Organisation / Science Column
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Regret
Student - 31 August 2017 09:41 - The idea is: a big party, especially for me. Some people compare it with a wedding: you are marrying science. I hear on the grapevine that my... 0 -
Mud
Student - 29 June 2017 10:58 - ‘If you need something here, it is there for you,’ she says, recalling with frustration her own university in Italy. ‘All that... 0 -
Peace
Student - 15 June 2017 10:24 - It’s not really allowed, but I so enjoy sitting on the banks of the Rhine with a beer. Preferably for a moment of complete peace and quiet, and... 0 -
Rejected
Student - 01 June 2017 10:39 - Dear editor,
I always knew it was a bit of a gamble. Actually, it’s a gamble whenever you submit a manuscript to an academic journal. First you... 0 -
Column: Mineral water
Student - 11 May 2017 09:38 - She runs her hands gracefully through her hair. I watch the foam slowly running off her shoulders. I stare at her for a moment, and then go on to... 0 -
Column: Fact-free propaganda
Student - 20 April 2017 10:45 - What am I to think of this? The ‘March for Science’ in the Netherlands. This demonstration on 22 April, which is supported by WUR, is a... 0 -
Column: Women only
Student - 06 April 2017 10:22 - There was anger. At least, that is what I heard. Personally I was explicitly not invited. The 500 Women Scientists gathering in Wageningen was a... 3 -
Chiffchaff
Science - 23 March 2017 10:08 - Bright morning lights shines on my hands. My thoughts are on the introduction to my thesis, but physically I’m walking through a forest. Wait,... 0 -
Emancipate the right
Student - 09 March 2017 09:25 - Not once have I encountered an ecologist at the university who is really critical when it comes to the subject of nature. Everywhere I look, I see... 1 -
Column: Oral exam
Student - 09 February 2017 10:24 - She stares ahead of her with a frown. I smile at her. She smiles back. That is: she regards me with a mixture of panic, concentration and a hint of a... 0