park, has been signed. The building will accommodate 921 students in studios and apartments to be shared. Construction works are due to start at the end of the year. Read more
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| Let's tackle Utrecht students' silent suffering
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| Opinion - January 17 is best known as Blue Monday, supposedly the saddest day of the year. Law student Thalia Boekhoudt and History graduate Titus Stam decided to take the date as an opportunity to call for more attention to the mental wellbeing of university students in Utrecht. Read more
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| New campus columnists discuss the consequences of Covid-19
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| Veterinarian and radiologist Leonie van Bruggen and international Master's student of Cultural Anthropology Chandni Shyam are the winners of the 2022 campus columnist competition. Read more
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Is volunteering your new year's resolution? These students are helping others as buddies
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| Do you have any new year's resolutions? In January, many people try to improve themselves or do something good for others by volunteering. If that's your case, perhaps you'd like to consider being a buddy to a child in need. Read more
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| Student debt: ‘It’s something that constantly eats at you’
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| A few years ago, UU student Merel got a letter from DUO stating that she owed 55,000 euros. Since then, she’s been too afraid to check her debt anymore. She’s not the only one, according to UCU graduate Emma Mouthaan, who writes a blog on the subject. Read more
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| Blog - Wearing a face mask is not the most comfortable or practical thing in the world. But there's a fun side to it, according to Hannah Byrne, an Irish student on exchange in Utrecht. In her blogging debut, she talks about how the mask has become part of our outfits. Read more
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| Energy bill of SSH tenants to rise significantly
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| Students living in SSH buildings with city heating will see their energy bills double this year. The rise of gas prices has forced the student housing provider to pass the costs onto the tenants, which means their fixed expenses will increase by dozens of euros a month. Read more
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| Blog - Our new blogger, Berta Vázquez Zubiaurre, is pursuing a Bachelor's in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) in Utrecht. Well, actually that is kind of complicated. She left the city in the beginning of the pandemic and still hasn't managed to come back. Read more
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| Lockdown over for higher education institutions
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| Higher education institutions are once again allowed to offer classes on campus, the Dutch Prime Minister announced alongside the new minister of health, Ernst Kuipers. But there will be restrictions, such as the limit of 75 students per lecture hall and a face mask mandate. Read more
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| Without in-person education, students' mental health is bound to worsen
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| Opinion - Law student Hugo Wagenmakers urges the cabinet not to forget about university students, for whom, in his view, it is necessary to reopen higher education institutions and allow for classes to take place on campus. Read more
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| OMT advises students to wear face mask at big lectures
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| The Outbreak Management Team, the team of experts advising the Dutch government on how to tackle the pandemic, advised students and lecturers to wear face masks when attending classes in larger groups. Read more
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| Students to protest over compensation for student loan system, government holds firm
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| The new cabinet has earmarked one billion euros to compensate the students who missed out on the basic student grant, abolished in 2015 in favour of a loan system. But in many students' opinion, that's far from enough. Read more
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| 'The government should set up a scientific council to give more guidance to research'
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| Should scientists have more room to conduct free and creative research? Or should the government take more control and make sure that scientific research focuses on pressing social issues? To UU professor Bert Weckhuysen, both are equally necessary. Read more
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| Netherlands awarded 44 starting grants, of which six go to UU
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| The European Research Council (ERC) has allocated 400 starting grants averaging 1.5 million euros. Dutch institutions snatched 44 of those grants. Three are going to Utrecht University, two are going to the Hubrecht Institute and one is going to UMC Utrecht. Read more
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| UU wants 40 to 60 percent of its academics to be female by 2025
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| In 2025, 35 percent of full professors and 40 percent of associate professors should be female, according to the new targets unveiled by Utrecht University right before the holidays. This means between 40 and 60 percent of academic staff should be female by 2025. Read more
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| These are the new ministers and state secretaries who studied at UU
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| A new cabinet has been announced in the Netherlands. Five of its ministers and state secretaries have studied at Utrecht University: Sigrid Kaag, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Dennis Wiersma, Hanke Bruins Slot, and Maarten van Ooijen. Read more
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| Robbert Dijkgraaf appointed new Minister of Education
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| Dutch media, cartoonists and advocacy groups are pleasantly surprised by the appointment of theoretical physicist Robbert Dijkgraaf to the role of Minister of Education, Culture and Science. Read more
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| A rocky start, and then came the crisis: minister van Engelshoven bids farewell
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| After months of negotiations, a new cabinet has been sworn in and the ministers have been announced. Ingrid van Engelshoven, who occupied the ministry of Education, is saying goodbye to the position. How is she going down in the history books? Read more
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| UU disappointed with municipality's decision to remove Akwaglot from the Singel
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| The municipality has denied UU's request to keep the platform floating in the Singel canal until December 2022 because it doesn’t meet the requirements of the city's urban planning scheme, and the municipality finds that it does not offer enough added value to make an exception. Read more
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| UU disappointed with municipality's decision to remove Akwaglot from the Singel
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| Universities are making themselves dependent on big tech companies, which is being increasingly criticised by co-determination councils, says Rien Wijnhoven, chair of the national association of university councils, Lovum (Dutch acronym). Read more
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| Student initiative Move in the race again for Appeltje van Oranje and cash price
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| The Move foundation has a chance of winning the Appeltje van Oranje this year. That means a cash prize of 25,000 euros and a bronze statue made by Princess Beatrix. This is the fourth time they're nominated. Read more
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| Campus columnist finalists describe campus life in Covid times
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| Twenty participants competed to become DUB's 2022 campus columnist. The jury has nominated three columns written in Dutch and two columns written in English. Two of the Dutch finalists are UU employees. Read more
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| DUB’s Top 10 most read articles in 2021
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| Last year, DUB published over 1,000 articles, which were viewed over 1,5 million times. Curious about which ones were the most popular? Here are the top 10 most viewed articles on our English page. The list is a good summary of the events and debates that marked the year. 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: UB's night users and the municipality's plans for the future of the Utrecht Science Park. Will the campus finally get a big supermarket?
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