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Vinod Subramaniam, the new president of the UT Executive Board

‘I want to be approachable and deeply interested’

Vinod Subramaniam has the first day on ‘the job’ ahead of him. Today, he is arriving to the University of Twente as the new President of the Executive Board. He talks about his expectations, the importance of diversity and being one of the first non-Western leaders at a Dutch university. ‘I look forward to working with the community. This is not a solo journey.’
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‘The conversation about LGBTIQ+ community is still needed’

‘Th!ink with Pride’, platform for LGBTIQ+ employees at the UT, was founded one and half years ago. Although it now has only one official member, timetabling officer Alex Jonkhart, he is proud of what the initiative has achieved so far. ‘I feel colleagues appreciate it, that it helps to create environment where they feel at home.’
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‘We need to become aware of injustice’

‘The main goal is to expand our knowledge on issues related to diversity and inclusion,’ say founders of UT initiative ‘Dialogical spaces for a diverse university’. They are organizing eight online sessions, with the first one held today, as well as producing a podcast series focused on diversity and inclusion at the UT.
Opinion

Diversity welcome?

Lisa Waldera (25) is a master’s student Communication Studies from Bremen, Germany. For three years now, she’s been living on campus. Next to her study, she regularly visits the cinema and enjoys concerts of all music genres. Every other week she writes about her life at the University of Twente.
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Sterre Mkatini

‘Diversity is the theme of my life’

‘I’m a woman, I’m brown, I’m often the minority,’ says Sterre Mkatini, the new Diversity & Inclusion Officer at the UT. ‘But’, she adds, she is not here to be a poster child for diversity.’ I’m here to work on a more diverse and inclusive environment for everyone.’
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Disabled student asks for better accessibility at the UT

‘I’m a disabled student at the University of Twente and over the years I have come across more and more issues in accessibility.’ Anouk Noordeloos (24), Industrial Design student, explains why she’s sent a letter to the UT Executive Board, asking them for help in improving the university for people with disabilities.
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New diversity and inclusion officer: Sterre Mkatini

The UT has found the diversity and inclusion officer in the person of Sterre Mkatini. It will be her task to improve the university’s policy on these topics. Mkatini will start her task this Friday.
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UT starts diversity and inclusion office

The UT is planning to set up a central diversity and inclusion office for both students and employees. Starting in September, a diversity officer will be tasked to take the first steps to improve the university’s policy on diversity and inclusion.
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‘Let’s take the next step to include everybody’

To celebrate its 30-year anniversary and national Diversity Day, the Human Resource Management research group hosts a ‘Diversity Snacks & Drinks’ symposium this afternoon in The Gallery. HRM Professor Tanya Bondarouk talks about diversity versus inclusion and how the UT operates in that regard.
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UT steps towards bigger diversity

The UT strives to provide a diverse and inclusive working environment. As part of its diversity policy, the university has therefore introduced several measures including a ‘gender bias training’ and an ‘inclusive selection training’, both currently available to the Faculty Boards and selection committees.
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‘Diversity and inclusion are not the same thing’

‘Inclusiveness at 360°’. That was the topic of FFNT (Female Faculty Network Twente) conference, held today on the ‘International Day of Women and Girls in Science’ in the newly opened U Parkhotel.
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Research on brain drain

Why talent leaves Twente

The University Innovation Fellows (UIF) of the UT have initiated the project ‘Keep Talent in Twente’ and a six months long research into why talented people leave the region. They just presented the results which indicate that one of the main reasons for graduates to move is the lack of diversity in Twente.
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