{"id":121234,"date":"2020-12-17T13:07:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T12:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=121234"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:18","slug":"unexpected-departure-of-rutger-engels-the-university-has-been-left-orphaned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/12\/17\/unexpected-departure-of-rutger-engels-the-university-has-been-left-orphaned\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected departure of Rutger Engels: The university has been left orphaned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Rutger Engels officially bade farewell as Rector Magnificus of the Erasmus University. As the figurehead of the new strategy for creating more impact through science. As an advocate for more diversity and inclusion on campus and in lecture halls. And as an advocate for student welfare.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/03163205\/rutger-engels-opening-academisch-jaar-2019-foto-ronald-van-den-heerik-73-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139183\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/03163205\/rutger-engels-opening-academisch-jaar-2019-foto-ronald-van-den-heerik-73-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139183 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/03163205\/rutger-engels-opening-academisch-jaar-2019-foto-ronald-van-den-heerik-73-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139183 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/03163205\/rutger-engels-opening-academisch-jaar-2019-foto-ronald-van-den-heerik-73-875x584.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139183 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/03163205\/rutger-engels-opening-academisch-jaar-2019-foto-ronald-van-den-heerik-73-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139183 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/03163205\/rutger-engels-opening-academisch-jaar-2019-foto-ronald-van-den-heerik-73-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139183 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/03163205\/rutger-engels-opening-academisch-jaar-2019-foto-ronald-van-den-heerik-73-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139183 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/03163205\/rutger-engels-opening-academisch-jaar-2019-foto-ronald-van-den-heerik-73.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139183 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><span>Rutger Engels at the opening of the academic year 2019.<\/span><\/p> <p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/ronald-van-den-heerik\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Ronald van den Heerik<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read more<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/01185932\/rutger-engels_ronald-2-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139182\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/01185932\/rutger-engels_ronald-2-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139182 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/01185932\/rutger-engels_ronald-2-1280x854-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139182 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/01185932\/rutger-engels_ronald-2-1280x854-875x584.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139182 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/01185932\/rutger-engels_ronald-2-1280x854-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139182 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/01185932\/rutger-engels_ronald-2-1280x854-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139182 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/12\/03\/farewell-interview-rutger-engels-ive-managed-to-form-a-coalition-of-the-willing\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tFarewell interview Rutger Engels: \u2018I&#8217;ve managed to form a coalition of the willing&#8217;\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2020-12-03\">3 December 2020<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBoard\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>A wonderful job for a very ambitious professor, if you read it as such. There is plenty to do at this university to keep yourself occupied for years to come, and all the more now that the crisis is here. Yet Engels is bidding farewell before his four-year term is up. Even now, nobody really knows why. His departure has led to lots of questions and speculation behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>The official explanation is that thanks to the corona crisis, Engels has come to realise that he would rather use his knowledge and expertise (as a professor of psychopathology) to help young people who are struggling. Not as a counsellor, by the way, nor as a full-time professor in a lab, as he himself describes it, but over time as director of an organisation more suited to his own field of expertise.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support<\/h2><p>The fact that he is leaving behind friends and foes who are astonished by this choice is also demonstrated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/11\/24\/upon-the-departure-of-the-rector-we-would-have-loved-to-keep-going-with-you-as-our-figurehead\/?noredirect=en_US\">unusual action of a large group of direct staff members<\/a> who expressed support for the rector\u2019s decisions and vision in an open letter on the EM website. They voiced the hope that the university will stay on the path it has taken with its new strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, there are few people on campus who think that this is the \u2018whole story.\u2019 Of the diverse group of people that EM spoke to about the underlying reasons for the rector\u2019s departure, everyone agrees that Engels is a researcher at heart and that they do understand his decision to devote time and attention to his own professional field.<\/p>\n<p>But why does this have to be so sudden? Within the various fora of the university, those concerned are sincerely \u2013 albeit off the record \u2013 wondering why the rector is not finishing his first term when he only has a year and a half to go.