De wedstrijd van de week

Euros 8 wint op NK Indoor Roeien: ‘Het was een slagveld’

Elke week strijden UT’ers om de overwinning. Soms op topniveau, soms in de kelderklasse en alles daartussen. In deze ‘wedstrijd van de week’ het NK Indoor Roeien (NKIR) in Amsterdam.
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‘Universities are withholding funds for women’

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Column: Unrealistic

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Back to the ivory tower of mathematics

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On the spot

We werken bijna iedere dag met ze samen, maar hoe goed kennen we de collega’s nu echt? U-Today is benieuwd naar de persoonlijke verhalen achter het ondersteunend- en beheerspersoneel en zet ze in deze rubriek ‘On the spot’. Aan het woord is Sander Smit (54), projectleider bij de dienst LISA.

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Kees Venner: Professor of Fluid Dynamics

‘It’s not all about achievements’

‘Sometimes I think I’d like to step out of my busy schedule, but I really enjoy what I do. I do plenty of challenging things,’ says Kees Venner and one can only agree. The UT professor rode his motorcycle to Israel right after the First Gulf War, he jumped out of an airplane and, as a daily challenge, he trains and walks five big dogs. He leads a research group. And he seems to handle it all with the precision and mindfulness of a karate ‘master’ – which he also happens to be.
The International

‘Coming here helped me accept myself better’

In the series The International, UT students from all over the world talk about their lives, studies, choices and passions. In this episode: Jana Bergmann (22), Bachelor’s student of Communication Science. ‘We need to be proactive, not just wait for the Dutch people to teach us.’
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Interview met minister van OCW

Van Engelshoven: ‘Het wringt, maar het geld ligt niet op de plank’

Geen nieuwe ‘Haagse’ ideeën, geen radicale ingrepen: minister Van Engelshoven klinkt kalm in haar Strategische Agenda voor het hoger onderwijs. Toch bepleit ze twee koerswijzigingen én wil ze kleine studies redden.

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De wedstrijd van de week

Euros 8 wint op NK Indoor Roeien: ‘Het was een slagveld’

Elke week strijden UT’ers om de overwinning. Soms op topniveau, soms in de kelderklasse en alles daartussen. In deze ‘wedstrijd van de week’ het NK Indoor Roeien (NKIR) in Amsterdam.

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Back to the ivory tower of mathematics

Stories about breakthroughs in the field of self-learning algorithms are fostering dangerously high expectations, professor Johannes Schmidt-Hieber recently warned in his appointment speech. They overshadow the hazards to which the field is exposed due to a lack of theoretical foundations. According to the professor, it is high time for mathematical reflection in the ivory tower.
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New initiative monitoring the UT campus

Green Campus wants to raise awareness

If you walk around the UT campus and stumble over a temperature sensor in the bushes or notice a new camera on the Horst, you have spotted parts of the new ‘Green Campus’ initiative. Led by ITC researchers, it monitors green areas of the campus and looks into the benefits of this green capital.
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Philip Brey discusses political ads on social media

‘Twitter is setting a dangerous trend’

As of tomorrow, Twitter will ban all political advertising. On the other end of the spectrum, Facebook will continue to allow all political ads, even the ones containing false information. Philip Brey, UT professor of philosophy of technology, considers both of these decisions ‘completely wrong’ and ‘dangerous for democracy’.

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Column: Unrealistic

In hindsight, my expectations were a bit too high. The promise of not having to spend hours listening to and transcribing my interview fragments probably clouded my judgement.
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Pop culture: Joker

We binge-watch one Netflix show after another, we devour movies and games. Often, it is little more than mindless entertainment. Sometimes, however, it raises scientific questions. Pop culture viewed through the eyes of a scientist.
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Popcorn erbij?

Roy van Zijl (21) is masterstudent werktuigbouwkunde én een talentvol atleet. Hij schrijft om de week een column voor U-Today, over wat hem opvalt op de campus.
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Column: Unwanted Characters

Lisa Waldera (24) is a master’s student Communication Studies from Bremen, Germany. For three years now, she’s been living on campus. Next to her study, she regularly visits the cinema and enjoys concerts of all music genres. Every other week she writes about her life at the University of Twente.

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Incubase: Work hard, play hard

Met een ‘soft launch’ gingen vandaag voor het eerst de deuren van Incubase open. De afgelopen maanden is bijna de volledige tweede verdieping van de Bastille omgebouwd tot een exclusieve thuisbasis voor beginnende studentondernemers. Een fotoreportage.

Crawling, jumping, sliding and climbing into student life

Water, foam and singing along