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<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/speed-reading-isnt-necessary-said-the-phd-and-then-all-hell-broke-loose/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Speed reading isn’t necessary, said the PhD. And then all hell broke loose</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/speed-reading-isnt-necessary-said-the-phd-and-then-all-hell-broke-loose/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Recently, eleven Dutch academics openly criticised the UG awarding a PhD to a candidate who studied an alternative method to teach reading. They claim the thesis was badly researched. Or do the critics have an ulterior motive? The PhD supervisors think so.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/we-should-be-sharing-the-burden-of-news-fatigue/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>We should be sharing the burden of news fatigue</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/we-should-be-sharing-the-burden-of-news-fatigue/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Taking a break from the harsh outside world, my friends and I got to catch up after a long period of not seeing each other at home. We discussed important and unimportant life matters and even had a few brain-stimulating discussions. But as the conversations unfolded, I noticed a new pattern, a quiet confession that seemed to pop up repeatedly among my normally politically engaged friends. Currently, many of them barely read the news. ‘I saw a TikTok about it’ stopped being replaced with ‘I read an article about it’. People still knew the ‘soft’ news or biggest headlines, but their information came from surface-level social media posts. Meanwhile, longer […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/if-you-have-access-to-sensitive-information-you-will-be-routinely-screened/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>If you have access to sensitive information, you will be routinely screened</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/if-you-have-access-to-sensitive-information-you-will-be-routinely-screened/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Master’s students and researchers will soon be routinely screened by the government if they have access to sensitive knowledge or technology at universities and colleges.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/did-you-study-in-the-netherlands-before-2024-you-might-be-entitled-to-compensation/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Did you study in the Netherlands before 2024? You might be entitled to compensation</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/did-you-study-in-the-netherlands-before-2024-you-might-be-entitled-to-compensation/?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 student finance organisation DUO is calling on international students who studied in the Netherlands between September 2015 and August 2023 to check whether they have already received a notification about compensation. If not, they need to contact DUO themselves.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/empowered-by-the-law-ug-alumnus-babette-salamat-fights-for-wronged-students/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Empowered by the law: UG alumnus Babette Salamat fights for wronged students</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/empowered-by-the-law-ug-alumnus-babette-salamat-fights-for-wronged-students/?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 law alumnus Babette Salamat turned her battles with her high school teachers into a career. Now, she fights for students who have been wronged by their university or landlord. ‘Most people are afraid of the law, but it makes me feel empowered.’</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ice-in-the-ventilation-filters-and-again-the-feringa-building-closes/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Ice in the ventilation filters: Feringa Building shut down once again (UPDATE)</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ice-in-the-ventilation-filters-and-again-the-feringa-building-closes/?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 laboratories in the troubled Feringa Building have been shut down once more. This time, ice in the ventilation filters is to blame.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/former-student-suspected-of-stalking-and-threatening-to-remain-in-custody/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Former student suspected of stalking to remain in custody</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/former-student-suspected-of-stalking-and-threatening-to-remain-in-custody/?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 former dentistry student who is in custody for stalking and threatening UG and UMCG staff will most likely undergo evaluation at the Pieter Baan Centre (PBC) in March. Until then, Marwa M. will remain in pre-trial detention, the Groningen court ruled on Thursday during the fifth pro forma hearing. M. is currently detained at the Zwolle Penitentiary awaiting psychiatric evaluation at the PBC. Her lawyer once again argued for a suspension of pre-trial detention, but the judge denied the request. The next pro forma hearing is scheduled for April 8. By then, M. may have completed the evaluation at the PBC, and a date for the detailed hearing can […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/major-ddos-attack-on-universities-impact-on-ug-limited/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Major DDos attack on universities over, few problems at UG (UPDATE)</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/major-ddos-attack-on-universities-impact-on-ug-limited/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">All Dutch higher education institutions connected to the SURF network experienced either no internet or very slow connections on Thursday due to a large-scale DDoS attack targeting the SURF network.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ug-unveils-seven-new-professorial-portraits/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>UG unveils seven new professorial portraits</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ug-unveils-seven-new-professorial-portraits/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">On Thursday, the University of Groningen (UG) will unveil seven new portraits of professors. Former UG rector and professor of human genetics Cisca Wijmenga will have her portrait displayed in the Senate Chamber in recognition of her significant contributions to her field. Similarly, astronomer and Spinoza Prize winner Amina Helmi will also have her portrait placed in the Senate Chamber for the same reason. Additionally, five (retired) professors have donated portraits to the university at the urging of friends, family, or colleagues. The portraits of philosopher of science Theo Kuipers, mathematician Harry Trentelman, chemist Gerrit Challa, paediatrician Pieter Sauer, and surgeon Tjark Ebels will be added to the faculty rooms […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/counting-stars-to-measure-the-darkness/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Counting stars to measure the darkness</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/counting-stars-to-measure-the-darkness/?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 asking for the public’s assistance in measuring light pollution and its impact on darkness. Light pollution in various areas of the Netherlands makes it difficult to observe true darkness, which negatively affects certain animal species. To map out the levels of darkness, participants are being asked to count the number of visible stars in the Orion constellation on a clear night after 8 p.m. The observations will take place during two periods: from 21 January to 5 February and from 20 February to 6 March. Interested participants can sign up for the experiment on the website teldesterren.nl. Dutch</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/it-started-with-a-turntable-for-fun-now-amber-is-performing-at-eurosonic/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>It started with a turntable for fun, now Amber is performing at Eurosonic</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/it-started-with-a-turntable-for-fun-now-amber-is-performing-at-eurosonic/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Amber Chen (26), a master student of information science, is gradually conquering the music world as Ambu Bambu. As a DJ and producer, she has already toured China, and this week, she will perform for the first time at Eurosonic (ESNS).