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Sugandh Chauhan wins the 2021 Overijssel PhD Award

'I wanted to help farmers using current technology'

Sugandh Chauhan is the winner of this year’s Overijssel PhD Award. The researcher, who obtained her PhD at the UT in 2020, was selected for her doctoral thesis on lodged crops and how they can be tracked down using satellite imagery.
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‘PhD is about knowing how to handle failures’

Students or researchers? PhD candidates fall into a category of their own. What is it like to navigate the sometimes lonely road towards a doctoral degree? In this monthly series, we put the PhDs of the University of Twente in the limelight. This episode gives the stage to Shreyas Harsha, a young scientist at the Photocatalytic Synthesis group.
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‘Personal branding is a journey, not a destination’

While coaching top managers, Stefan Scheidt realized that executives needed better personal branding – and so he decided to start a PhD research on the topic. Tomorrow, the doctoral candidate at the University of Twente is defending his thesis. ‘Personal branding is not only about standing out, but also about fitting in.’
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‘I’ve faced the nearly stereotypical PhD experience: mental health challenges’

Students or researchers? PhD candidates fall into a category of their own. What is it like to navigate the sometimes lonely road towards a doctoral degree? In this monthly series, we put the PhDs of the University of Twente in the limelight. This episode gives the stage to Rob Bemthuis, a young academic from the Pervasive Systems Research Group.
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PhD & PDEng Day explores the role of scientists in ‘post-fact society’

Carrying the theme ‘science in a post-fact society’, the annual PhD & PDEng Day will be held on the 24th of November in the Gallery on campus. The event will include keynote speeches by UT honorary doctors Jamie Hyneman and Wim van Saarloos.
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‘Everyone warned me that PhD is a lonely job’

Students or researchers? PhD candidates fall into a category of their own. What is it like to navigate the sometimes lonely road towards a doctoral degree? In this monthly series, we put the PhDs of the University of Twente in the limelight. This episode gives the stage to Anouk Geenen, a young scientist from the Human Centred Design group.
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PhD stories, episode 1: Juliane Schillinger

‘At some point, you will get frustrated with your research’

Students or researchers? PhD candidates fall into a category of their own. What is it like to navigate the sometimes lonely road towards a doctoral degree? In this monthly series, we put the PhDs of the University of Twente in the limelight. This very first episode gives the stage to Juliane Schillinger, a young scientist at the BMS department of Technology, Policy and Society.
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P-NUT: ‘There should be serious consequences to misconduct’

Four in ten PhDs say that they have experienced misconduct, reported Dutch news medium NOS last week. ‘The issues were known to us, but the extent is not something we recognize,’ reacts PhD Network of the University of Twente (P-NUT).
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‘Cultuur, ras en religie spelen rol bij ontwikkeling asielbeleid’

Radu Triculescu (31), promovendus aan de faculteit BMS, verdedigt vandaag zijn proefschrift over de invloed van ambtenaren op het EU-asielbeleid. In zijn onderzoek vergelijkt hij onder andere de implementatie van de asielwet in Nederland en Roemenië.
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Promotie UT-onderzoeker werpt nieuw licht op prostaatkankerchirurgie

UT-onderzoeker Judith olde Heuvel (29) verdedigt vrijdag haar proefschrift, dat zich richt op een chirurgische ingreep bij prostaatkanker met behulp van Cerenkov-licht. ‘Ik ben de eerste wereldwijd die deze techniek onderzoekt.’
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Include-U platform

‘PhDs don’t feel connected to the university’

P-NUT (PhD Network of the University of Twente) has started Include-U, a project to facilitate inclusion of international doctoral candidates at the UT. As its first step, P-NUT conducted research into experiences of international PhDs. ‘Based on these interviews, we see there’s a problem with inclusion. The sense of belonging to the UT is missing.’
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‘Promoveren heeft niets feestelijks meer’

Menig promovendus ziet de verdediging met alle ceremoniële poespas als een feestelijk hoogtepunt. Het is de bekroning op vier jaar hard werken. Maar nu, in coronatijd, rest er slechts het digitale alternatief. En dat voelt voor veel promovendi niet goed.
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'PhD defense has nothing festive about it anymore'

Many PhD students regard the defense, with all its ceremonial rules, as the grand finale of his or her research. It is the crowning glory of four years of hard work. But now, during the corona crisis, there is only the digital alternative. And that doesn't feel right to many PhD candidates.
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