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No serious misconduct<\/h2>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\t\u2018People in these kinds of positions are never sent away\u2019\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>There seems to be no personal reason for the rector leaving that has been kept under wraps. Nor is there any indication that serious misconduct was the underlying cause of the dissolution of the Rector\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Rutger Engels has not been forced to leave, but he is definitely going. Or as an insider in managerial circles of the university puts it: \u201cPeople in these kinds of positions are never sent away.\u201d In other words, an executive does the honourable thing when their position is under pressure.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Relief<\/h2><p>Could this be the case? Because no matter how disappointed one part of the university seems to be, according to the open letter in which people say they \u2018would prefer to carry on with the rector as the figurehead,\u2019 for others his departure is a relief.<\/p>\n<p>There is no real sorrow on the corporate and legal side of the campus. With a background in psychopathology but no business qualifications, Rutger Engels was always seen by some as an outsider. Engels was also the first rector of the EUR who did not come from within their own ranks, and his appointment dashed the ambitions of one or more in-house professors who had aspired to the highest office.<\/p>\n<p>Nor was the strategy of creating social impact applauded by adherents of the traditional, monodisciplinary practice of science.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expensive gimmick<\/h2><p>Keen scrutiny of the signatories of the open letter confirms that they consist mainly of colleagues who worked with Engels to accomplish the university\u2019s strategic goals: Increased diversity and inclusion as well as guiding scientific research towards a more interdisciplinary approach. One of the signatories acknowledges this conclusion. \u201cIt has been argued for years that the university should focus more on social impact, and this was done under Rutger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the ambitious <em>Strategy 2024<\/em>, which is committed to <em>Societal Impact<\/em>, is seen as an expensive gimmick by the business side of the EUR. Engels, who was praised at other faculties for his innovative spirit, was not well understood at the largest and oldest faculties such as the Rotterdam School of Management, the Erasmus School of Economics and the Erasmus School of Law. These faculties had expected the corona crisis to have repercussions for the strategy, e.g., that it would be put on hold for a while. But nothing proved to be further from the truth.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Whipped cream, but no cake<\/h2>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\tWith more students but less money, those involved felt that there was money for whipped cream but not for cake\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>In particular, the fact that cutbacks across the faculties were announced despite the unprecedented work pressure hit hard. With more students but less money, those involved felt that there was money for whipped cream but not for cake.<\/p>\n<p>The substantial investments in a top-notch audio-visual centre and Hilversum-worthy productions centred on the Eureka week, the Opening of the Academic Year and the Dies Natalis were also viewed with misgivings by the already overburdened faculties.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the disaffection on the part of the faculties and deans was not a decisive factor in Engels\u2019 departure either, or at any rate there is no hard evidence to support that. Nor are there any indications of that from anyone we spoke to.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Small circle<\/h2><p>The fact that the announcement of Engels\u2019 departure took the rector\u2019s direct work circle so genuinely by surprise suggests that the crisis may have taken place within the smallest managerial circle of the Executive and Supervisory Boards.<\/p>\n<p>When asked, the Supervisory Board (which is effectively the employer of an Executive Board member), was disinclined to comment on this hypothesis.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone agrees on one thing: It does not look good that a university board member is leaving prematurely for the third time in just over a year. After the previous president, Kristel Baele, declined a second term, the third member, Roelien Ritsema van Eck, also announced her early resignation this autumn. And now the rector is not finishing his term, either. In addition to the damage to the university\u2019s image, are the interruptions that the departure of an executive inevitably brings with it \u2013 despite the efforts of an experienced interim rector.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Short straw<\/h2><p>A university is run by <em>\u2018collegial governance\u2019<\/em>, consisting (usually) of three members who form the Executive Board, namely the president, the rector magnificus and a third member. Ideally, the positions and personalities complement each other, and in order to keep things clear, all portfolios are always strictly defined.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\tWhen money suddenly starts to play a role and choices have to be made, things become very tense as to who gets the longest straw and who ends up with the shortest one\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>But when it comes to the direction of an institution, when money (after many prosperous years) suddenly starts to play a role and choices have to be made, things become very tense as to who gets the longest straw and who ends up with the shortest one. If you do draw the shortest straw, that may give rise to the question as to whether it might be better for you to use your talents elsewhere. That may well be a reason for an executive to leave.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bad for continuity<\/h2><p>The university, or certainly the large group of not the least significant researchers and supporters who signed the open letter to Rutger Engels, now remains orphaned.<\/p>\n<p>After all the outsiders who have been taken on in recent years, the widely held adage heard in the corridors is that it would be a good thing if the rector magnificus came from within their own ranks so as to re-establish stability. Because whatever the \u2018whole story\u2019 is concerning Rutger Engels\u2019 decision to step down, it is bad for continuity, something that friends and foes all agree on.