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Smoking on campus premises now prohibited by law
12th August 2020At Tilburg University, smoking on campus has been prohibited since August 2019. This smoking ban at Dutch research universities as well as universities of applied sciences has become law nationwide, effective August 1, 2020. As a result, institutions infringing the smoking ban can now be fined.
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TOP Week 2020 welcomes new students to Tilburg with online and offline program
05th August 2020Because of the corona crisis, students who are new to Tilburg will be introduced to the city, life as a student, and each other, both online and offline this year. The Tilburg Orientation Program (TOP) Week will take place from Monday, August 24, till Friday, August 28, taking into account the RIVM guidelines that apply at that time.
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Research into the consequences of the corona crisis for nursing home residents
24th July 2020Tranzo’s Care for Older Adults Academic Collaborative Center (ACC) will conduct research together with UNO-UMCG (collaboration of the University Network on Care for the Elderly and the Groningen University Medical Center) and KU Leuven into the experiences of nursing home residents, their relatives, and volunteers in the corona era. In this qualitative study, the loneliness and social needs experienced by the respondents as a result of the measures, but also their resilience, will be investigated.
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Prof. Jan Blommaert reflects on what is relevant in academia
24th July 2020In this blog Prof. Jan Blommaert looks back at his scientific life and elaborates on what was relevant in the academia and what we can leave behind.
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Tilburg University maps ecosystems for Brainport Development
21st July 2020Jacob Derks, a PhD researcher affiliated to TiSEM’s Management Department, has finished a study commissioned by Brainport Development in Eindhoven on how Brainport can improve the ecosystem around Medical Technology (MedTech). This job was right up Jacob’s street: he studies how enterprises develop and strengthen their innovation capabilities. And it is a fine example of how academic expertise within Tilburg University can be directly linked to a practical question from the field. We asked Jacob three questions.
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Many victims of medical error have PTSD and other problems
16th July 2020Every year in the Netherlands, an estimated minimum of 185,000 adults fall victim to serious and less serious medical errors. A new longitudinal population screening shows that they have mental, work-related, financial, religious, and legal problems much more often than do others. Approximately 28% suffer serious PTSD symptoms. The screening was done by CentERdata, Fonds Slachtofferhulp (Victim Support Fund), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Tilburg University (NETHLAB).
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Antarctica more widely impacted than previously thought
15th July 2020Reporting in the journal Nature, a research team including Tilburg University show where human activities have been conducted in Antarctica and uncover two main concerns: wilderness in Antarctica is decreasing due to an increasing 'human footprint' and biodiversity is under pressure because species mainly depend on areas that are strongly influenced by humans. However, much opportunity exists to take swift action.
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High praise from review committee for four TSB research groups
10th July 2020The external Review Committee assessed the research programs of Human Resource Studies, Organization Studies, Sociology, and Tranzo positively.
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Tilburg University launches ‘Innovate your Education’
10th July 2020Tilburg University invests in educational innovation to educate students to become professionals and leaders in a society in which digitization and diversity play a major role. In order to support educational innovation and elicit innovative educational ideas, Tilburg University established EDUiLAB, the Educational Innovation Lab. This week, EDUiLAB launches the ‘Innovate your Education’ program.
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€ 1.3 million for research into managing Antarctic tourism
09th July 2020NWO, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, has approved a research proposal within the Netherlands Polar Programme submitted by Professor of Nature Conservation and Water Law Kees Bastmeijer of Tilburg Law School.
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Failing replication studies in psychology often wrongfully blame contextual variation
09th July 2020Replication studies often fail to replicate findings of original studies, which is central to the ‘reproducibility crisis’ in science. One often heard explanation of this disparity in findings is that the effect under investigation is heterogeneous, that is, varying across contexts. However, most of these studied effects actually lack heterogeneity.
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European Commission selects Tilburg University as ‘European University’
09th July 2020The European Commission has announced today the results of the second call for ‘European Universities’ alliances, EU’s flagship initiative to build the universities of the future. Tilburg University participates in ENGAGE.EU, one of the selected consortia.
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Podcast 'Teaching and Learning Online'
07th July 2020Online now: Episode 3 'Every challenge is an opportunity' | Teaching and Learning Online is a new podcast from the Educational Innovation Lab (EDUiLAB) at Tilburg University, which is all about experiences, blunders, tips and wishes with regard to online teaching and learning.
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#6 worldwide in Business Administration in the Shanghai Ranking 2020
02nd July 2020Tilburg University maintains its position in the top 50 in the world for Business Administration (6), Finance (26), and Management (37) and shows a major stride forward in Public Administration from 51-75 to 27th. In addition, the university is ranked in the 51-75 band in the fields of Economics, Psychology, and Sociology and moved up in Political Sciences and Educational Sciences from the 201-300 band to 151-200.
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Wendy van der Valk appointed as Professor of Purchasing & Supply Chain Management
30th June 2020Wendy van der Valk was appointed as Professor of Purchasing & Supply Chain Management at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management of Tilburg University on April 1, 2020. The endowed chair has been set up by Nevi, the Dutch Association for Purchasing Management. The teaching and research remit includes stimulating research and teaching in the field of purchasing and supply chain management focusing on three specific themes.
