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<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/twins-friso-and-frederique-get-their-phds-at-the-same-time-choosing-a-different-path-just-didnt-make-sense/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Twins Friso and Frederique get their PhDs at the same time: ‘Choosing a different path just didn’t make sense’</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/twins-friso-and-frederique-get-their-phds-at-the-same-time-choosing-a-different-path-just-didnt-make-sense/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Friso and Frederique Versteeg share more than just a birthday and genes – their academic paths are nearly identical. On Tuesday, they defended their PhDs on chemical engineering no more than an hour apart. </p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ug-supports-protest-against-budget-cuts-board-may-attend/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>UG supports protest against budget cuts, board may attend</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ug-supports-protest-against-budget-cuts-board-may-attend/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">The UG is encouraging both staff and students to attend upcoming national demonstrations against the multi-billion-euro cuts to higher education. The board of directors plans to attend as well.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/out-on-the-town-with-maartje-art-and-coffee-at-bij-roel/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Out on the town with: Maartje | Art and coffee at Bij Roel</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/out-on-the-town-with-maartje-art-and-coffee-at-bij-roel/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">There’s so much to do in Groningen, that you really need a guide to help you uncover the city’s hidden gems. UKrant’s student editors share their cultural agenda with you. What’s their favourite venue and which events are absolutely not to be missed?</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/university-council-wants-to-vote-anonymously-to-prevent-conflicts/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>University council wants to vote anonymously to prevent conflicts</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/university-council-wants-to-vote-anonymously-to-prevent-conflicts/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">The university council wants to introduce the option of voting anonymously in the future to prevent conflicts from arising between council members and their supervisors in their own faculties or departments when dealing with sensitive issues.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/english-language-courses-make-dutch-minor-harder-and-more-annoying-than-they-should-be/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>‘English-language courses make Dutch minor harder and more annoying than they should be’</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/english-language-courses-make-dutch-minor-harder-and-more-annoying-than-they-should-be/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Lisabeth Woltjer is doing a Dutch minor. However, five out of the six courses are taught in English, and she even has to write her essays in English. ‘It makes assignments harder and more annoying than they should be.’</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/a-life-changing-lottery-frustration-over-psychology-masters-selection-method/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>A life-changing lottery: Frustration over psychology masters’ selection method</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/a-life-changing-lottery-frustration-over-psychology-masters-selection-method/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Due to the randomised lottery system, many students find themselves waitlisted for a spot in one of Groningen’s psychology master’s programmes, despite having high grades. That frustrates them. ‘Now I’m not motivated anymore.’</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/dont-be-so-quick-to-dismiss-universities-of-applied-sciences-we-complement-each-other/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Don’t be so quick to dismiss universities of applied sciences: We complement each other</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/dont-be-so-quick-to-dismiss-universities-of-applied-sciences-we-complement-each-other/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Escaping the loud party chatter, I found myself in a calmer conversation that turned into a deeper debate. This time it wasn’t about the best nightclub or the funniest movie—it was about something more profound: education, and how little we share, talk, and listen between different educational institutions. As is common among students, it began with some lighthearted complaining about workload and deadlines, but then it shifted to a discussion on how higher education shapes the way we think, analyze, and conduct research. Somewhere along the way, someone mentioned the university of applied sciences, which sparked a disagreement. The mention of ‘research’ and ‘university of applied sciences’ immediately triggered a […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/early-career-award-for-archaeologist-anna-moles/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Early Career Award for archaeologist Anna Moles</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/early-career-award-for-archaeologist-anna-moles/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">UG archaeologist Anna Moles has received an Early Career Award from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). This is a prize of 15,000 euros for young researchers conducting innovative and original research. Moles aims to understand how large-scale social changes affect the lives of individuals and groups. This can involve the integration of the Roman Empire as well as the introduction of Christianity. To investigate this, she studies human skeletal remains, which can reveal details about people’s diet and health. Dutch</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/hardly-any-students-at-debate-on-student-protest-rules/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Hardly any students at debate on protest rules</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/hardly-any-students-at-debate-on-student-protest-rules/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">It was supposed to be a discussion evening for both students and staff, but only two students turned up at the debate organised by the Young Academy Groningen (YAG) on student protest rules at universities on Monday night.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/males-arent-females-excluding-half-of-test-subjects-has-far-reaching-consequences/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Males aren’t females: excluding half of test subjects has far-reaching consequences</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/males-arent-females-excluding-half-of-test-subjects-has-far-reaching-consequences/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Female test subjects are still largely excluded in scientific research, which means we don’t know enough about how the female body works. Neurobiologist Nicole Gervais is trying to change this.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ug-uses-fewer-test-animals-but-downward-trend-does-not-continue/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>UG uses fewer test animals, but downward trend does not continue</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ug-uses-fewer-test-animals-but-downward-trend-does-not-continue/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">The number of test animals at the University of Groningen remained stable in 2023. A total of 14,721 animals were used in experiments, compared to 14,602 in 2022. In 2019, this number was over 18,000.