The new academic year has begun, and that means a new faculty meeting with a new student section in the faculty council. During the meeting on September 24, 2024, we discussed, among other things, different types of appointments as well as the upcoming budget cuts. Additionally, the student section introduced itself with several interesting yearly…

As a student at UU, you probably have an opinion about the education you receive. Maybe you want lectures to be recorded by default; that food in the cafeteria should be cheaper or that there should be more electrical outlets in lecture halls. But on your own, it’s hard to make your voice heard. That’s…

The month of April begins (as is often the case) with April 1. And we couldn’t resist doing something with that. You may have noticed that in our faculty room photographs of all social and behavioral science professors hang on the walls, including most of the faculty board. However, at our April 2 meeting in…

It seems like January lasted at least 8 weeks, but it really is February now and that means … a new blog! What did the Faculty Council do in January? You can read it here! January began full of resolutions, New Year’s receptions and getting to know the new vice-deans . We were at the…

Happy New Year!!! Hopefully, you were able to relax and recharge a bit over the break before getting back to your studies. With the new year, many people also think of New Year’s resolutions. So what are FC’s resolutions? Resolution #1: We are going to put workload at study associations on the agenda with the…

Last week was the Inspraak! promotion week. A week all about the visibility of participation. We all had a wonderful time with tea, coffee, cookies and of course mug painting! Coffee, tea and mugs On Monday, the Inspraak! was waiting at the entrance to the Langeveld building with coffee, tea and cookies to chat with…

The days are getting shorter and it’s getting colder outside. But the seven of us continue unabated! With hot chocolate from the coffee machine in our Inspraak! mugs (and after last Wednesday: our self-decorated mugs!) and delicious home-baked brownies, we get through one meeting after another. Wondering what all of our meetings are about? You’ll…

Each year the student delegation of the Faculty Council (FR) has several annual themes. In addition to the standard tasks of the FC to look along with the work of the faculty board and to give them solicited and unsolicited advice, the FC is also free to work on a topic themselves and, for example,…

Dear reader, Over the past month, the student delegation of the Faculty Council has had the opportunity to experience a lot of new things. The first meeting with the seven of us, setting the first agenda for the Faculty Council, the first consultation with the staff delegation, the first meetings with the other Inspraak! organs…

We are pleased to announce that the results of the 2023 Faculty Council elections are in! Each year, our faculty organizes elections to fill the student seats on the Faculty Council, and every two years for the staff seats. This year, the elections for the students were held from May 8 to May 10, with a…