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Letter to the editor
November 24, 2020

Upon the departure of the rector: ‘We would have loved to keep going with you as our figurehead’

Rector magnificus Rutger Engels will not finish his first term as rector. Colleagues and…

Letter to the editor
November 24, 2020
Opinion
November 20, 2020
- Ginie Servant
When it comes to the climate crisis, educators need to tackle the identity problem

A lot of students walk around with a guilty conscience and a feeling of unease, despite…
Opinion
November 20, 2020
Ginie Servant
The Issue
October 31, 2020
- Geert Maarse
‘Mayor Aboutaleb should apologise to Rotterdammers of African ancestry’

One in eight citizens of Rotterdam is a direct descendent of an enslaved African. And…
The Issue
October 31, 2020
Geert Maarse
Analysis
October 29, 2020
- Arjan Paans
EUR gripped by a sense of leniency over the abolition of the binding study advice

Now that the Dutch House of Representatives wants to see a less strict binding study…
Analysis
October 29, 2020
Arjan Paans
Opinion
October 8, 2020
- Gabriele Jacobs
Let’s talk! About the need for more debate at the university

Gabriele Jacobs, dean of the EUC and outgoing chair of the Erasmus Magazine editorial…
Opinion
October 8, 2020
Gabriele Jacobs
Column
October 6, 2020
- Iida Riikinsaari
The graduation none of us expected to have

What is it like to finish your studies during a pandemic? EM’s social media editor Iida…
Column
October 6, 2020
Iida Riikinsaari
Opinion
October 6, 2020
- Ferayed Hok
DUTCH STUDENTS ONLY? WTF?

Medical student Ferayed Hok got a bit of a shock when he opened a university e-mail…
Opinion
October 6, 2020
Ferayed Hok
Campus Talk
September 23, 2020
- Michelle Frijters
- Charlotte Schenk
Students on proctoring: ‘You are not allowed to go to the toilet and that is really impossible during a three-hour exam’

Students share their experiences with proctoring.
Campus Talk
September 23, 2020
Michelle Frijters
Charlotte Schenk
The Issue
September 17, 2020
- Geert Maarse
‘The Public Prosecution Service has really crossed a line here’

Relations between the defence and the public prosecutors in the Marengo Trial have…
The Issue
September 17, 2020
Geert Maarse
Opinion
August 31, 2020
- Philip van Moll
‘Online education perfectly complements pre-COVID education’

In the final months of the past academic year, the university decided to – indeed, was…
Opinion
August 31, 2020
Philip van Moll

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Minister lets universities decide on binding study advice

Despite all the fuss, Education Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven does not plan to ask…