Make Radboud University independent of BigTech within three years. This is the call being made by a group of staff and students in an open letter to the Executive Board.
Het bericht Call to Executive Board: ‘Come up with a concrete plan for digital independence’ verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.
A lecture by pro-Israeli speaker Rawan Osman at Radboud University caused a lot of unrest today. A demonstration against Osman’s presence on campus took place just outside the building. Security guards and the police had to intervene several times.
Het bericht Protesters disrupt lecture by pro-Israeli speaker, unrest at the Spinoza building verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.
A new chapter is unfolding in the governance crisis at the Grotius building. The vice deans of the Faculty of Law do not recognise Michiel Kompier as their co-administrator. The University Joint Assembly (UGV) is also getting involved: it has filed a ‘motion of censure’ against the Executive Board today.
Het bericht Vice deans do not recognise Michiel Kompier as dean, participational bodies file a ‘motion of censure’ against Executive Board verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.
Lay down work and join the strike on Thursday. That is what three Nijmegen professors are calling their colleagues to do in a letter signed by over 160 professors from different faculties. ‘Universities are fundamental to democracy.’
Het bericht Professors in open letter: ‘Join the strike for the future of democracy’ verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.
In the weeks leading up to the Senate vote on the education budget, ten Dutch universities will take turns going…
Het bericht Professor higher education: ‘Minister Dijkgraaf gave a poisoned gift to the universities’ verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.
Ashley Terlouw chaired the Radboud Network of Women Professors for three years. She says that women within academia still very much need to seek each other out. ‘As professors, we need to be there for the women who are now bearing the brunt of the cuts.’ Today, Terlouw is taking her leave.
Het bericht Emancipation is not yet complete, says outgoing chair Ashley Terlouw: ‘Women still need to claim their place’ verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.
Unlike the rest of Radboud University, researchers and students at the Science Faculty eschew the use of BigTech whenever possible. They store their data in their own data centre and faculty ICT staff are experimenting with their own cloud infrastructure.
Het bericht Dependence on BigTech? That is not a problem likely to affect the Science Faculty verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.
Who is in charge at the Grotius building? Although Michiel Kompier is now officially the interim dean of the Faculty of Law, the participational bodies do not recognise him as the highest administrator. The reason: the Executive Board allegedly did not follow the rules in appointing Kompier.
Het bericht Faculty participational bodies dismiss appointment of Michiel Kompier as interim dean verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.
The Executive Board supports the March 13 strike against higher education budget cuts, but faculty uncertainty about classes raises concerns for students and staff.
Trade unions AOb and FNV, action groups WOinActie and HBOinActie and student union AKKU want to shut down Radboud University…
Het bericht Trade union official discusses strike day on 13 March: ‘If we make our voices heard again, we can really achieve something’ verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.