</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/petrus-camper-in-a-new-light-grave-robbing-was-taboo-even-then/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Petrus Camper in a new light: ‘Grave robbing was taboo even then’ </strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/petrus-camper-in-a-new-light-grave-robbing-was-taboo-even-then/?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 special edition of magazine De Boekenwereld shines a new light on Petrus Camper. While the famed anatomist was a staunch opponent of slavery, he also told people to steal skulls from Africa and wanted to experiment on a woman who’d been sentenced to death. </p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/dining-with-natalie-smoke/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Dining with Natalie: Smoke</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/dining-with-natalie-smoke/?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: Smoke.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/stop-fighting-and-divide-research-funds-fairly/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Stop fighting and divide research funds fairly</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/stop-fighting-and-divide-research-funds-fairly/?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’s time to start dividing research funds differently and more fairly, so that academics don’t have to fight each other anymore, says columnist Dirk-Jan Scheffers.     </p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/openings-aplenty-but-no-job-offers-dutch-language-proves-an-obstacle-for-graduates/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Openings aplenty, but no job offers: Dutch language proves an obstacle for graduates</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/openings-aplenty-but-no-job-offers-dutch-language-proves-an-obstacle-for-graduates/?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 the north of the Netherlands alone, over twelve thousand companies are looking for staff. Yet international students struggle to find a job here after graduation. ‘All my classmates are unemployed.’</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/another-university-targeted-by-hackers-what-should-you-watch-out-for-video/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Another university targeted by hackers: what should you watch out for? (+ video)</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/another-university-targeted-by-hackers-what-should-you-watch-out-for-video/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">TEXT BY GIULIA FABRIZI / VIDEO BY ROHAN HOEKSMA The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) fell victim to a cyber attack this past weekend. As a result, the university will remain closed for a second day. What steps can you take to counter hackers? TU/e took its network offline over the weekend after detecting suspicious activity. In a message to students and staff, the university warned everyone to stay extra vigilant against phishing emails. How to spot a phishing email Phishing emails are designed to gain access to your computer, network, or bank account. Here’s what to watch out for. The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Digital Trust Centre advises […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/notes-on-dor-an-expatriate-sensibility/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Notes on ‘dor’: An expatriate sensibility</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/notes-on-dor-an-expatriate-sensibility/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Dor, a Romanian word loosely translated as ‘longing’ or ‘nostalgia’, resists full definition. Its meaning defies translation not due to a lack of equivalents in other languages but because its essence—the sensibility it expresses—cannot be neatly conveyed. As Susan Sontag observed in Notes on Camp, ‘A sensibility is one of the hardest things to talk about.’ In dor, we can discern the outlines of the expatriate experience. Life as an expat, while enriching, is also marked by absences. Language, foremost among them, becomes precarious terrain. Humor often fails to translate, and emotions, expressed in words from a different cultural context, may feel distorted. Familiar foods, once unremarkable, become symbols. Living […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/geen-ticket-geen-probleem-hier-kun-je-gratis-van-eurosonic-genieten/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>No ticket? No problem! All the free events at Eurosonic</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/geen-ticket-geen-probleem-hier-kun-je-gratis-van-eurosonic-genieten/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">This week, Groningen will once again host Eurosonic/Noorderslag (ESNS). If you missed out on getting a ticket, don’t worry! Below is a list of all the places you can visit totally for free.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/compensation-for-a-lazy-eye-abusing-the-duo-illness-arrangement-is-easy/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Compensation for a lazy eye: Abusing the DUO illness arrangement is easy</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/compensation-for-a-lazy-eye-abusing-the-duo-illness-arrangement-is-easy/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Anyone suffering a study delay for medical reasons can request financial compensation. But some people abuse this system. ‘There’s no way for us to check if what a student tells us is true.’</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/cameras-on-broerplein-have-been-removed/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Cameras on Broerplein have been removed</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/cameras-on-broerplein-have-been-removed/?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 light and camera towers at the Broerplein were removed last week. According to the UG, they had fulfilled their purpose.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/lets-talk-about-fig-trees-and-getting-our-degrees/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Let’s talk about fig trees and getting our degrees</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/lets-talk-about-fig-trees-and-getting-our-degrees/?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 Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar is a famous fig tree analogy. A woman sits beneath a tree, each fig representing a different life path. She sees herself as a world traveller, a mother, a poet, a professor. But as she hesitates to choose, the figs begin to wither and fall, leaving her frozen and fig-less. This metaphor captures the existential dread of choosing a future, and for students like us, it’s all too relatable. Sylvia Plath’s own tragic end – the whole sticking her head into an oven business – is a reminder that indecision can drive you mad. I’m a ‘go with the flow’ kind of person, I […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/law-students-fear-fewer-teaching-weeks-will-affect-education-quality/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Law students fear fewer teaching weeks will affect education quality</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/law-students-fear-fewer-teaching-weeks-will-affect-education-quality/?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 student parties at the Faculty of Law have expressed concerns about the pilot for the ‘smarter academic year’, which will begin at the faculty in September.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/the-university-museums-dilemma-what-to-do-with-their-bones-and-skeletons/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>The University Museum’s dilemma: what to do with their bones and skeletons</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/the-university-museums-dilemma-what-to-do-with-their-bones-and-skeletons/?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 human remains be prominently displayed in the University Museum? Director Lars Hendrikman thinks they shouldn’t, and so they’re slowly being moved into storage. ‘There’s enough reason to at least not show them off.’
