28 / 03 / 2017

‘We need to be open to external candidates'

The total percentage of female students who enroll for Mechanical Engineering is only 6%. How can we achieve better gender diversity, not only at the Faculty of Engineering Technology, but also at other UT faculties? ‘External candidates are often perceived as risk by selection committees, but we need to give equal opportunities to candidates from within the university and from abroad,’ thinks Geert Dewulf.

08 / 11 / 2016

‘Career at a Dutch university is like juggling balls’

‘Diversity is not only right, it is the only way,’ Prof. Liudvika Leisyte began today’s FFNT conference titled ‘Openness to diversity: Integrating local and global perspectives’, event which aimed to raise awareness about the importance of international talent at the University of Twente.

20 / 11 / 2014

FFNT sounds alarm about diversity

The Female Faculty Network Twente (FFNT) in a pressing letter to the Executive Board expresses their serious concerns with cutbacks on the diversity policy of the UT. "If this happens, the UT will lose her appeal, both nationally and internationally."