Overview articles Tilburg University Magazine
Tilburg University Magazine is an online magazine about Tilburg University's education and research and the impact these have on society. The magazine connects the university with its alumni and relations from the world of business, politics, and social organizations.
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‘When I saw her, I was happier than I had felt in a long time’
Many loves have their origins on campus, though not all of them last. Some campus couples are still together to this day. Towards the university's 100th anniversary, we collect their love stories. In Café Brandpunt, their eyes met for the first time. But it was not until years later that Manon Huysmans (52) and Edwin Bakker (54) really hit it off.
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Is going on exchange good for your resume?
For students, it can be a dream come true: a period on exchange at a university abroad. And it also looks good on your resume, or does it? Christof Van Mol, sociologist and an expert in the field of academic mobility, answers the question of how useful studying abroad is for graduate job opportunities.
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Alumnus Joost Dijkstra: From digitalizing the University Library to information analyst at the Olympic Games
Our alumni have interesting careers. What have his studies in Tilburg brought alumnus Joost Dijkstra? For the love of his life, he decided to trade his job as an information analyst at the University Library for a job in Barcelona. There he worked for the Olympic Games. Joost talks about his time as a student, the jobs that followed and the dynamic working environment of the Games.
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Helping people find sustainable employment and keeping them fit, even if mental health problems are a factor
In "Time to Talk & Think", the choice is yours: will you go for a short update to get up to speed on the latest news, a longer article to dive deeper into the subject or are you "all ears" and want to know all about it? Endowed Professor Evelien Brouwers about what it takes to help people find sustainable employment and to keep them fit, even if mental health problems are a factor.
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The CentER Revolution: How Tilburg Rose from its Ashes
It’s the year 1988. The Center for Economic Research (CentER) in Tilburg saw the light of day. A light that was expected to eventually shine across the entire Tilburg School of Economics and Management (formerly FEW, now TiSEM). The spotlight has done its job. The School evolved into a bright lighthouse, even shining far beyond the borders in what was then an internationally gloomy Dutch economic landscape. This is the story of the CentER revolution and its driving force and unparalleled game-changer, Professor Arie Kapteyn, who had joined the Tilburg ranks in 1982.
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From student crush to domestic bliss: Stijn and Suzanne met during TIK Week
Many loves have their origins on campus, though not all of them last. Some campus couples are still together to this day. Towards the university's 100th anniversary, we collect their love stories. It was socially unacceptable, really: as a TIK daddy falling in love with your TIK kid. It happened to Stijn Kerkhof (38) when he met Suzanne Hendricksen (31) during the TIK Week in 2011.
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Competition in the labor market, education, and healthcare often leads to the erosion of societal values
Competition in the labor market, healthcare, and education is commonplace in the Netherlands, but the question arises whether it is desirable to distribute scarce resources within these domains in a competitive manner. This is the assertion of newly graduated philosopher Yvette Drissen. She warns that even if competition is organized fairly, it can come at the expense of our societal values and may lead to corruption, alienation, opportunistic, psychological, and emotional costs.
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“Contributing to a fair working environment that fosters a just society”
Opeoluwa Adedokun will soon complete her Master’s program of Labour Law and Employment Relations at Tilburg University. She enrolled in this program because she wants to contribute to a review of the labor laws in Nigeria. Opeoluwa is of the opinion that, if you want to develop a society, you first need to develop yourself. She has been able to do the latter thanks to a scholarship of the Tilburg University Fund.
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Is more information always better?
PhD candidate at the Department of Accountancy, Sietse Oostra, gave a mini-lecture on transparency and information dissemination during the ‘Tafel van Martinus’. Is more information always better?
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Listen to the science podcast: Work to live or live to work?
In Science Quest, the Tilburg University podcast series, scientists seek answers to questions about people and society that concern us all. From war to peace. From climate to your wallet, from care to organization and from big data to dating. Our own experts discuss the newest, funniest, and most talked-about insights from their own research (in Dutch).
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‘The proposal in Rome was like something out of a movie’
Many loves have their origins on campus, though not all of them last. Some campus couples are still together to this day. Towards the university's 100th anniversary, we collect their love stories. In 1994, Femke Manders (48) started her Business Economics studies at Tilburg University, then called Katholieke Universiteit Tilburg (KUB) in Dutch. In 1995, Jeroen van Nistelrooij (46) started in the same program. They met when they both became members of study association TOP-DOWN. They did not immediately become an item.
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Peter Essers: “As a tax specialist, if you don’t consider the people affected by the law, there’s every chance things will go wrong”
Peter Essers, Professor of Tax Law and former member of the Dutch Senate, is bidding Tilburg University farewell on March 15, 2024, to embark on his well-earned retirement. He has always combined his academic career with a wider societal role, not least that of senator. We invited him to reflect on his career.