Tag: UNIVERSITY OF UTRECHT
Less English at university should reduce the number of foreign students
The measures are mainly aimed at bachelor’s degrees. Currently, 30 percent of them are English-speaking. “We want to significantly reduce that share,” Anton Pijpers, chairman of the Executive Board of…
GGD warns against wood burning: ‘Very worrying for public health’
Utrecht – Wood stoves and fireplaces account for almost a quarter of all particulate matter emissions in the Netherlands and, according to the GGD, this is “worrisome to very concerning…
Noise pollution ruling Schiphol also affects the Utrecht flight path
What is the lawsuit about?The Right to Protection against Aircraft Nuisance (RBV) foundation wants the government to enforce the noise standards of the World Health Organization WHO. The foundation notes…
Should sex education become a compulsory subject in higher education? ‘It’s not a nice subject’
The HKU, which has been working more intensively on the theme for four years, has drawn up a code of conduct in 2022 with the aim of combating undesirable behavior…
Nora and Lucas most popular Utrecht children’s names
Bloothooft does see a similarity between the names: “When we look at Julia’s brothers and sisters, we often come across the top names Emma, Sophie, Olivia, Noah and Lucas. For…
Hypothermic Bløf still died, Utrecht University investigates washed-up sea turtle
Bløf had probably ended up in the wrong wave stream, Jaap van der Hiele of the Sea Animals Rescue Team previously told Broadcasting Zeeland. According to him, the cold water…
Beached sea turtle Bløf died, animal for research at Utrecht University
Bløf had probably ended up in the wrong wave stream, Jaap van der Hiele of the Sea Animals Rescue Team previously told Broadcasting Zeeland. According to him, the cold water…
In this Amersfoort district, residents will now drive their own buses, is this the best way to maintain public transport?
What do you do if the fixed bus line is in danger of disappearing from your neighborhood? You can of course just give up, but in Amersfoort’s Soesterkwartier they decided…
No bluetongue in weakened and distressed deer
Yet the deer were not in perfect health, as it turned out. Five of the eight had lungworms. The rainy autumn could easily be the reason for this, according to…
Language in election manifestos is a difficult ‘storehouse of information’, say Utrecht researchers
The language used in election manifestos is too difficult for many people. This is the conclusion of Utrecht linguists Henk Pander Maat and Leo Letz after an analysis of eleven…