The mission of Marleen Janssen
Marleen Janssen is the world's first professor of deafblindness. Thanks to her academic endeavours, it is becoming ever clearer how to improve the lives of people who can hardly hear and see.
The weekly online video magazine Unifocus highlights topics related to the University of Groningen in the fields of research and society, student life, teaching, policy and internationalization.
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23 February 2021
The Commandos: Who has got what it takes?
Sports teams, employers and universities all want the same thing: a good selection of candidates. They want the best athletes, the best applicants and the best students, who take to their new environment like a duck to water. And the Dutch Commando...
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17 February 2021
Link between bullying and drug, alcohol, tobacco use in later life
Compared to their non-bullying peers, bullying children and adolescents have higher risk of drug, alcohol, and tobacco use later in life. An analysis by UG researchers also found that childhood bullies have more risk of alcohol and tobacco use...
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11 February 2021
Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen: van inzicht naar impact
Werken aan veerkrachtige samenlevingen, transparante wetenschap en aansluiting op de arbeidsmarkt – dat zijn de drie thema’s waar de Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen van de Nederlandse universiteiten op inzetten. In een gezamenlijk sectorplan...