News Tilburg University
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No trains to and from Tilburg between April 28 and May 13
11th April 2024Between Sunday, April 28, and Monday, May 13, 2024, there will be no trains from, to, or via Tilburg. During these fifteen days, construction work will take place at Tilburg Central Station and at Tilburg Universiteit. In addition, ProRail will be working on the train tracks between Tilburg and Breda, and between Tilburg and Vught.
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Tilburg University has achieved several top positions in QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024
10th April 2024In line with previous years, Tilburg University has achieved several top positions in the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject. Since 2020, our university has ranked in the worldwide top 100 in the broad faculty area of Social Sciences & Management. Our ranking rose from a 94th position in 2023 to a 88th position in 2024 in this area.
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The benefits of tailored pension contracts
08th April 2024The new Future Pensions Act (Wet toekomst pensioenen) provides for more tailored opportunities in individualized pension contracts. In his PhD thesis, entitled Individualized pension contracts: risks, welfare losses and investment choices, Bart Dees analyses the welfare gains that can potentially be achieved by tailoring pension contracts to individual preferences.
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Nominated for the E. du Perron Prize 2022/23: Karin Amatmoekrim, Niña Weijers, and Frank Nellen
08th April 2024Writers Karin Amatmoekrim, Niña Weijers, and Frank Nellen have been nominated for the E. du Perron Prize 2022/23. The jury of the Prize has nominated three books, using the writing of Du Perron as a guide and inspiration. The presentation ceremony will take place on May 16, before the start of Night University, in the Marga Klompé building. Ellen Deckwitz, essayist, columnist, and City Poet of Amsterdam, will present the E. du Perron Lecture.
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Researcher Mara Păun wins Johannes Cornelis Ruigrok Prize
08th April 2024The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has awarded the J.C. Ruigrok Prize to researcher Mara Păun (TLS). She will receive the prize on June 14 for her PhD thesis on the interaction between legal and technological developments.
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Three Tilburg University Professors Crown-Appointed Members of the SER
28th March 2024The Dutch Cabinet has appointed Irmgard Borghouts (TSB), Bastiaan Starink (TLS), and Mijntje Lückerath-Rovers (TIAS) as new members of the Social and Economic Council (SER). They will advise the government on the domains of entrepreneurship, decent work, sustainable growth, an inclusive society, a fair distribution of income, and broad prosperity. The new members have been appointed for the period of April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2026.
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Saving sign language for the future by AI and machine learning
28th March 2024More than three hundred sign languages have been registered in the world. But despite the advances in Artificial Intelligence and language technology, only a small number of them have been supported by AI tools and language technology. In order to improve this, linguistics expert Mirella De Sisto, artificial intelligence specialist Dimitar Shterionov, and PhD student Lisa Lepp have been working on automatic recognition and translation of sign language through machine learning and computational linguistics approaches in the SignON project.
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Removal remote desktop application of SDC
26th March 2024Please note that the remote desktop application of SDC will be removed. Researchers and students will still be able to access SDC via a user account of LSEG (formerly known as Refinitiv Workspace/Eikon), which is more user-friendly and includes more extensive data.
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Anke Liefbroer deserving finalist in the national Teacher of the Year election 2024
26th March 2024Anke Liefbroer (Tilburg School of Catholic Theology) was honored yesterday as one of the four finalists of the national Teacher of the Year election in Theater De Kom in Nieuwegein. Our congratulations to the winner, Peter Pelzer (Utrecht University), finalists Hanneke Velthuijsen (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences), Chris Attai (Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen), and of course our own Tilburg University colleague Anke Liefbroer.
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Survey cOAlition S now live
21st March 2024Recently, cOAlition S issued a press release introducing their bold vision for the future of scholarly publishing. The proposal advocates for a paradigm shift—placing ownership in the hands of the academy.
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Dutch labor market has a significant discrimination problem caused by the government
20th March 2024Sociologist and anthropologist Hans Siebers has conducted research on workplace discrimination for the past two decades. He examined access to jobs, promotion opportunities, and daily exclusion, considering both employers and applicants, with and without migration backgrounds. Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21, he discusses widespread workplace discrimination.
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Webinar Searching the APA PsycInfo
19th March 2024The APA is hosting a webinar on APA PsycInfo research services, a set of free premium features to optimize the search process using AI and machine learning.
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Our Mind Wanders Almost Half of the Time
18th March 2024Why is it that there are so many more conditions for a happier life than before, yet people often continue to focus on negative aspects of life? Michael Vlerick addresses this question in his book, "Waarom we niet gelukkiger zijn" ("Why We Aren't Happier"), providing us with tools to become content individuals within our means.
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Enhancing Diamond Open Access in the Netherlands
18th March 2024The Dutch commitment to DOA resulted in the launch of the "Enhancing Diamond Open Access in the Netherlands" project on Feb. 1 to encourage DOA and strengthen nonprofit scholarly and library-driven publishing.
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New student organization FUST aims to represent all students in Tilburg
14th March 2024With a dynamic trio at its helm, Taylan Mete, Nikola Novoselec, and Thijs Jansen, FUST (Federal Union Students Tilburg) is a new force emerging to champion the rights and well-being of students from all walks of academic life.