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<a href="https://ukrant.nl/at-ukrant-a-column-is-never-objective-and-balanced/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>At UKrant: A column is never objective and balanced</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/at-ukrant-a-column-is-never-objective-and-balanced/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Every day, the editorial staff at the UKrant wonders: What are we writing about, why are we writing about it, and how are we writing about it? ‘At UKrant’, an irregular column, we take a look behind the scenes.</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/out-on-the-town-with-robin-drinking-a-beer-in-a-pleasant-fever-dream/?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: Robin | Drinking a beer in a pleasant fever dream</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/out-on-the-town-with-robin-drinking-a-beer-in-a-pleasant-fever-dream/?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/magazine/students-practise-in-their-own-pharmacy-thanks-to-the-new-skills-lab/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Students practise in their own pharmacy thanks to the new Skills lab</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/students-practise-in-their-own-pharmacy-thanks-to-the-new-skills-lab/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">For years, third-year pharmacy master students have been running a fictitious pharmacy for eight weeks. This year, they were able to do so in their own, unique Skills lab for the first time. ‘Foreign study programmes can’t wait to come take a look.’</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/no-escaping-ug-caterer-beijk-even-if-you-want-a-cup-of-tea-it-goes-through-us/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>No escaping UG caterer Beijk: ‘Even if you want a cup of tea, it goes through us.’</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/no-escaping-ug-caterer-beijk-even-if-you-want-a-cup-of-tea-it-goes-through-us/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Beijk handles catering for all events at the university, but student associations try to sidestep the caterer. ‘Beijk is unaffordable.’</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/sometimes-one-marshmallow-now-is-better-than-two-later/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Sometimes one marshmallow now is better than two later</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/sometimes-one-marshmallow-now-is-better-than-two-later/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Just like any other exhausted student, I was waiting for the Christmas break. And, just like any other student, I postponed relaxation, time with family, and joyful moments to meet deadlines. The thought of hopping over one last hurdle and then finally enjoying the perfect moment kept me going through the rough times. But life had other plans. The day before my much-anticipated relief, my beloved dog passed away suddenly and tragically, turning the festive mood of the holidays into a period of grief. Arriving home too late to support my family during such a difficult time made me realize that all those postponed moments were not worth the extra […]</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ug-philosopher-lodi-nauta-is-the-new-knaw-vice-president/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>UG philosopher Lodi Nauta is the new KNAW vice president</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/ug-philosopher-lodi-nauta-is-the-new-knaw-vice-president/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">Lodi Nauta will be the new vice-president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Nauta is professor of history of philosophy at the UG and studies the fault lines in the history of philosohy. Previously, Nauta was dean of the Faculty of Philosophy. He is currently a member of the NWO’s scientific advisory board. Nauta has been a member of the KNAW since 2011 and was jury chairman of its Philosophy and Theology Chamber and chairman of a committee. Nauta will be appointed as vice-president on April 1. Dutch</p> »</div></a><br />
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/playing-with-a-double-handed-longsword-this-is-how-people-worked-out-in-the-middle-ages/?lang=en" target="_blank"><h2 class="null" style="font-family: source sans pro, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Playing with a double-handed longsword: this is how people worked out in the Middle Ages</strong></h2></a>
<a href="https://ukrant.nl/magazine/playing-with-a-double-handed-longsword-this-is-how-people-worked-out-in-the-middle-ages/?lang=en" target="_blank"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: source sans pro,helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><p class="article-intro">For four years, historian and sword fighter Miente Pietersma studied late mediaeval sword-fighting instructions. His research sheds new light on the mediaeval ‘culture’ of sports. ‘They believed that fun is an essential component in the transference of knowledge’, he says. ‘We could learn from that.’</p> »</div></a>
