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News Tilburg University
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Events Tilburg University
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Current developments
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Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria: expression of support for victims
08th February 2023It is with deep concern that we have learned of the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. This dreadful situation is having an enormous impact on the people in the area. In our community, too, staff, students, and alumni are affected by this tragedy. We offer them our sympathy and support.
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Ukraine: Info and support for students and staff
Tilburg University is shocked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and sympathizes with all those affected. We can imagine that the situation has a great impact on the well-being of many students, researchers, lecturers, and other employees in our community. Tilburg University sympathizes with them and is committed to supporting all those directly or indirectly affected by these events.
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Tilburg University Magazine
With our online magazine we inform, inspire and connect our alumni and external relations. You will find fresh knowledge snacks, interviews, a walk down memory lane, and more.
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Univers
Univers is the independent, cross-media platform of Tilburg University. Univers offers a mix of news, human interest, background, interviews, opinion, culture and sports.
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Tilburg University Topics
Read about our contributions to the new common, the digital society, sustainability & society, the changing labor market, security, culture & religion and healthcare & wellbeing.
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News
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GoAbout pilot: share bikes and electric shared cars not extended
01st December 2022Since November 2021, students and staff of Tilburg University had been using GoAbout's shared bicycles and electric shared cars. These sustainable means of transportation were available as a pilot for the period of 1 year. It was decided not to extend this pilot. This means that the facilities will no longer be available on campus as of December 31, 2022.
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Visual online posts with brand reference only effective if creator is known to recipient
01st December 2022In recent years, the popularity of visual social media has grown rapidly. These platforms allow users to share their lives with a large online audience by posting photos. These photos regularly include a brand, such as when the person in the photo is wearing branded clothing or posing with a branded product, such as a beer on the terrace. Annemarie Nanne argues that brand recommendation is only effective if the recipient knows the sender. She will receive her doctorate on December 2.
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Bart van der Sloot receives Academy Early Career Award KNAW
30th November 2022Dr. Bart van der Sloot, associate professor of privacy and big data at Tilburg Law School, receives an Academy Early Career Award from the KNAW. Van der Sloot is one of twelve young researchers from all fields of science to be awarded, with 15,000 euros and a work of art.
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Fred Atilla wins Unilever Research Prize for research on growing negative emotions by corona on Twitter
28th November 2022Cognitive psychologist Fred Atilla has won the Unilever Research Prize 2022 for his research on how attention to and emotions about the approaching corona epidemic changed among Twitter users during the first few months of the pandemic. Physical distance from a corona hotspot was found to influence both public attention and sentiment among Twitter users. Atilla teaches machine learning in the humanities faculty. The prize of 2,500 euros with a work of art was presented November 24 in Wageningen.
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Bitlocker is activated on your private computer
28th November 2022Recently, we found out that, under certain circumstances, Bitlocker is being enabled on personal devices of employees and students. According to our data, this seems to be the case on at least one of your personal Windows devices. This could potentially cause issues in accessing your device in the future, which is why we are contacting you personally through this e-mail.
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We UNiTE to end violence against women
25th November 2022Did you know that around the world 1 in 3 women suffer violence at some point in their lives? To draw attention to this shocking and unacceptable statistic, Tilburg University supports the global Orange the World campaign between November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and December 10, Human Rights Day. In that 16-day period, some of Tilburg University’s buildings, like those of hundreds of other organizations in the Netherlands, light up orange to symbolize a brighter future, free of violence.
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Keuzegids Universiteiten 2023: Two top-rated programs and six Bachelor’s programs rank # 1
24th November 2022In the Keuzegids Universiteiten 2023, published today, two Bachelor’s programs at Tilburg University are awarded the quality label of "top program," while students have ranked six 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).
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Towards a Listening Church, book by Jos Moons, Sjoerd Mulder and Karim Schelkens
22nd November 2022This book, subtitled Synodal Experiences, edited by Jos Moons, Sjoerd Mulder and Karim Schelkens, three colleagues affiliated with Tilburg University and KU Leuven, presents a surprising kaleidoscope of existing experiences with synodality.
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ERC Starting Grant for Boris van Leeuwen
22nd November 2022The European Research Council (ERC) of the European Commission has awarded Boris van Leeuwen, Associate Professor at the Economics Department of the Tilburg School of Economics and Management, a prestigious grant for promising researchers. Boris van Leeuwen will study the role of emotional intelligence in strategic interactions and markets.
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PhD and Master’s thesis prizes presented: Erik-Jan Broers Teacher of the Year
15th November 2022The Tilburg University Executive Board annually awards prizes for the best Master’s, Research Master’s, and PhD theses. Renée van Erp wrote the best Master’s thesis, Lennart Sinjorgo won the Research Master’s thesis prize, and Jan de Wit won first prize with his PhD thesis. In addition, the 2022 Teacher of the Year award was presented. It went to Erik-Jan Broers.
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Good robot journalists need more development
11th November 2022How to make data more understandable, for media, Chris van der Lee explored in his dissertation on which he will receive his doctorate on Nov. 25.
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Preliminary registrations at Tilburg University: Student numbers stabilize
10th November 2022In the academic year 2022/2023, 19,943 students are registered at Tilburg University. The preliminary registration figures for next year suggest that student numbers seem to stabilize. In the Bachelor’s phase, there will be an additional 408 students, the number of Master’s students will be 150 lower. The most notable drop concerns the pre-Master’s programs: 569 fewer students have registered. In total, the preliminary figures for Tilburg University indicate 311 fewer students compared to the academic year 2021/2022.
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Two bachelor student teams from the CSAI program won International BCI hackathon
08th November 2022For a third time in a row, two bachelor student teams from the CSAI program won the International BCI hackathon. A total of 167 participants in 38 teams took part in the BR41N.IO BCI Hackathon worldwide. This is a prestigious event in the domain of neural engineering and brain-computer interfacing where many researchers and graduate students come together to innovate in two days of intense coding.
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Do you feel unsafe? Report it at SafeScience (WetenschapVeilig)
07th November 2022Scientists fulfill a crucial role in society. Yet, they are regularly faced with threats, hate speech, and intimidation. Universities of The Netherlands (UNL), Netherlands Research Council NWO, and Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences KNAW see this as an attack on academic freedom. Therefore they have launched the SafeScience (WetenschapVeilig) platform today. Scientists who do not feel safe can get help 24/7.
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Inaugural lecture by Wendy van der Valk: collaboration is key to our digital and sustainability transition
07th November 2022On November 11, Professor Wendy van der Valk will mark her appointment to the endowed chair of Purchasing & Supply Chain Management by delivering her inaugural lecture at Tilburg University. In her lecture In Contact with the Contract she will outline an exciting future facilitated by increasingly complex contracts.
