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Budget cuts are making people anxious: What will happen to their jobs and research?

New collective labour agreement: Extra 4.7 percent despite ‘financially uncertain times’

New internationals worry: Will they be able to finish their studies in Groningen?

Short news

UG to close some buildings during summer holidays

Stef van Grieken is UG alumnus of the year 2024

Education prize for Jolien Mouw’s ‘virtual classroom’

Prestigious award for evolutionary biologist Casper van der Kooi

UKrant's Choice

Oh no, I’m graduating! Moving on from student life is bittersweet

What happened in OBS 23: ‘This is an occupation, please leave’

Hector has been with the Ukrainian army for ten months: ‘I’ve been extremely lucky’

News

Projects delayed by problems in Feringa Building

UG wants to train thousands of students for chip sector

Student dies after jumping off roof Vindicat

Cabinet cuts threaten to cost UG 80 million

Background

Lots of work, little respect: Co-determination is a battle at the uni

Dining with Natalie: Yankees Streetfood

Out on the town with: Mai | A community hub at Sangha Café

Travelling to Ukraine for Hector: ‘You want to keep people’s attention for his sake’

Video

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Students put best foot forward with feast for Groningen residents

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Operations, needles, and doctors in white coats

Science

Hans Renders and the Biography Institute: The rest is silence

Smarter in just a few throws: Scientists turn their research into board games

The Defence department didn’t like those short-legged, uterus-having women

Opinion

Grading is superficial and dehumanizing: it’s time to rethink it

Valeria Cernei -

My idea of a good time is a hard time

Carla Erasmus -

The importance of a proper summer ‘nothing’

Liza Kolomiiets -

From the archives

Rude emails and angry texts: students complain bitterly and often

How not to screw up your gap year

Scraping by without a bank account