<\/p>\n<p><em>With the cooperation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/arjan-paans\/\">Arjan Paans<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read more<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-violet  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/01185932\/rutger-engels_ronald-2-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139182\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/01185932\/rutger-engels_ronald-2-1280x854.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139182 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/01185932\/rutger-engels_ronald-2-1280x854-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139182 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/01185932\/rutger-engels_ronald-2-1280x854-875x584.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139182 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/01185932\/rutger-engels_ronald-2-1280x854-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139182 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/01185932\/rutger-engels_ronald-2-1280x854-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139182 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/11\/24\/upon-the-departure-of-the-rector-we-would-have-loved-to-keep-going-with-you-as-our-figurehead\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tUpon the departure of the rector: \u2018We would have loved to keep going with you as our figurehead\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2020-11-24\">24 November 2020<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tLetter to the editor\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"teaser-person\" class=\"relative flex gap-4 items-center md:gap-8\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"image:rounded-full image:size-20 image:aspect-square image:object-cover md:image:size-36 shrink-0\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Wieneke-Gunneweg_profielfoto-bol_Leroy-Verbeet-2026-1600x1600.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1768313465\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Wieneke-Gunneweg_profielfoto-bol_Leroy-Verbeet-2026-1600x1600.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1768313465 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Wieneke-Gunneweg_profielfoto-bol_Leroy-Verbeet-2026-875x875.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1768313465 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text-current\">Wieneke Gunneweg<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-md\">Editor-in-chief<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts\" class=\"alignfull py-6 md:py-8 lg:py-10 bg-white\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fixed\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-xl md:text-2xl\">Latest news<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"post-grid\" class=\"grid items-stretch grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8 text-zoom-lg:grid-cols-1\n\t\t\n\t\tlg:grid-cols-3\n\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/server-1235959_1920-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1777012514\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/server-1235959_1920-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1777012514 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/server-1235959_1920-500x282.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1777012514 500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/server-1235959_1920-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1777012514 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/24\/aivd-blijft-waarschuwen-voor-diefstal-van-kennis\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tAIVD continues to warn about knowledge theft\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-24\">24 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/server-1235959_1920-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1777012514\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/server-1235959_1920-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1777012514 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/server-1235959_1920-115x115.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1777012514 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/server-1235959_1920-230x230.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1777012514 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/24\/aivd-blijft-waarschuwen-voor-diefstal-van-kennis\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tAIVD continues to warn about knowledge theft\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-24\">24 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tIT\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IMG_6002-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776958636\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IMG_6002-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776958636 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IMG_6002-500x282.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776958636 500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IMG_6002-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776958636 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/23\/gesprongen-waterleiding-zorgt-voor-nodige-problemen-op-de-campus\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tBurst water pipe causes considerable problems on campus\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-23\">23 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" 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size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IMG_6002-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776958636\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IMG_6002-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776958636 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IMG_6002-115x115.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776958636 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IMG_6002-230x230.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776958636 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/23\/gesprongen-waterleiding-zorgt-voor-nodige-problemen-op-de-campus\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tBurst water pipe causes considerable problems on campus\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-23\">23 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] 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