The celebrations of the School of Humanities Lustrum at Tilburg University were not merely entertaining. They painted a picture of achievements but also challenges that the discipline currently faces. What does the future hold for the humanities? Impossible made possible Imagine a set of millions of books written in the course of centuries. Reading only […]
Follow me, please!
Massive groups consisting of more parents than schoolchildren are led around the campus by enthusiastic ‘sample’ students. The white tents, balloons, and old-school music create a festive theme park atmosphere. And the festival’s name is Open Days. Univers was an eye-witness. A cohort of, paradoxically, paid volunteers gathered in the Cobbenhagen building. Wearing elegant, navy blue polo […]
Those Foreign Students….
On the one hand, the university welcomes international students with open arms and creates an internationally friendly environment. But once the students step outside of the safe campus, they hear voices grumbling about the increasing number of international students. The arguments sound dangerously like the ones against immigrants. Are international students the next target of […]