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  • 28-09-2023 Artificial Intelligence

    How helpful is ChatGPT for your studies? Complete the survey

    Complete the short survey on ChatGPT and help EM find out how pervasive AI is in a…

  • SKADI_roeivereniging_Gilles Luyendijk_Fabien Schoenmakers_Annemijn de Kleer_sept2023_Hilde-Speet_3000
    21-09-2023 Mental health

    Since Niels’ death, Skadi wants to be an association for everyone more than ever

    The wide smile that everyone knew 23-year-old Niels van Rooijen for gradually faded over…

  • Duurzaam gedrag studenten milieu sustainability voetafdruk_Josine Henneken
    19-09-2023 Sustainability

    RSM students willing to live more sustainable, still one in five commutes by car sometimes

    Many students want to behave more sustainable but following through is often difficult in…

  • 12-09-2023 Students

    Carly lost her mother the day after she heard that she had passed her degree

    Carly van den Bos (23) doesn’t want to hide her grief. She wants to talk about mother,…

  • contract handtekening signature
    07-09-2023 Staff

    Many more EUR employees given permanent contract in 2022

    The number of employees on permanent contracts at Erasmus University increased…

  • Pi Cheng Hu – students wellbeing 2023_Aysha Gasanova
    17-08-2023 Mental health

    ‘I wanted to get help as far back as I was 15 – but it took nine years for me to share my story’

    Nearly half of all young people suffer from psychological issues: twice as many as ten…

  • students_wellbeing_2023_Erin_van_Gestel_01_Aysha Gasanova
    07-09-2023 Mental health

    ‘In a way, I was getting to know my father better, eleven years after his death’

    Bijna de helft van alle jongeren kampt met psychische problemen, dubbel zoveel als tien…

  • students_wellbeing_2023_Anne_Sliphorst_01
    31-08-2023 Mental health

    ‘My brain felt like a big black block of sticky tar’

    Almost half of all young people struggle with mental health problems, twice as many as…

  • studentenhuis fietsen kamers
    07-09-2023 Housing

    Students demand an additional 75,000 extra housing before 2030

    Student organisations, including Rotterdamse Kamer van Verenigingen, are calling on…

  • 29-08-2023 Students

    Why these students are joining these associations

    During the Eurekaweek, many first and second-year students join an association or a…

  • 16-08-2023 From the editors

    Jobs! EM seeks aspiring journalists

    If you are an Erasmus University student who would like to get experience and work in…

  • 24-08-2023 Students

    ‘My guide kissed someone from your group too, right?’

    Als de evenementen van de Eurekaweek aflopen gaat het feest voor eerstejaars gewoon door…

  • Gender neutrale toiletten door Jowan de Haan
    24-07-2023 Campus

    Campus Woudestein to have all-gender toilets

    Eleven buildings on campus Woudestein are to have all-gender toilets. No major…

  • Internationale namen – komma- streepje – puntje_Bart Huijser
    19-06-2023 Students

    Hyphens and full stops as names for international students: ‘It feels like the country is rejecting you’

    Under the Dutch system, international students who do not have a surname are given a…

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    12-06-2023 Students

    Tuition fees for refugee students remain sky high

    Refugee students without a residence permit are having to pay thousands of euros in…

  • 08-06-2023 Housing

    New message from your landlord: pay up or start looking for a new place!

    As they renew their housing contracts for next year, students are concerned about the…

  • 06-06-2023 Students

    First-generation student Romy owes her parents a lot. ‘I’m so lucky to have you’

    Romy didn’t mind that her parents didn’t know much about the university or her degree…

  • Rashmi Baldew en moeder Sita 0523-001_Levien Willemse
    05-06-2023 Students

    First-generation student Rashmi engages in conversation with her mother: ‘I never realised that you were even more nervous than I was’

    Master's student Rashmi is the first in her family to attend university. It was a…

  • Parents of first generation students 1 – eerste generatie studenten_3000_Migle Alonderyte
    05-06-2023 Students

    A great deal of pride – and a little apprehension. That’s what it’s like to be a parent of a first-generation student

    Going to higher education is not just a new experience for students who are the first in…

  • Stock illustratie BSA Bindend Studie Advies hoogspringen_Josine Henneken
    30-05-2023 Education

    Lower BSA is a ‘signal against performance pressure’, experts warn that the bar should not be set too low

    The plan to lower the binding study advice is a ‘dramatically bad proposal’, says…

