Spotlight

‘Promoting women’s rights is not an interest – it’s a survival strategy’

Azadeh Akbari, Assistant Professor at the University of Twente and a former journalist from Iran, has walked a thin line between activism, research and media her entire life. She has demonstrated not only courage, but an astonishing ability to foretell the future. When she started her PhD research into the use of surveillance technologies for controlling women’s clothing by the totalitarian government in Iran, it was considered sci-fi. It is reality now.
Opinion

Parallels

With the new cabinet just sworn in, and new study association boards incoming, student columnist Niels ter Meer (23) noticed some parallels between them.
News

Awards for students who went ‘the extra mile’

The ‘More than a Degree’ award ceremony was held online by livestream yesterday. The event, an initiative of the Student Union, shone light on the most active students of the year 2020.

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