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Opening academic year is a day for protests nowadays

Giulia Fabrizi -
UG staff and students demonstrated against the high workload and crippling student debts on Monday.

Coronavirus puts stop to Groningen housing shortage

Koen Marée -
There are fewer international students looking for a room in Groningen this year, the SSH has noticed. There are still 120 rooms available.

‘Employees work 10,000 hours of unpaid overtime a day’

Rob Siebelink -
UG employees work a total of more than 10,000 hours of unpaid overtime a day, student party DAG has calculated.

A Meets ceremony or an ‘office degree’: graduating is different this year

Anne de Vries -
Students graduating from the UG this year are saying a sober goodbye. Most faculties have postponed graduation ceremonies until after the summer.

Stewards will be used to enforce smoking ban after all

Koen Marée -
Stewards will be approaching people who are smoking near a UG building starting August 1. Earlier, board president Jouke de Vries said he wasn't in favour of that.

Corona crisis has made students and staff gloomy

Rob Siebelink -
According to an UKrant survey, UG staff and students have been feeling the effects of the corona crisis, both mentally and physically.

Half a million in debt with the government

Anne de Vries -
For two North Macedonians, a government scholarship meant they could study at the UG. But the terms make the dream opportunity more of a nightmare.

‘FSE needs to hire more international support staff’

Yelena Kilina -
FSE risks losing international talents if it keeps insisting its support staff speak fluent Dutch, says faculty council member Marzia Nuzzolo.

Physicists come up with portable detector for gravitational waves

Christien Boomsma -
Groningen scientists have come up with a plan to create a gravitational-wave detector that’s four thousand times smaller than the current LIGO experiment.

FSE wants special funds for rejected proposals

Christien Boomsma -
The Faculty of Science and Engineering wants to create a fund to finance research proposals that didn’t make the cut for national and European subsidies.

More money for staff who want to buy new laptop

Saskia Jonker -
The board of directors is increasing the amount of money the UG reimburses for new laptops. They're also looking at other ways to (financially) support teachers.

SSH residents get their own tenants’ association

Koen Marée -
Next year, international students renting from SSH will be able to take their problems to the new tenants’ association ISHA.

Summer break

Rob Siebelink -
Another college year is over and I’m once again staring down the barrel of the summer break. Except this time, it looks very different. This...

Fate will decide who wins the Open Research Awards

Marjanne van der Bijl -
Many scientists feel the way research funds are distributed is more like a lottery. So why not turn it into an actual lottery?

Students may travel during peak hours in September

Giulia Fabrizi -
Starting September 1, students will once again be allowed to travel by public transport during peak hours, prime minister Mark Rutte announced on Wednesday.

We’re one step closer to a brain computer

Christien Boomsma -
UG scientists have made significant progress in their search for a material that they can use to mimic the neurons of a human brain.

SSH agrees to change short-stay contracts

Koen Marée -
Housing corporation SSH is open to itemising the prices on its rental contracts, so tenants can see how much base rent they’re paying for a short-stay room.
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