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/more-reports-to-confidential-adviser-but-not-because-of-inappropriate-behaviour/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>More reports to confidential adviser, but not because of inappropriate behaviour</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/more-reports-to-confidential-adviser-but-not-because-of-inappropriate-behaviour/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">The number of reports received by the UG’s Office of the Confidential Adviser increased again in 2023. This was mainly due to staffing issues, rather than a rise in reports of inappropriate behaviour. In total, 203 reports were made, up from 189 the previous year. Unwanted behaviour—such as harassment, sexual misconduct, discrimination, or bullying—remained the largest category, with 96 reports. Interestingly, the number of reports from students decreased from 56 to 32, while those from staff rose from 54 to 64. The confidential advisers suggest that the UG’s campaigns on social safety and unwanted behaviour may have raised awareness, making students and staff more conscious of their impact on others […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/unis-should-work-with-the-fossil-fuel-industry-but-it-cant-just-be-green-window-dressing/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Unis should work with the fossil fuel industry, but it can’t just be green window dressing</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/unis-should-work-with-the-fossil-fuel-industry-but-it-cant-just-be-green-window-dressing/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Should universities break all ties with the fossil fuel industry? No, argues organic chemistry professor Adri Minnaard. But we should be making certain demands of Shell and others.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/no-kids-for-us-concerns-about-money-and-climate-deter-students-from-having-a-family/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>No kids for us: Concerns about money and climate deter students from having a family</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/no-kids-for-us-concerns-about-money-and-climate-deter-students-from-having-a-family/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">A survey among more than 600 Groningen students shows that nearly a quarter already knows they don’t want children. Political and economic uncertainty, as well as concerns about the climate, factor into this decision. ‘I honestly wonder sometimes if it’s even feasible to want kids.’</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/fewer-people-with-student-debt-for-the-first-time-in-thirteen-years/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Fewer people with student debt for the first time in thirteen years</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/fewer-people-with-student-debt-for-the-first-time-in-thirteen-years/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">In 2024, the number of people with student debt was slightly lower for the first time in thirteen years. It fell by about 13,000 compared to the beginning of 2023, according to provisional data from the Dutch statistics office CBS. During the same period, the basic grant was reintroduced. In addition, the level of student debt has also decreased among young people up to 25 years old. For young people aged 20 to 25, it averages 13,100 euros, 800 euros less than a year earlier. In contrast, for people aged 25 to 30, the average study debt rose from 22,900 to 24,600 euros. The national student debt rose by 1 […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ug-rises-one-place-in-the-times-higher-education-ranking/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>UG rises one place in the Times Higher Education ranking</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ug-rises-one-place-in-the-times-higher-education-ranking/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">The University of Groningen has risen from 80th to 79th place in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) ranking. This makes it one of the five Dutch universities in the top one hundred of this global ranking. In total, eight of the twelve Dutch universities have dropped one or more places. According to Phil Baty of THE, this could already be a reflection of the announced one billion euro budget cut in Dutch education. The government’s desire to curb internationalisation is also putting enormous pressure on the Netherlands’ competitive position in the ranking, he says. Dutch</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/dining-with-natalie-curry-me/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Dining with Natalie: Curry Me</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/dining-with-natalie-curry-me/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">As a native of culinary melting pot Malaysia and the daughter of a restaurateur, UG student Natalie Voo knows her food. Every other week, she reviews Groningen’s student-friendly dining scene. This time: Curry Me.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/academia-ive-given-you-all/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Academia, I’ve given you all</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/academia-ive-given-you-all/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Academia, I’ve given you all and now I’m noting:You’ve taken my youthAnd given me back pain. Academia, we need to talk.  I am trying to love you. I talk about you in therapy.I linger at your gates,armed with citations, theories,theories about theories.I’ve read Foucault, Bourdieu,even Butler,trying to decode your obsession with power,and here I am.Rationalizing. You tell me to produce knowledge,but what is knowledge to you?A currency, a commodity?I study your structures like Weber’s bureaucracies,impersonal, efficient,measured by impact factors and H-index scores. You move through metrics—not people.You demand the currency of ideas,but there’s no room here for nuance,for the slow work of thought. I want to ask if you remember Walter Benjamin,how he […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/theyre-expensive-and-slow-to-boot-but-the-mandatory-suppliers-for-the-uni-cant-be-avoided/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>They’re expensive and slow to boot, but the mandatory suppliers for the uni can’t be avoided</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/theyre-expensive-and-slow-to-boot-but-the-mandatory-suppliers-for-the-uni-cant-be-avoided/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">From delayed projects to surprisingly expensive printing: employees are constantly annoyed by the UG forcing them to use contracted suppliers. ‘I can’t entirely prevent people from buying products somewhere else.’</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/research-switching-to-dutch-will-cost-universities-a-lot-of-money-and-publications/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Research: Switching to Dutch will cost universities a lot of money and publications</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/research-switching-to-dutch-will-cost-universities-a-lot-of-money-and-publications/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Three quarters of all international students will leave if all bachelor programmes switch to Dutch, according to research by UG economists Ahmed Skali and Harry Garretsen. This would cost universities nearly 9 percent of their budget. UKrant talked to the researchers.