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‘The first meeting is always the hardest’

First-year students Vaamika Budhiraja and Balázs Murguly had a hard time meeting new people because of the corona pandemic. But thanks to the Erasmus Student Network’s Buddy-to-Buddy programme, they’ve found each other.

A giant pergola over the Vismarkt

From a scorching square to a cool oasis: students Gijs and Hugo have come up with a solution to make the Vismarkt a lovely place to be in the summer.

What can we expect in the new year?

After the summer, the UG is focusing on blended learning, says rector magnificus Cisca Wijmenga. What else can we expect?

Killing time with Mario

To get through the lockdown, you could take walks, do puzzles and read, but many students have also rediscovered a love for old games. ‘I still knew all the races by heart.’

DAG: Action or elections?

DAG will no longer stand in the elections for the university council. Will they turn their critical eye back on the university when they’re done re-examining themselves?

Covert Luddites

News of a strange phenomenon is trickling down the grapevine. Scores of housemates seem to disappear during daylight hours. Groningen is going nocturnal, and...

Expert: Isolation drives students to despair

Doctors and researchers fear that the isolation young people are feeling will lead to an increase in suicides. Already, more people have been asking for help.

UG cuts ties with Hanban over Chinese professorship

The UG will not continue its relationship with Chinese organisation Hanban, which helped fund the professorship of Chinese language and culture at the Faculty of Arts.

Yet another complaints office

The UG will appoint an ombudsman per July 1. However, the university already has a confidential advisor. Would this new position even add anything?

‘Dear rector. Develop. A. Vision’

Rector magnificus Cisca Wijmenga was ‘disappointed’ only a few students showed up to a brainstorming session about education. Student Tesse Tiemens has somthing to say about that.

Emma: ‘I didn’t want to be a burden’

Tara is one of the students who filled out UKrant’s survey on loneliness. Her therapist and her mentor got her through her darkest time.

‘Chinese staff and students are being discredited’

UKrant recently published an article about a report by the national intelligence services concerning Chinese espionage at Dutch universities. Five scientific directors from FSE detail the consternation this led to.

DAG not participating in elections

Student movement DAG is leaving the university council. They want to regroup and return to their activist roots.

Make us work a little harder, please

The Honours College leadership master track isn’t just for the cream of the crop. In fact, some students even feel the programme isn’t challenging enough.

PhD supervisors will receive more training

The UG will provide more training on how to supervise PhD candidates. Once there are enough workshops, it’s possible they will become mandatory.

If you want to study in Groningen, you have to be in Groningen

Anyone who wants to study in Groningen has to actually be in Groningen during classes, the UG has decided.

Uni wants non-Western views in its curriculum

The UG will explore how it can include non-Western views in its curriculum, board president Jouke de Vries said during the university council committee meeting last Thursday.

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