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Online education will continue after the summer

Online classes will continue after 1 September. The UG will extend its hybridised form of education into the new academic year, says board president Jouke de Vries.

Twilight zone

For a while, I felt like I was stopping the house of cards that is my life from collapsing completely. In truth, it started...

Minister supports evaluation of scholarship PhDs

The much-criticised interim evaluation of the scholarship PhD experiment is good enough to continue the project, education minister Ingrid van Engelshoven says.

‘This time you decide if my dad lives, so please: be a hero’

There was nothing we civilians could have done to prevent what happened on 9/11. But now we decide how many people die, Jeremy Burman says.

Psych department tracking down students for cheating in online exams

The psychology department’s exam committee is investigating purported cheating during the online resits for statistics I.b and statistics II. They suspect approximately twenty students.

Most Dutch corona measures prolonged until May 20

Most measures of the Dutch ‘intelligent lockdown’ will stay in effect until May 20, prime minister Rutte said during Tuesday’s press conference. The changes concern primary education and large-scale events.

Wijmenga: ‘The Vindicat board has to show leadership’

The way the Vindicat board punishes the fifteen members who were caught partying in the club house could determine the outcome of the next accreditation assessment.

Fewer students in need of psychological guidance

The waitlist for an intake session with a psychologist at the Student Service Centre has been significantly reduced.

Professor Joost Herman appeals his dismissal

Professor Joost Herman, accused of fraud, continues to fight his dismissal. He is appealing the local judge’s verdict.

UG agrees with minister and defers binding study advice for a year

The UG is following education minister Ingrid van Engelshoven’s advice to let all students with a negative BSA move on to the next year anyway.

Lustrum celebration showcased UG’s shortcomings

Should the lustrum celebration have gone for a less loaded theme than inclusion? Manuel Reyes, former member of the lustrum team, doesn't think so.

Judge: Dismissal of professor Joost Herman was justified

The UG had cause to fire professor Joost Herman, who stands accused of fraud, the court decided last Thursday.

Yantai: Conflagration of wrong assessments

According to the evaluation report on the cancelled project to set up a UG campus in China, the decision-making process around ‘Yantai’ was a conflagration of wrong assessments.

Broke because of corona? Pay your tuition in May

If students can’t pay tuition on Thursday because of the coronavirus, the UG will delay the payment to May.

Lustrum evaluation: let’s not pick such a loaded theme next time

The team that organised the Lustrum celebration last year has concluded that next time, the UG should not pick a socially loaded theme.

Uncertainty around exams remains

There is still much uncertainty about what to do with the exams. Students are inundating their lecturers with e-mailed questions. But they don’t know what to tell them.

Internationals can dissolve their rental contracts

The UG has decided that internationals renting a room from SSH or a container from Rizoem, can have their continuing contracts dissolved.

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