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/were-working-on-bulldozing-higher-education/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>We’re working on bulldozing higher education</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/were-working-on-bulldozing-higher-education/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Eppo Bruins almost became a professor by special appointment, but instead became a minister so he could bulldoze higher education. Is he an opportunistic job hunter? wonders columnist Dirk-Jan Scheffers.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/its-time-for-a-group-called-alcoholics-not-anonymous/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>It’s time for a group called Alcoholics Not Anonymous </strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/its-time-for-a-group-called-alcoholics-not-anonymous/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">‘These are the best years of your life.’ ‘Work hard, play hard.’ ‘University is where lifelong friendships are made.’ ‘You’ll miss it when it’s over.’ These are the words we hear about the ‘holy’ university experience. People often speak of their student years with a sense of longing. My parents both made lifelong friends at university, and they’re still close today. Growing up with that testament set high expectations for my own student experience. But that’s a lot of pressure. If these are the best years of our lives, we must enjoy them while they last, right? For many students, university life is the first taste of independence. Free from […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/students-and-staff-stage-walkout-for-palestine/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Students and staff stage walkout for Palestine</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/students-and-staff-stage-walkout-for-palestine/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Over a hundred students and staff members walked out of their lectures at 11 a.m. on Monday and gathered at the Harmonie square to show solidarity with Palestinian workers. The walkout was in response to the call from united Palestinian trade unions, marking the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel and the subsequent bloody war in Gaza. The protesters took fifteen minutes to reflect on ‘the struggles of Palestinian workers and people under the settler colonial occupation of Israel’, as Instagram account encampment.rug put it. Calm atmosphere Some participants wore face coverings, but many did not. The mood was calm, with people mostly talking to each other. Shortly before […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/beehaving-badly-how-orchids-trick-amorous-pollinators/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Beehaving badly: How orchids trick amorous pollinators</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/beehaving-badly-how-orchids-trick-amorous-pollinators/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">By imitating female bees, Ophrys orchids trick male bees into pollinating them. PhD student Tom Veldhuis is trying to find out how they manage this sexual deception. ‘We suspect they’re pretending to be a food plant as well, to sell the whole package.’</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/part-of-feringa-labs-will-reopen-on-monday/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Part of Feringa labs will reopen on Monday</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/part-of-feringa-labs-will-reopen-on-monday/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Starting Monday, the fume cupboards in two sections of the Feringa Building can be used again. Research groups in sections 5615 and 5616 will be able to return to their new laboratories at that time.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/the-heritage-of-colonisation-the-antilles-the-heart-says-to-get-away-but-the-brain-wins/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>The heritage of colonisation | The Antilles: ‘The heart says to get away, but the brain wins’</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/the-heritage-of-colonisation-the-antilles-the-heart-says-to-get-away-but-the-brain-wins/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Dutch people hardly know anything about the islands that used to make up the Netherlands Antilles. And that doesn’t sit well with the students from Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Aruba, and the Caribbean Netherlands who come here to study. ‘We are expected to adjust, but when the Dutch come to Curaçao, they don’t even have to try.’</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/who-will-the-new-ucg-building-be-named-after-the-uni-is-looking-for-suggestions/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Who will the new UCG building be named after? The uni is looking for suggestions</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/who-will-the-new-ucg-building-be-named-after-the-uni-is-looking-for-suggestions/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">University College Groningen (UCG) is looking for a name for the educational building currently under renovation, which will be used from 2026 onwards.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/out-on-the-town-with-begum-a-roaring-twenties-experience-at-the-stockroom/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Out on the town with: Begüm | A Roaring Twenties experience at The Stockroom</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/out-on-the-town-with-begum-a-roaring-twenties-experience-at-the-stockroom/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">There’s so much to do in Groningen, that you really need a guide to help you uncover the city’s hidden gems. UKrant’s student editors share their cultural agenda with you. What’s their favourite venue and which events are absolutely not to be missed?</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ug-and-rijksmuseum-establish-new-chair/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>UG and Rijksmuseum establish new chair</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ug-and-rijksmuseum-establish-new-chair/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">The UG and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam have jointly established a new special chair titled Museums, Heritage, and Religion. This chair, part of the Faculty of Religion, Culture, and Society, will be held by Dr. Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at the Rijksmuseum, starting from October 1. According to both the UG and the Rijksmuseum, there has been increasing attention in recent years to previously overlooked subjects such as colonial history and the contributions of women to society, art, and science. ‘Our understanding of the Netherlands and the world is expanding, raising new questions’, says Smeulders. ‘These developments in contemporary practice will be academically grounded with this chair, […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/year-end-bonuses-will-be-paid-in-november/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Year-end bonuses will be paid in November</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/year-end-bonuses-will-be-paid-in-november/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Starting this year, the year-end bonus of 8.3 percent will be paid out at the end of November, instead of the end of December. This change is part of an agreement made between trade unions and universities during the 2023 collective bargaining negotiations. The goal is to help employees manage the costly December period by giving them access to their year-end bonuses earlier. However, there is a drawback this year: the bonus will be calculated over eleven months (January through November), instead of the usual twelve. From next year, the calculation will again cover twelve months (December through November). Dutch</p> »</div></a>
