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Wang’s story of no longer being Anderson’s ugly duckling

Lei Wang’s username on the Chinese website douban.com tells a bit about her life story. She is this year’s sole recipient of the Orange Tulip Scholarship Award at the UT, and says in elementary school, she was just an ‘average student’ with ‘average grades’ like the ugly duckling in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale, but over time, she slowly began to be viewed in a much different light.

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Young innovator brings her ideas West

She’s designed everything from an eye-dropper aid for people with trembling hands to a smart car and various image recognition, and processing systems. Haining Wu describes her innovations and compares her life in China with the Netherlands.

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‘I am not a tourist’

Experience the benefits of Expaticas’ yearly lifestyle fair for expats and internationals. ‘I am not a tourist’ fair is within walking distance from Amsterdam’s Centraal train station and easily accessible by tram. Some of the exhibitors are Worldwide Brokers, English Breakfast Radio, Unductchables, ABN AMRO bank and Hard Rock Café. Tickets are free if ordered online in advance and €10 at the door.

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Badminton anyone?

Badminton, one of Asia’s most popular sports, has players trying to hit a goose-feathered shuttlecock over a net with a racquet to score points. The Association of Chinese Students and Scholars wants to share this ancient-old tradition by organizing a national badminton tournament for all Chinese students who are studying in the Netherlands on 23 October at the UT Sports Center. Registration for the event closes on 10 October. Interested? Send an e-mail to the tournament committee: acsseinfo@gmail.com with cc. to mingliangjin@hotmail.com (Mingliang Jin).

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Landmark Synagogue

Every Wednesday and Sunday afternoon from 11am to 5pm, you can visit the Enschede Synagogue for a small fee. Considered to be one of the most splendid synagogues in Western Europe, it was built in 1928 on the concepts of the famous Amsterdam architect Karel P.C. de Bazel. It is an unusual blend of domed oriental roofs of the Near East combined with typically Dutch brickwork. The Synagogue is located downtown on Prinsestraat 18. For more information, see www.synagoge-enschede.nl.

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Know what you want

Every choice or decision we make is ‘an act of will’. Even making no decision is a decision. The more we learn to work with our will, the easier and freer we can move in the direction we long for. The Female Faculty Network invites members to learn more about the huge potential of the will at the workshop ‘Know What You Want, Discover Your Will Potential’ on Thursday, October 14 from 1pm to 5pm. For more information, see www.utwente.nl/ffnt/

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PVV wil migrant-met-diploma kans bieden

Hoewel alles in het gedoogakkoord van PVV, CDA en VVD erop gericht lijkt zoveel mogelijk migranten buiten de deur te houden, is er één uitzondering: migranten met een opleiding. Die mogen zelfs ‘kansrijker’ worden.

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Nederland profiteert van Europees onderzoeksbudget

Nederland maakte de afgelopen drie jaar 250 miljoen euro winst op het onderzoeksprogramma van de Europese Unie. De kosten zijn hoog, maar de baten blijken nog hoger.

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Nederlander krijgt Nobelprijs voor superdunne koolstof

De Nederlandse fysicus Andre Geim heeft samen met de Brits-Russische Konstantin Novoselov de Nobelprijs voor de natuurkunde gekregen. Ze wisten een laagje koolstof met een dikte van één atoom te maken: grafeen.

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Call for gradual changes in Latin America

Andrea Ramirez Sanchez, 28, defended her thesis, earning her a master’s title in Business Administration in the area of International Management on 23 September in the Vrijhof building for 30 colleagues, close friends and professors. She’s made her indelible mark at the University of Twente as the first president and one of the founders of L.A. Voz (Latin American Student Association), and most recently, for her innovative way of thinking.

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Pas op de plaats voor levenlang leren

In het crisisjaar 2009 hebben hoogopgeleiden zich iets minder vaak bijgeschoold. Een kleine tegenslag voor de voorstanders van ‘levenlang leren’.

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Twee ideologieën in één regeerakkoord

Masterstudenten verliezen hun basisbeurs en treuzelaars gaan extra betalen: in de passage over het hoger onderwijs hebben VVD en CDA twee denkwijzen moeten verenigen.

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