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Breaking up with the treasurer? Prepare to be hounded out
Relations within the International Studies study association have become so disrupted that members are being slandered, excluded and even falsely accused of attempted arson. This is the conclusion drawn by the ombudsperson in a confidential report obtained by Mare. ‘The wrong people are being targeted. This makes absolutely no sense to me.’
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The fraudster is hiding in your pocket: how should the university deal with AI? (part 1)
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Facts about migration are being ignored, says Marlou Schrover. ‘I will keep pushing back’
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The taboo surrounding HIV infections in Indonesia mainly harms women: ‘You are a bad person’
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Mixed feelings about the war in Iran: ‘After the first attack, my cousin texted me heart emojis’
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Luc Sels doesn’t want to be chief, but first among equals: ‘Low trust in the Board is a major concern’
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Physicists at Leiden’s Quantum Matter and Optics research group are testing the limits of perception with a simple question: can humans perceive a single photon?
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Bas InSite is like a black hole where invoices disappear. ‘The whole system is straining at the seams’
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