  • 01-06-2023 Student of the Year election

    Hassnae Boubrik won the Student of the Year election

    The audience cheered when presenters David Boeren and Tessa Hofland announced at the end…

  • 11-05-2023 Students

    ‘Dutch-speaking students only’: internationals often not welcome on the boards of faculty associations (yet)

    Many faculty associations opened their vacancies for new board members recently. However,…

  • Dutch-Student-Championship-Team-sailing-competition_10_Aysha Gasanova
    16-05-2023 Sport

    Rotterdam students triumph at the students’ team sailing championship

    The Rotterdam Students’ Sailing Association RSZV won the Dutch student sailing…

  • bsa-bindend-studieadvies-nominaal-is-normaal-bas-van-der-schot binding study advice
    11-05-2023 Education

    Minister wants maximum binding study advice of 30 credits

    The bar is going down: first-year students will soon only have to achieve 30 of the 60…

  • Students of the Year 2023_nominaties_nominees_AmranMahamed-SüheylUyar&TevfikÇiçek-PimdeBoon-AlexHuang-ReneedeGroot_Thanh Nguyen
    11-05-2023 Student of the Year election

    Vote now for the Student of the Year!

    Who will be the next Student of the Year? Alex, Amran, Hassnae, Pim, Renee or Süheyl and…

  • Pim de Boon_Students of the year_student van het jaar_May2023_3360_Thanh Nguyen
    11-05-2023 Student of the Year election

    Pim is committed to medical students: ‘Doctors are taught to care for others – not for themselves’

    Dedicating yourself to furthering the interests of medical students means working toward…

  • Amran Mahamed_Students of theyear_May2023_ErasmusMC_3360_Thanh Nguyen
    11-05-2023 Student of the Year election

    ‘The embodiment of helpfulness’ Amran believes in equal opportunities for everyone

    From giving guidance to the Somali community to helping organize multiple charity…

  • Süheyl Uyar and Tevfik Çiçek_Students of theyear 2023_3360_Thanh Nguyen
    10-05-2023 Student of the Year election

    Süheyl and Tevfik flew to Turkey to help earthquake victims

    Süheyl and Tevfik immediately took action when a series of heavy earthquakes hit Turkey…

  • Renee de Groot_Students of the year_student van het jaar_May2023_3360_Thanh Nguyen
    09-05-2023 Student of the Year election

    ‘People play football and have a beer together, but mental health deserves attention as well’

    Chair Renee de Groot would like nothing better than to see all members and colleagues at…

  • AlexHuang_Studentsoftheyear_Studentvanhetjaar_nominatie_May2023_3360_ThanhNguyen
    08-05-2023 Student of the Year election

    ‘If I wasn’t queer I would be an asshole.’ Diversity officer Alex just wants to make students feel at home

    Driven by his past, encounters with inequality, and sentimental family memorabilia,…

  • Hassnae Boubrik_Studentsoftheyear_May2023_ErasmusMC_3360_Thanh Nguyen
    08-05-2023 Student of the Year election

    Hassnae wants to be the role model she didn’t have

    Hassnae Boubrik (20) is a third-year medical student at Erasmus MC. She grew up in…

  • EM WP-Student of the Year-2023-Femke Legué
    26-04-2023 Student of the Year election

    These are the finalists for Student of the Year

    The six finalists for the Student of the Year election have been announced. Alex Huang,…

  • Promotie Apoorva Nanjangud – Levien Willemse
    04-05-2022 The PhD Defence

    How a Bollywood blockbuster led to tourism in Iceland

    How a dancing scene in a Bollywood blockbuster led to a rise of Indian tourists to…

  • 28-06-2022 The PhD Defence

    Why political discontent does not always equal apathy

    In the Netherlands, political discontent generally manifests itself in people either…

  • Malte Dewies 1022-008 – Levien Willemse
    19-10-2022 The PhD Defence

    How to nudge citizens into keeping their streets clean

    How can you ‘manipulate’ residents into putting their garbage in the container or…

  • 24-02-2023 The PhD Defence

    ‘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…

  • Débora Póvoa 0423-006 maart 2023_Levien Willemse
    26-04-2023 The PhD Defence

    Why film tourism in Brazil doesn’t always bring the ‘Downton Abbey effect’

    Film professionals and policy makers should be aware of the local power dynamics if they…

