Organisation / Science Column
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Higher education
Science - 21 September 2018 09:26 - The theme of the falling vaccination rate has been simmering in the Dutch media all summer. And the blame is laid at the feet of those with higher... 0 -
Homeless students
Organisation - 06 September 2018 09:51 - My coursemate spend the holiday in Lumen, finishing off his thesis. It was a long hot summer, full of coffee breaks and uninspiring strolls over the... 0 -
Chair massages
News - 28 June 2018 09:32 - WUR Council recently received concerned emails from staff about chair massages. It’s always good to get input from people in the organization so... 0 -
# seriousaboutwildlife
Student - 14 June 2018 09:57 - On a stopover at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya, I was struck by the large number of warning signs. The message is loud and clear: you... 0 -
Veni applicants worse off
News - 31 May 2018 09:12 - It is incredibly hard to make a career in academia. First you must get your PhD, and then there are usually very few postdoc positions open to you. 0 -
A long engagement
Organisation - 26 April 2018 16:08 - 5 May is coming up, a special day for freedom, a special day for Wageningen, and always a particularly odd day for WUR. This year it falls on a... 0 -
Presidents
Student - 12 April 2018 13:42 - After some hesitation I chose ‘Donald’ over ‘Obama’. The decisive factor was resistance to potato blight. No one who takes his... 0 -
Inventing a tradition
Student - 15 March 2018 11:57 - As the sun rises above the waterway at a quarter past seven, the ice sings and the easterly wind is biting. Yet chirping peewits are already declaring... 0 -
Roos Vonk
Organisation - 22 February 2018 10:27 - MP Thierry Baudet and TV weatherman Gerrit Hiemstra got into a row about climate change. Baudet challenged Hiemstra to a debate to resolve the matter. 0 -
Safe
Student - 08 February 2018 09:43 - It was raining as we strolled across the courtyard of the Binnenhof, the seat of parliament and the Prime Minister in the Hague. A fraternity mate of... 0