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  • Science
    March 22, 2024
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
    Promotie EMC promovenda PhD

    Record number of women awarded PhDs by universities

    Last academic year, more women than men were awarded a PhD. The difference was bigger…

    Science
    March 22, 2024
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
  • Diversity
    May 16, 2023
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau

    Men twice as likely to obtain a PhD with honours

    Doctoral dissertations produced by men are almost twice as likely to receive the…

    Diversity
    May 16, 2023
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
  • The PhD Defence
    February 24, 2023
    • Tara Lewis

    ‘Having a supportive environment is crucial when you’re working on your PhD’

    Teachers should regard students' migration backgrounds as a rich breeding ground of…

    The PhD Defence
    February 24, 2023
    • Tara Lewis
  • The PhD Defence
    December 13, 2022
    • Tara Lewis

    ‘If you tell your patient that smoking is stupid, you’ll never understand why they smoke’

    People who struggle to quit smoking are often also vulnerable, says Leonieke Breunis, who…

    The PhD Defence
    December 13, 2022
    • Tara Lewis
  • Page-turners
    December 6, 2022
    • Maartje Braam
    Benjamin Mullins – Ronald van den Heerik

    Benjamin Mullins traded in working as a chef in London for philosophy

    Benjamin Mullins dropped out of school in his English town at the tender age of 15. He…

    Page-turners
    December 6, 2022
    • Maartje Braam
  • Science
    December 1, 2022
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
    Doctorsbul na een promotie

    The Netherlands has a lot of PhD candidates with their ‘own’ funding

    More than half of the PhD candidates at Dutch universities (55 percent) are in…

    Science
    December 1, 2022
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
  • The PhD Defence
    November 9, 2022
    • Tara Lewis
    Qian Huang Promotie 1022-009 – Levien Willemse

    ‘Vigilantes are targeting people who are not patriotic enough, or who say critical things about China’

    In China, people are sometimes shamed online because they are ‘not patriotic enough’.…

    The PhD Defence
    November 9, 2022
    • Tara Lewis
  • Research
    May 9, 2022
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
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    For the first time, more women than men obtain PhDs

    Last academic year, more women than men obtained PhDs at the university, which is…

    Research
    May 9, 2022
    • Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
  • Staff
    April 13, 2022
    • Elmer Smaling
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    PhD students want six more months for all PhD students due to the pandemic

    PhD students want six more months for all PhD students due to the pandemic

    Staff
    April 13, 2022
    • Elmer Smaling
  • The PhD Defence
    November 11, 2021
    • Ferayed Hok

    ‘Gay men and women still face discrimination on the European job market’

    Discrimination of gay men and women on the job market is still a big problem in Europe.…

    The PhD Defence
    November 11, 2021
    • Ferayed Hok
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