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Partnership project ‘Follow the Dot to Beat your Anxiety’ starts December 1st
30th November 2020With the support of a Public-Private Partnership grant of Health~Holland, Topsector Life Sciences & Health, Janniek de Jong is starting a research project into the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in the treatment of children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress symptoms on December 1st, 2020.
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New book on success, failure, and resilience in higher education
27th November 2020The existing culture of success has also impacted our educational landscape. How does this striving for excellence impact students? And how do we promote students’ resilience against performance pressure? A diverse range of authors from the academic world have shed light on this subject in a recently published book, Success and Failure in Higher Education: Building Resilience in Students, edited by Dr. Tessa Leesen and Professor Alkeline van Lenning.
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One third of cancer patients received different care in first corona weeks
26th November 2020One in three patients experienced changes in cancer care in the first four to six weeks of the COVID-19 crisis. For instance, treatments and follow-ups were postponed or canceled or in-person visits were replaced by telephone or video calls.
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Keuzegids Universiteiten 2021: Five Tilburg University Bachelor’s programs rank # 1
26th November 2020The Keuzegids Universiteiten 2021 shows that students have ranked five Tilburg University Bachelor’s programs as the best in their field. In the annual Keuzegids Universiteiten, all academic Bachelor’s programs are compared, largely based on student satisfaction measured through the National Student Survey (NSE). In the overall ranking of Dutch universities, Tilburg University achieves a tied 5th position.
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Project ‘Revitalized Democracy’ receives €1.7 million from National Research Agenda
25th November 2020How can ‘hybrid democratic innovation’, which combines forms of deliberation (e.g. citizens' assemblies) and voting (e.g. corrective referendums), strengthen our representative democracy? That is the key question underlying the project ‘Revitalized Democracy for Resilient Societies’.
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View of the world
24th November 2020Many students can count on their fair share of mathematics and statistics during their studies. But anyone who thinks they see little of “the real world” because of this is wrong. Thanks to initiatives like De Smeetskring and Improving Society Lab the doors to society are open wide. Both initiatives are great examples of how Tilburg University students use their knowledge and skills to play a meaningful role in society.
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Researchers have developed an app against needle fear
23rd November 2020People in the Netherlands will soon have the opportunity to receive vaccination against COVID-19. However, an estimated 35% of all people suffer from needle fear. Elisabeth Huis in 't Veld has developed a game app which, based on thermal images of the face, can predict whether somebody is about to faint.
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A plurality of women professors
20th November 2020Another special work of art has been added to the collection in the Portraits Room in Cobbenhagen Building: a collage with photos of 59 Tilburg University women professors.
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Refugee-student Mohammed: ‘I have to do it, whatever the cost’
20th November 2020There are many highly educated refugee-students (asylum permit holders) who have the ambition to pursue an academic education in the Netherlands but do not yet have the right diplomas to be directly admitted. Tilburg University offers these refugee-students to opportunity to take a pre-Bachelor’s program that prepares them for an academic Bachelor’s program. In this way, they can still make their dream come true.
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Winners of the Tilburg University Challenge for student entrepreneurship
17th November 2020The teams of Roomie, K.I.S.S. and Dmyzer won the Tilburg University Challenge and here are their reactions!
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New Book: EU Cartel Law and Economics
13th November 2020EU Cartel Law and Economics is the first book-length assessment of cartels from an integrated law and economics perspective. This perspective allows for a more insightful evaluation of the wide variety of practices at the intersection between collusive restrictions of competition and pro-competitive agreements between firms.
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November 5 - World Digital Preservation Day 2020
05th November 2020Today is World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD). The aim of this day is to create greater awareness of digital preservation. It is celebrated on the first Thursday of November every year. This year’s theme is ‘Digits: for Good’.
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Five promising researchers awarded a NWO Veni grant worth 250,000 euros
05th November 2020The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant worth up to 250,000 euros to five highly promising young scientists of Tilburg University.
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Tilburg University participates in The European University Initiative
04th November 2020Today the kick-off of 'The European University Initiative' takes place. Representatives of 41 European universities meet digitally to discuss better collaboration. Demi Schaap of the student group Front and William Harris Duke of student group SAM will also discuss student involvement at universities with other student representatives from European universities.
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Professor Lex Meijdam appointed as interim Dean Tilburg School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
30th October 2020Interim Dean Tilburg School of Social & Behavior appointed: Professor Lex Meijdam
