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‘In academia it’s business first and people later’

The whole world seems to be engaged in the #MeToo movement and the University of Twente is no exception. Today, the Female Faculty Network (FFNT) organized the first lunch discussion of their series ‘#MeToo in Academia’.

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Breakfast, Board and Business with FFNT

Female Faculty Network Twente (FFNT) organized its annual New Year’s Breakfast today to reflect on FFNT activities held in 2017 and to present the network’s plans for the coming year.

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#MeTooUT open discussion

An open discussion on the topic #MeTooUT will take place next Wednesday, the 8th of November. The event, organized by the Ambassador's Network and the Female Faculty Network of the UT (FFNT), is open to everyone from the University of Twente.

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‘We need to be open to external candidates'

The total percentage of female students who enroll for Mechanical Engineering is only 6%. How can we achieve better gender diversity, not only at the Faculty of Engineering Technology, but also at other UT faculties? ‘External candidates are often perceived as risk by selection committees, but we need to give equal opportunities to candidates from within the university and from abroad,’ thinks Geert Dewulf.

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Vrouwelijke pionier in een mannenwereld

Henny Kramers-Pals (79) werd in 1963 het eerste vrouwelijke staflid aan de Technische Hogeschool Twente. Nu, 54 jaar later, is ze als gastdocent nog steeds aan de UT verbonden. Vandaag, op Internationale Vrouwendag, vertelt ze over haar loopbaan als vrouw in een mannenwereld.

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FFNT's plans: 20% of female professors by 2020

‘We plan to include the UT's management team in our activities more, so we can help each other and reach our common goal: to support female academics and make the university an attractive place in terms of gender equality,’ says Vanessa Magnanimo, the new chair of FFNT (Female Faculty Network Twente).

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‘Career at a Dutch university is like juggling balls’

‘Diversity is not only right, it is the only way,’ Prof. Liudvika Leisyte began today’s FFNT conference titled ‘Openness to diversity: Integrating local and global perspectives’, event which aimed to raise awareness about the importance of international talent at the University of Twente.

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UT wil in 2020 meer vrouwelijke hoogleraren

Meer vrouwen in de hogere functies; het wil nog niet vlotten. De UT wil er een klap op en ‘herijkt’ het bestaande beleid. In 2020 moet twintig procent van de hoogleraren vrouw zijn.

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Leaking pipeline: Where do the women go?

Even though the percentage of women in science keeps increasing, female academics are still a minority in higher ranking positions. Why is that and how can we change this situation? That´s the main question that was discussed at today´s FFNT lunch meeting, which was also attended by Francisco Ramirez, Professor of Sociology from the Stanford University.

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Let your voice out

Voice is an integral part of good presentation skills. To get our message across, we need to sound appealing and connect with the audience. Yet, that is not easy to achieve and most of us could use some tips regarding voice control. That is why the FFNT (Female Faculty Network Twente) organized a voice training workshop today.

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‘Ik wilde burgemeester worden’

Een scène uit Pulp Fiction, een muziekfragment van Nina Simone en het werk van schilder William Turner kwamen voorbij in het gesprek à la Zomergasten met collegelid Mirjam Bult. Het persoonlijke portret werd gisteren geschetst in het kader van internationale vrouwendag.

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'Goed dat de UT fondsen heeft'

Speciaal voor het 10-jarig bestaan van het Female Faculty Network, vloog de 80-jarige professor Sandra Harding naar Nederland. Daar sprak de Amerikaanse feministe en filosofe op het gebied van education and genderstudies de leden toe over het belang van objectiviteit bij wetenschappelijk onderzoek. Een paar vragen aan deze kranige en bevlogen wetenschapper.

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