The workload for instructors and lecturers in Academia has been mounting for decades. This past academic year saw a pandemic and a concurrent increase in student enrolment, which has made a bad situation worse, especi…

https://www.un.org/en/observances/women-and-girls-in-science-day Unfortunately this day will have to be fully online. In Groningen, many women will be contributing to lessons in High-schools, as well as other activities.

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I am currently a member of the University Council of Groningen University in the Netherlands. In the upcoming elections I once again hope to be elected to the council. I have enjoyed working with the diverse team in o…

https://www.youtube.com/embed/lHuE58AEr3M This very nice video was produced by students from UCG under guidance from Oksana Kavastyuk: As a part of the educational research (Comenius project) at the UCG, students inve…

In the UCG Mars projects we have assumed that human residents on Mars would use MOXIE to produce breathable Oxygen. Earlier this week NASA announced that they had done another successful test with Perseverance, this t…

Dear friends and colleagues, The University Council and faculty councils have their elections this week. As you probably know, I am once again on the ballot for the personnel faction. If you have not voted yet, I urge…

Vandaag stonden twee artikelen in de UKrant die elkaar aardig aanvullen. Een column van mijn Collega URaads lid Casper Albers met de quote in de titel, en een verslag over de brief van de inspectie , die geen aanleidi…

In an article from Lucy Avaramidou (RUG) and Justin Dillon, the authors argue that education reform (in the UK) is necessary. While the data quoted pertains to the UK, I think the observations are much more general: t…

Below I have copied an article my father wrote in "De Psycholoog" 21 years ago. The article is in Dutch, but has an English summary at the end. Unfortunately, not much seems to have changed in the intervening 21 year…