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News Tilburg University
Read here the most important updates on our research, our degree programs, and projects with social partners.
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Press releases Tilburg University
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Events Tilburg University
Do you want to be up-to-date on campus activities? This overview gives you key information about our upcoming events.
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Tilburg University Magazine
Talent at work: explore the dynamic relationship between talent development and the job market in this new edition of Tilburg University Magazine.
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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 digital society, sustainability & society, the changing labor market, security, culture & religion and healthcare & wellbeing.
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News
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Teachers play key role during school closure to keep students motivated
13th July 2023Teachers play a key role when it comes to making students feel seen, confident and motivated during forced school closings. The importance of emotional support is greater than teachers realize. Combined with high-quality online instruction, it makes vulnerable students participate better in classes. Also, it makes students feel more at home in school and increases their self-confidence.
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Improving cultural heritage accessibility with AI gets major funding
13th July 2023The HAICu project of a national consortium of universities, libraries, citizens and partners from the cultural sector receives funding from the NWO as part of the National Science Agenda. The project focuses on using artificial intelligence to improve the accessibility of cultural heritage to citizens.
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Campus Vision 2040: towards a circular campus connected to the city
13th July 2023As a university, we present our campus vision; our vision and strategy with regard to the Tilburg University campus and how we intend it to look in the future. The campus needs to be able to respond to an ever-changing world, and to offer ground for unexpected opportunities. The campus must also reflect what Tilburg University stands for: contributing towards solutions to the most pressing social and societal issues.
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Tilburg University and the City of Tilburg develop joint broad prosperity research program
11th July 2023On July 11, 2023, Tilburg University and the City of Tilburg have adopted a roadmap for a co-creative research program in the field of broad prosperity in the local communities and broad prosperity in business. This research program is part of the agreement between the City and the university to take cooperation to an even higher level. For instance, the parties contribute to Tilburg Kennisstad and to the movement to help the city-with-a-university develop into a proper university city.
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Dutch universities to take different approach to rankings
11th July 2023The Dutch universities will take a more critical stance towards global university ranking. These so-called league tables have methodological shortcomings and their assessment of the research achievements of universities is too one-sided, being merely based on the number of publications and citations. This is at odds with the Recognition & Rewards program, through which Dutch universities emphasize quality rather than quantity. This is the conclusion of an expert group advising the Board of Universities of the Netherlands (UNL).
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Open Letter on the Greece Boat Disaster: Questions of International Law
11th July 2023In an open letter addressed to Greek and EU authorities, 300 academics turn their attention to the migrant shipwreck of 14 June 2023 off the coast of Pylos, Greece, resulting in the loss of an estimated 650 lives. They emphasize that Greece did not only have the right but also the duty to intervene, assist and rescue those on board. Dr. Mariana Gkliati, Assistant Professor of Migration and Asylum Law at Tilburg University is one of the initiators of this letter.
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Marga Klompé educational building: Highest point reached
11th July 2023On Monday, July 10, 2023, the highest point was reached in the construction of the new Marga Klompé educational building. An important milestone! The educational building is being constructed by BAM Bouw en Techniek using circular construction materials. Tilburg University is very ambitious with respect to sustainability and is taking another big step forward with this building.
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Sectoral data protection measures needed for digital transformation in agriculture
11th July 2023The digital transformation of agriculture in Europe is being hindered by challenges related to access and control of agricultural data. New sector-specific rights and rules over ag-data could however improve competition and innovation, argues PhD candidate Can Atik. He will defend his thesis on 11 July 2023 at Tilburg University.
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Grant applicants put in the limelight
10th July 2023Grant winners at Tilburg University jointly managed to raise more than 24 million euros in 2022. Acquiring research grants and research awards, national and international, is very important for the university. Securing (large) grants is good for the scientific prestige of the researcher concerned, the research group, and the university as a whole.
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Significant increase in chronic anxiety and depressive symptoms in young adults
07th July 2023Since the corona outbreak, the number of young adults with moderate to severe chronic anxiety and depressive symptoms has increased sharply. In the year before the corona outbreak, 16.7% of 18-24-year-olds suffered from moderate to severe chronic anxiety and depressive symptoms. They were experiencing these complaints in March 2019, November 2019 and in March 2020. In the year after the corona outbreak, this had increased to 21.4%. This translates to an increase of about 73,000 young adults.
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Four Tilburg researchers receive NWO Open Competition SSH XS funding
06th July 2023The awards of round 4 of the Open Competition SSH XS pilot programme are a fact. Four researchers of Tilburg University will start with a promising idea or an innovative and high-risk initiative. There is plenty of room for experimentation and innovation. We congratulate Alexandra Hering, Christine Liebrecht, Kevin van Schie and Inge Timmers with this grant.
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EUR 2.4 million in funding for four projects under the Digital Sciences for Society program
06th July 2023In the coming years and through its Digital Sciences for Society program, Tilburg University invests in research on the interface of digital sciences, social sciences and the humanities that contributes to solving today’s major challenges. This week, EUR 2.4 million was awarded to four multiyear research projects.
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Impact of war on people with intellectual disabilities in Ukraine
04th July 2023New research paints a worrisome picture of the impact of the war on people with intellectual disabilities in Ukraine. Even more than others they suffer from a lack of basic needs, shelter or abilities to flee the war. It is about time for more inclusive disaster preparedness, says professor Petri Embregts of the Academic Collaborative Center 'Living with intellectual disabilities at Tilburg University.
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Erik Sengers appointed as Endowed Professor of Chaplaincy Studies in the Military
04th July 2023The Executive Board has appointed Dr. Erik Sengers as Endowed Professor of Chaplaincy Studies in the Military at the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology (TST). This Chair has been established by the Military Ordinariate of the Netherlands (Ordinariaat voor de Nederlandse Strijdkrachten), that provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Dutch Armed Forces. The objective of the Chair is researching the actions of pastoral care within the armed forces and theological reflection on issues of peace and security as they arise within the Dutch armed forces. The appointment is for a period of five years.
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Call for papers, Sovereignty and Commercial Cities (c. 1400- c. 1650)
04th July 2023On the 14th and 15th of December a two day workshop will be held at Tilburg University in order to bring together scholars working on urban history, legal history and economic history of the later medieval and early modern period.
Connect & Care
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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.
