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How much effect does a cup of coffee have? Researchers study reaction time on festival site

Does having a cup of coffee give you energy for the rest of the day, or do you immediately want another? The answer to that question may partly depend on a single piece of your DNA. This year, Radboud researchers are at Lowlands to study how much your DNA influences the duration of the effects of your cup of coffee.

Het bericht How much effect does a cup of coffee have? Researchers study reaction time on festival site verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.

‘Do you know what failure is? Believing that there is nothing you can do’

SUMMER INTERVIEW – Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani’s teenage years were marked by the ‘war on terror’. Her religion, Islam, was suddenly associated with terror. ‘My identity was hijacked.’ The Assistant Professor of Methods shares how she regained her identity, what she learned from girls in an impoverished community of Pakistan, and why it is so important to be idealistic.

Het bericht ‘Do you know what failure is? Believing that there is nothing you can do’ verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.

Executive Board clashes with participational bodies over budget cuts: ‘How dare you do this!’

At the last meeting of the academic year, members of the University’s participational bodies asked critical questions of the Executive Board regarding the financial course for the coming years. The debate got quite tough at times. ‘There is no way you can justify this. The entire University is outraged about it.’

Het bericht Executive Board clashes with participational bodies over budget cuts: ‘How dare you do this!’ verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.

University magazines are strengthening their independence with revised statutes

After censorship in Delft and Eindhoven, several university magazines have boosted their independence with an update editorial statute. ‘Something you hope you never need, but must be present.’ A revision of the statute is also being worked on in Nijmegen.

Het bericht University magazines are strengthening their independence with revised statutes verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.

Minister Bruins fears populist interference: ‘Give education minister less power’

The minister of education should have less power, says education minister Bruins. He fears that populists will want to intervene in higher education after the elections. ‘Entire faculties could have been cut.’

Het bericht Minister Bruins fears populist interference: ‘Give education minister less power’ verscheen eerst op Vox magazine.