  • Paul Joy Deep_ De Promotie – Levien Willemse
    28-03-2022 The PhD Defence

    ‘Despite the steep growth in online grocery shopping, no-one is making money yet’

    How can trucks delivering groceries be more efficient, and how can home delivery services…

  • 28-04-2023 EM TV

    ‘Student union can help you apply for rent reduction’

    EUR-student Elisa Weehuizen wordt de nieuwe voorzitter van de landelijke studentenbond…

  • 18-04-2023 Students

    These students devised a solution for the nuisance in Kralingen

    A service where students help other residents with odd jobs. That is the solution that…

  • Virginia ‘Twiggy’ Verburg-Willems 0323-019
    22-03-2023 Profile

    Alumna Virginia Verburg wanted to become a chartered accountant, but now gives flying lessons in the Royal Netherlands Air Force

    Virginia Verburg studied Business Administration and Accounting and Control. Nonetheless,…

  • Maarten Belllaard 1_Pietro Carbucicchio
    27-02-2023 Profile

    This alumnus became a goat farmer in Norway, and now he builds camper vans in North Brabant

    Alumni tell us about the dreams they chased and why they decided to do something…

  • 10-04-2023 Profile

    Alumna Daniëlle van de Geer wants to be a chef: ‘Doing what you enjoy is really the way to go’

    Students do not always know what they want to do after they graduate. Alumni tell us why…

  • 16-02-2023 Profile

    As economics student Tim Gouw made jokes about it, now he is stay-at-home dad

    Tim Gouw studied Economics and Marketing in Rotterdam, now he has been home for 3 years…

  • 30-03-2023 Analysis

    Why the word ‘beer’ isn’t allowed anymore. Five questions and answers on the university’s alcohol policy

    In 2018, the university committed to the National Prevention Agreement. The goal: to have…

  • Rugby RSRC team – derby Utrecht_1_26.3.2023_Aysha Gasanova
    28-03-2023 Sport

    Underdog rugby team surprises a lot of people, including themselves

    From the bottom of the second division to competing for the first division championship…

  • EM WP-Student of the Year-2023-Femke Legué
    22-03-2023 Students

    Nominate a student for the Student of the Year election

    Submit your nomination for Student of the Year now! Studium Generale and Erasmus Magazine…

  • 23-03-2023 Students

    Medical interns helped earthquake victims in Turkey: ‘This is why I’m studying Medicine’

    Medical interns Süheyl Uyar and Tevfik Çiçek and general practitioner and PhD…

  • 21-03-2023 Politics

    BBB wins: what are the consequences for higher education?

    The new political party BoerBurgerBeweging (Farmer–Citizen Movement) has won the…

  • A trial run is already underway for the debate. Students have been asked to take the places of the politicians.
    15-03-2023 Students

    Plenty of security, walkie-talkies and fifty pizzas. Behind the scenes at the EenVandaag Election Debate

    The day of the EenVandaag Election Debate started out very relaxed for the students…

  • 09-03-2023 Students

    Student Hazem forced out of house due to danger of collapsed facade

    Hazem Omran had to leave his house on Sunday morning. The facade of his home on the 1e…

  • 10-03-2023 In Pictures

    Campus as catwalk: ‘When I’m studying, I choose comfort over chic’

    Which outfits do students go for when spending the day studying in Polak or the…

  • love lab-liefde-valentijn-love-Femke Legué
    14-02-2023 Love is in the EUR

    An open conversation with students about flirting, fluid love and friends with benefits

    Love and relationships sometimes seem so complicated nowadays. Navigating dating apps,…

  • 23-01-2023 In Pictures

    A dip in an ice-cold Kralingse Plas: ‘I should have put on my socks’

    It is just above zero, but the wind makes it feel considerably colder on the beach of the…

  • 12-01-2023 Students

    Better flossing and an end to war, that’s what students want in 2023

    Students talk about their resolutions for the coming year.

