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New style newsletter

Every week, we publish the UK newsletter. It has looked the same for years and is up for an overhaul. That is what this week's 'At the UK' is all about.

The future is online

The great thing about a university is that there is room to experiment and figure things out. We can play around and find new story formats. The same goes for the UK.

Student remains jobless

A RUG student remained unemployed, despite paying a visit to the university's Career Services Desk.

Rectors defend scientific freedom

RUG rector Elmer Sterken has joined the rectors of all Dutch research universities in calling for the preservation of scientific freedom.

Dutch rectors’ statement on scientific freedom

Translation of the letter by the board of rectors of Dutch research universities, originally published by NRC on 16 February: Dark clouds are gathering over...

Ratings

The UK conducted a large scale survey among our readers about their (dis)satisfaction with what we publish. We are listening, of course, but we also will not allow ourselves to be led by ‘clicks’ alone.

Students staying on campus

Even though it is becoming easier to take online classes, students are on campus more than they were ten years ago, according to university association VSNU.

Free access to research

Universities and research institutions are calling for scientific journal articles and the data they are based on to be accessible for free over the course of the next three years.

Academy Building on Snapchat

Student Robert Schippers made a Snapchat filter of the Academy Building. - 'partially due to procrastination,' he admits freely.

American travel ban criticised

The RUG and other European universities have called upon the United States to immediately withdraw their travel ban for people from seven majority muslim countries.

More first-year students

The student loan system does not appear to be keeping young people from going to university. In fact, the number of university students has never been so high.

For, not by, the RUG

The Universiteitskrant is for the RUG, but not by the RUG. And that is what At the UK is about this week.

FNV: ‘Work pressure too high’

Research by the FNV union shows that nearly 80 per cent of academic staff feel that work pressure at universities is too high.

‘Better supervision for students’

Research universities and universities of applied sciences will put more money into student supervision. They want smaller scale education and more instructors.

Opinion: Questions about questionnaires

A survey is all well and good. But it has to be drawn up correctly; otherwise, the results will be unreliable. For instance, the UK's own survey about Black Pete was somewhat dubious, so say Yfke Ongena and Teunis Dokter.

‘RUG adhered to the rules’

The RUG strictly adhered to the rules when taking on PhD students, says Minister of Education Jet Bussemaker.

Auke ‘Freddie’ de Boer rocks

This is what ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ sounded like on the Academy tower’s bells. Carilloneur Auke ‘Freddie’ de Boer pulled out all the stops to perform Queen’s song on the bells.

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