The Feringa Building has found a contractor The RUG has finally found a contractor for the technical infrastructure of the Feringa Building. On Wednesday, the university will sign the contract with De Groot-Lammerink Installatiecombinatie. Wed 12/02
New organisation tasked with saving FSE educational quality The structure of education at FSE is a mess. But the changes meant to solve the issue are being implemented quite hastily, the faculty council says. Tue 11/02
Ethnicity in the classroom: ‘Emphasise shared interests’ Ethnic diversity does not necessarily lead to more aggression in the classroom. It does however strengthen friendships, says sociologist Marianne Hooijsma. Tue 11/02
RUG will better protect network from hackers Logging on to your RUG account using only a password will soon be a thing of the past. The RUG is switching to two-step verification. Mon 10/02
Student victimised by new exam schedule The RUG has decided to stick to the new exam times for the next several years. Law student Jaap Scholtens argues this decision is incomprehensible. Mon 10/02
Anger over unexpected closing of Linnaeusborg The Linneausborg will unexpectedly close down for five days starting February 18, because of renovation plans. Staff say the closing is a disaster. Wed 5/02
Scholarship PhD manifesto presented to Lower House Groningen PhDs and the Promovendi Netwerk Nederland have presented their manifesto to the Lower House on Tuesday. They demand an end to the scholarship PhD experiment. Tue 4/02
Yue will spend her first two weeks in isolation because of coronavirus In the midst of the corona eruption, Chinese PhD student Yue will spend two weeks in isolation after arriving to Groningen from the Chinese province of Shandong last Saturday. Tue 4/02
TopDutch solar team is recruiting RUG students for 2021 After a surprising fourth place last year, the TopDutch solar team wants to recruit more RUG students for the World Solar Challenge in Australia. Tue 4/02
RUG wants to keep new exam times The RUG wants to continue with the new exam schedule they recently implemented for another two years. Some kinks do have to be worked out, though. Mon 3/02