  • 16-01-2023 Campus

    You can relax in this ‘strangely shaped box’ in the University Library

    Students and staff can take a moment for themselves in the meditation pod without having…

  • wico-verbaan-vierkant-2_0
    10-01-2023 Staff

    Wico Verbaan has started in his new role as ombudsperson

    Erasmus University has a new ombudsman. Since the new year, Wico Verbaan has been filling…

  • Bloemlezing inclusiviteit inclusive campus _Migle Alonderyte
    12-12-2022 Diversity

    Students and staff about diversity: from ‘fear of cancellation’ to ‘toxic climate’

    How do staff and students perceive racism, bullying or ostracism? And what effects have…

  • 13-12-2022 In Pictures

    ‘Dyed hair is a bit of a rebellion’

    What does diversity look like through the eyes of a photographer? Thanh Nguyen studies…

  • 15-12-2022 EM TV

    EM TV: How Ukrainian students experience the war

    In this latest episode of EM TV, Daria Dubenko and Bohdan Markiv look back on 2022. The…

  • Total landscape research diversity_Jowan de Haan
    08-12-2022 Diversity

    Gender quota, rainbow crossings and decolonisation. What diversity policy in higher education looks like

    From a more inclusive curriculum to a rainbow zebra crossing and targets for female…

  • Aura Mkaryan wensboom Iran – josephine hartmann
    01-12-2022 Campus

    Wish tree on campus to support students in Iran

    Students handed out roses to passers-by between the Erasmus Pavilion and the food court…

  • 28-11-2022 Protest

    Police clear Sanders building, about ten protesters led away

    Students and staff of OccupyEUR left the Sanders Building around 6.30pm on Monday…

  • 28-11-2022 Campus

    Activists occupy Sanders building Erasmus University

    Some forty people occupied the Sanders building on the Woudestein campus on Monday…

  • 23-11-2022 Sport

    No World Cup boycott on campus

    Controversial World Cup or not, several places on campus hosted the Netherlands' first…

  • 23-11-2022 Students

    Parliamentary questions about brand-new yet inaccessible Langeveld building

    Dutch MPs Lucille Werner, Harry van der Molen and Jaco Geurts asked parliamentary…

  • 17-11-2022 Students

    Criticism of the (lack of) accessibility to the Langeveld building for people with functional impairments

    Long before the Langeveld building was completed, Erasmus University had been warned that…

  • 10-11-2022 Campus

    Langeveld Building named after Rotterdam’s first female professor

    The new education building bears Henny Langeveld's name. She was Rotterdam's first woman…

  • 10-11-2022 In Pictures

    Campus as catwalk: what do you wear under your gown?

    Hip, hip, hooray! The university is 109 and so EUR is celebrating Dies Natalis…

  • De voetbaltafel is eigenlijk altijd wel bezet_foto door Shrey Khurana
    01-11-2022 Campus

    Last days to enjoy the Living Room, ‘the only stress-free place at the university’

    The tent may be leaving, but the Living Room that has become so dear to many students…

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    01-11-2022 Money

    ‘They’re putting half a per cent interest on it now, and that might not even be the end of it’

    After six years of interest-free borrowing, the interest rate on student loans is…

  • Iran-protest-banner-22_Shrey-Khurana-scaled-1
    20-10-2022 Politics

    ‘Woman, life, freedom’: students show solidarity with Iranian and Afghan women at Markthal

    A group of around seventy students gathered next to the Markthal on Monday afternoon for…

  • De verwarming blijft bij veel studenten voorlopig nog uit.
    10-10-2022 Money

    Working more, taking cold showers and still in financial straits

    Three students share how they are dealing with the rising cost of living.

  • 10-10-2022 Research

    How do you experience diversity at Erasmus University? Take part in our survey

    Erasmus Magazine, along with nearly all other media publications at Dutch universities,…

  • 29-09-2022 Column

    Erasmus University is turning 50! Or is it?

    Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of Erasmus University. But can we celebrate…

  • Yayi Zhang en Pengfei Li 2022 – Levien Willemse
    06-10-2022 Science

    ‘Requirement to be loyal to the Chinese Communist Party is only symbolic’

    Anonymous academics filed a complaint about the preconditions in a Chinese scholarship…

  • 10-10-2022 Opinion

    ‘Being a wheelchair user at EUR was not that great already. So, they made it worse’

    It’s ironic that the rainbow path, a symbol of inclusivity, is situated in a spot that…

  • Gasrekening-warmetruien-JosineHenneken
    28-09-2022 Campus

    University’s energy bill expected to increase by over one million euros in 2023

    Our University will likely spend an additional 1.1 million euros on energy in 2023. This…

  • From top left to bottom right: Letthe, Hazem, Audrey, Linda and Kyra on a summer’s day on the campus
    03-08-2022 Students

    Work, take a break, have fun! And more study tips from students with a functional impairment

    Studying has its ups and downs, and students with a functional impairment sometimes need…

