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UIT board on the look!!

Are you interested in doing a board year from November and organise Utrecht’s biggest student event? Then sign up for a board year of the UIT! The UIT is looking for a new board for 2024! Are you an organizational talent who wants to familiarize new students with Utrecht? Then sign up as UIT board!…

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U.S.C.K.I. Incognito Symposium on Digital Climate

Dear Albi(oneers), [Sympo] Digital Climate Symposium Friday 16th of June 9:30 – 16:45 Boothzaal, University Library USP Sign up link: https://www.cognitoforms.com/FMPrins/IncognitoSymposium2023DigitalClimate Are you curious about the impact of AI on our physical and digital surroundings? How humans and AI interact can influence long-term human behaviour? Would you like to learn what AI can do for…

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Improving international student wellbeing!

Dear student,   Are you an international student? And would you like to join us in a brainstorm how we could improve international student wellbeing (and receive a gift card for your help)?   We’ve received various signs that international students experience difficulties during their studies that impact their wellbeing and their study progress. To…

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YOUTH SPEAK FORUM

Dear Albi(oneers), On May 26th, 2023, AIESEC is organizing the Youth Speak Forum event in collaboration with Erasmus University Rotterdam,  where young people (350+) from different parts of the Netherlands will come together to discuss the SDGs and their involvement in achieving these goals together with the business such as Unilever, EY, FMO, Tony’s Chocolonely…

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Against Ageism: Gender Studies + MCL event, 23 May

On May 23, 2023, the Graduate Gender Studies programme and the Modern and Contemporary Literature Research Group (ICON) organise a book launch of Simon(e) van Saarloos’ new book Against Ageism. A Queer Manifesto. Time: 16:00 – 17:30 (followed by drinks) Location:  Janskerkhof 15A, room 001   Writer, scholar and activist Simon(e) van Saarloos will be joined by Eva Hayward (Media…

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DUB Internship Survey

Dear Albi(oneers), DUB conducts research into the experiences of UU students with their internship. These can be good and less good experiences. The latter can, for example, concern problems in the internship supervision, the workload or undesirable behaviour. They hope that as many students as possible will want to participate in order to ensure that…

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Internship Meeting

The curriculum in your second and third Bachelor’s year is partly dependent on how you choose to fill in your optional course profile. Doing an internship as elective is an option. But what does an internship look like and where could you do an internship? And is doing an internship something for you? Why do…

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Wellbeing Week(s) UU

Hey there! In less than two weeks it’ll be that time of the year again: the UU Wellbeing Week(s) will take place! The ninth edition will take place from 8 May to 17 May at several locations in Utrecht. Registrations will open on Wednesday 26 April at 10:00 AM and we want this to be…

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Blok4 Shack Hours Schedule

Dear Albi, The Spring Break is coming to an end :(. We, the Board and Candidate Board, hope you have managed to recharge, and that you have had a grand time during these two weeks off <3. With every new Blok, a new schedule for the Shack Hours is presented! This is the new schedule…

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LingUU Call for Papers

Dear Albi, For LingUU’s next publication cycle they’re looking for new papers to publish and they’re looking for new board members. They would love to welcome students from the BA for the position of PR manager or treasurer. You can rest assure you don’t need to be afraid of LingUU, they are very nice 😉…

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Student’s Outstanding Social Impact Award Nomination

Dear Albi, Every year Utrecht University presents an award to the UU student who excels in the social field. From this year onwards, this award goes by the name of student award ‘Social Impact’. Last year, the prize went to Kimia Milani Sabzewar, who is fully committed to supporting refugees with her founded foundation Abadi….

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NWIB Summer School

Are you a 2nd or 3rd-year Bachelor’s student and looking for a summer of learning and adventure? Check out the NWIB Summer School on Urban Heritage in Athens, Florence and Rome! From the impact of tourism on ecology to the complexities surrounding the preservation and ownership of cultural heritage, the contemporary issues faced by these…

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The elections for the faculty council are coming up

Dear Albi, The elections for the faculty council are coming up again, and therefore UU are looking for enthusiastic students who want to have a say in the policy of our faculty. UU are organizing information evenings to inform students about what a council year entails and how you can nominate yourself for the faculty…

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How do students travel to UU?

Dear Albi, Utrecht University is conducting a large-scale, three-yearly study into mobility and how we can improve it and make it more sustainable for students and staff. The input of students is very important for this, but unfortunately this response remains very underrepresented in the study so far. Therefore, my question to you: do you…

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