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011. Utrecht: Recognition & Rewards: staff members frustrated and uncertain about their careers

Maastricht Young Academy publishes critical report on Recognition & Rewards

Podcast #Fairly Recognised 5: I don't want to become a professor

Leiden University launches strategic framework for scientific publishing

Fairly Recognised-podcastserie: duik in de haarvaten van Erkennen & Waarderen

OPROEP deze podcastserie is EXPLICIET bedoeld voor de mid-career wetenschapper die het Erkennen & Waarderen programma nog niet volledig heeft doorgrond. BEN JIJ zo iemand of nog beter: KEN JIJ (via via wellicht) zo'n keihard werkende (en juist vanwege al dit fantastische toegewijde werk) moeilijk te traceren academicus? Deel dit bericht, luister de podcast en verzeker jezelf of de ander van een plunjezakje bagage dat verrijkt op weg naar een t...

Fairly Recognised podcast series. Treat yourself: dive into the deeper understanding of Recognition & Rewards

CALL TO ACTION This podcast series is SPECIFICALLY intended for mid-career academics who do not yet fully understand the Recognition & Rewards programme. Are you such a person, or better yet, do you know (perhaps through others) such a hard-working (and precisely because of all that fantastic dedicated work) hard-to-find academic? Share this message, listen to the podcast, and ensure yourself or the other person a wealth of knowledge that will...

Het ongelijk van die professor - column

Excellentie zonder etiket - column

bron: UToday Edwin Zondervan is hoogleraar Process Systems Engineering aan de Universiteit Twente, en speelt graag een potje rugby met zijn studenten. Hij schrijft een maandelijkse column over de dynamiek van systemen, wetenschap, onderwijs en samenwerking. Maar ook over de zin en onzin van het academische. PHOTO BY: RIKKERT HARINK Er zijn van die momenten waarop een universiteit even in de spiegel moet kijken. De afgelopen weken was zo’n ...

UT stapt uit Times Higher Education Impact Ranking

Postdoc Network @UT is een blijvertje

Opinie: Je kunt niet objectief bepalen wat een ‘uitzonderlijk goed’ proefschrift is (Trouw)

Fairly Recognised #3 - What to do if you are in the fortunate position of occupying a seat at the table

When you are in a leadership position* in academia ánd you are curious about how to embodie Recognition and Rewards consequently in your behaviour, we genuinly recommend you to listen to the third episode of the Fairly Racognised podcast! Professor Marieke Adriaanse In an open and honest conversation, professor Marieke Adriaanse explains what seduced and motivates her to commit to Recognition & Rewards since ten years. One of her distinctive ...

024. Nieuwe koers URC-programma VU: erkenning voor leiderschap in onderwijs en impact

Opinion: Op-ed on abolishing cum laude: 'What are we really losing?'

bron: website Utoday 13/11/2025 Three young academics sent in this opinion piece. They challenge senior scholars’ backlash against the UT’s decision to abolish cum laude, questioning why a title for fewer than 5 percent of PhDs matters more than deeper issues of fairness and inequality. ‘Are we saying the work of more than 95 percent of PhD graduates is barely adequate?’ A PhD defence at the UT, photo taken by Oleksandr Mialyk. Reading the neg...

To reform universities, first tackle global rankings - Nature

bron: website Nature (comment) Universities are in thrall to a rankings system that prioritizes narrow aspects of academic life. Three changes would give institutions the freedom to explore fresh ways of working. University reputations and finances often hinge on their position in global ranking tables. Students use rankings to quickly identify the best place to study — or, at least, what might be perceived to be the best by any future employe...

Fairly Recognised #1 - Insights and recommendations by Alex Rushford

In this first episode, programme manager @sanlifaez speaks with Dr @alexrushforth, a scholar in the sociology of science and science policy. His research focuses on research evaluation, bibliometrics, science governance and science and technology studies. Alex recently wrote a critical commentary on the Netherlands’ Recognition & Rewards programme. He argues that: “The initiative has been largely effective in mobilising formal organisational ...

Fairly Recognised #2 - a possibility to create vital and genuine meetings

From the moment programme manager @sanlifaez chairs group meetings for Recognition & Rewards, participants are introduced to Open Space Technology. This format is based on the desire to facilitate genuine contact and an energetic work process. In the second episode of the Fairly Recognised podcast series, Sanli talks to Doris Gottlieb. Doris Gottlieb is an experience meeting facilitator and trainer, and explains how changing out attitudes towa...

University of Twente: einde cum laude promoveren, beoordeling op de schop

Report on Experiences with the TRIPLE Promotion Model

The text below is a literal copy from the website of Utrecht University. In 2022, Utrecht University implemented the TRIPLE promotion model, designed to broaden recognition of academic contributions and personal developments across six domains: Team Spirit, Research, Impact, Professional Performance, Leadership and Education. The Utrecht Young Academy (UYA) conducted a survey among assistant and associate professors (N = 147) to evaluate how t...

The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2025 - More open, more inclusive, more informative