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    25-08-2022 Housing

    Scores of students in Rotterdam hostels: ‘I have to pay over a thousand euros for accommodation, but I don’t have any other choice’

    Whereas first-year students were forced to stay in hostels in 2019, this year things are…

  • Ferayed Hok
    16-08-2022 From the editors

    Positions available: EM seeks aspiring journalists

    If you are an Erasmus University student who would like to get experience and work in…

  • 17-08-2022 Eurekaweek

    Fifty Eurekaweeks: Half the students walked out during one theatre performance

    In 1983, the Eurekaweek committee led by Michel La Poutre and Peter Colon chose an…

  • Eurekaweek 2022 RSG foto Alisa Mahaletska (19)
    17-08-2022 Eurekaweek

    Visiting the student association on the bright pink carpet of the RSG: ‘A whole new world is opening up to me’

    The first evening of Eurekaweek is also about familiarising yourself with the many…

  • Skadi terras 2020_eurekaweek_foto door Amber Leijen
    16-08-2022 Eurekaweek

    Skadi adjusts programme Eurekaweek after death of board member

    Rowing association Skadi is scrapping three of the four Eurekaweek parties after the…

  • Crowd-2-Eurekaweek-opening-ceramony-Event-August-2022-Ali-Alshamayleh-1
    15-08-2022 Eurekaweek

    Festive opening of Eurekaweek, with a sad lining

    During the opening ceremony in Ahoy, there was joy and fun, but the speakers also…

  • eurekaweek_2023_03
    15-08-2022 Eurekaweek

    International Day: tote bags, stand-up comedy and a thousand students

    On Sunday, international students have an ‘extra’ day of Eureka. Think 37 information…

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    11-08-2022 Housing

    Did you find housing or are you still looking? Please share your story

    Universities around the Netherlands have warned for a serious housing shortage this year.…

  • 30-06-2022 Students

    Linda: Students with disabilities do not want to be treated as special, ‘we want to be heard’

    What is it like to study if you have a functional impairment? There are often additional…

  • 18-07-2022 Summer series

    Why Tilburg is just a bit better than Rotterdam in terms of nature

    Although she loves the city, the hustle and bustle, the people and the convenience,…

  • Geisje_EM_AnnelienBredenoord09
    18-07-2022 Interview

    Rector magnificus: ‘University has to become more accessible for students with functional impairment’

    The university has to become more accessible to students who have a functional…

  • Tessa Hofland zomerserie 2022 Texel – Hans Hofland
    12-07-2022 Summer series

    Wide open views, meadow birds and wild orchids: go and check out Plassendaal on Texel

    Editor Tessa Hofland is not the greatest beach fan. A walk is fine, watching a sunset is…

  • Hazem Omran juni 2022 – Ronald van den Heerik
    22-06-2022 Students

    Lazy, lax or loud? Teach teachers how we really are, says Hazem with ADHD

    "You should try walking in the shoes of someone who has ADHD, autism or some other mental…

  • student house
    22-06-2022 EM TV

    Rotterdam ‘biggest frat house’: ‘The neighbours are chill about our parties’

    In this series we find out how Erasmus students live by taking a look at different…

  • 30-06-2022 Campus

    Instagram phenomenon RSM Toilet review: ‘On the toilet in Sanders, it smells like candy’

    Two toilet connoisseurs and Business Administration students shine their Instagram light…

  • 16-06-2022 Students

    Everyone can learn from people with autism, says Audrey with autism

    Audrey Ng-a-Tham would like a ‘recovery week’ after exams, for people both with and…

  • Chatterbox_1
    15-06-2022 EM TV

    EM TV Chatterbox: What do you not want to see again next year?

    Just a few more moments and this academic year will be over. And what a year it has been.…

  • fietsen-wonen-kralingen-studenten-studeren-op-kamers-huisvesting-sanne-van-der-most-1280×853
    16-06-2022 Housing

    ‘Find a place to live before you come to Rotterdam’

    As in previous years, the International Office expects a severe shortage of student…

  • Student of the Year_Sandra_The Bye Bye Show 2022-Ali Alshamayleh
    15-06-2022 Student of the Year election

    Sandra Garstka is winner of the Student of the Year election

    "Wow!" That was the first word that Sandra Garstka uttered when presenters Tessa Hofland…

  • 09-06-2022 Students

    Letthe: ‘I don’t understand why people with a functional impairment have to work so much harder’

    Letthe Riemen does not need to think twice. How can the university become a better place…

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