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News

WOinActie calls on universities to close on Monday for new protest (UPDATE)

University

Industry, mining, and tourism are endangering the moon

Column

An ode to awkward cheek kissing in Chile

Students

Dining with Natalie: Pachamama

Short news

Reading marathon against higher education cuts

Jouke de Vries honorary consul-general South Korea

UG not exempt from municipality’s advertising tax

Unis meet with education minister over budget cuts

UKrant's Choice

Smart antibiotics will save us from resistant bacteria, says Henk Busscher

Fionn is changing the world as an inventor, television host, and model (and he’s a student as well)

Welcome to our fake conference: steep registration fees and little substance

News

Law aims to close its budget gap with collaborations and post-academic education

UG staff and students protest massive budget cuts at Grote Markt

Education protest in Utrecht cancelled, demonstration in Groningen will go ahead (UPDATE)

Board of directors opposes anonymous voting by university council

Background

I tried a lot of student jobs and here’s what I’ve learned

Out on the town with: Jacques | An oasis at the heart of the market

Elsevier’s stranglehold on academia: How publishers get rich off our data

Dining with Natalie: Yanagi Ramen

Video

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Halloween thrills at Usva (with free trauma counselling)

Extra services to unburden overcrowed line 15 (main station to Zernike)

Science

Ancient stars in the Milky Way provide a look into the universe’s prehistory

Do stressed mothers produce depressed children? ‘The consequences are devastating’

One cure for four diseases, thanks to Guido Krenning’s super molecule

Opinion

Op-ed

‘UG leaves Valencia students out in the cold after floods’

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Column

Studying is not just about getting things done; it’s about finding joy in the act of doing

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Op-ed

University councils write protest letter to minister: ‘Cuts are being made out of resentment’

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From the archives

Students

Scary places in town: why you’d rather avoid certain streets

University

The route to the classroom is full of obstacles. When will the UG become truly accessible?

Science

Solar flares show UG scientists exactly when the Vikings discovered America