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Terminally ill Eva gives a guest lecture at Erasmus MC: ‘When you’re sick for so long, there’s no point feeling sorry for yourself’
Eva Hermans-Kroot’s days are numbered. She has terminal lung cancer. The 26-year-old stopped by the Molecular Diagnostics of Lung Cancer lecture on Friday to talk to second-year medical students about ...
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Screening of foreign students and researchers still years away
There is no immediate prospect of government security screening for foreign students and researchers. Justis, the organisation charged with this task, says it will not be able to start the screening ...
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No rights reserved: why academics allow their knowledge to be exploited
W e academics are trained to believe that knowledge holds priority over other things – just check with our loved ones, I’m sure they’ll agree. Most of us share the primary value of contributing to ...
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‘Use defence budget for research and innovation’
Can the Department of Defence be a safety net for science? A paratrooper from the Marine Corps takes the leap during a commemoration in Normandy. Image credit: Mediacentrum Defensie To offset some of ...
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New rector: ‘At a time of budget cuts, it’s important that board and deans stick together’
Jantine Schuit during a visit to the campus before she started as rector. Image credit: Ronald van den Heerik With tough budget cuts in prospect in an unsettled world, it’s not an easy time for the ...
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Rotterdam-based Adison dos Reis raps about Desiderius Erasmus
‘Clothes make the man’, raps Adison dos Reis about Desiderius Erasmus. Partly for this reason, the Rotterdam rapper was keen to be photographed as Erasmus: he feels connected to him. Image credit: ...
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Eindhoven and Maastricht suspend PhD programmes for Chinese students
The official reason cited by the universities is that Chinese PhD students in the Netherlands struggle to make ends meet on the 1,350 euros they receive each month. Nor do they meet the income ...
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Erasmus Nightlife: Halloween Party
Celebrate Halloween in style at Erasmus Nightlife: Halloween Party! Join us on 31 October from 11 pm to 4 am at the upscale Club Tiwya, Kruiskade 15, Rotterdam. Party in your best costume for a chance ...
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WellNest: ‘Sport, mental health, social wellbeing, and nutrition are all equally important’
The student organisation WellNest launched only as recently as June, and the project’s event posters are already on display at the Erasmus sports building. WellNest aims to create a community of ...
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Camila dresses like a gallery
The campus is sometimes just like a catwalk. Students talk about what they wear and why. This time: Camila hasn’t quite discovered the Rotterdam look yet. Camila bought her skirt in Brazil: “It’s ...
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Repaying billions to the rich, is that such a good idea?
Since 2001, the Netherlands has taxed a notional return on assets. The Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that this violates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Last June, the Supreme Court also ...
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The university is slowly switching to shared workspaces: ‘More efficient, but a little impersonal’
Gradually, all departments of the university are switching to flexible workspaces. Not all staff members are happy. “I notice that colleagues are increasingly choosing to work from home out of fear ...