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30/03/2023 | By

Rik Van Daele: cultural connector and fox hunter

Since the beginning of this academic year, our Library and Archives Department has had a new head of department and with it a new head librarian: Rik Van Daele. After all, his predecessor, Trudi Noordermeer, has retired. Rik has now been on the job as head of department for six months, so time for an introduction in five questions.

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13/10/2022 | By

October is European Cybersecurity Month. All hands on deck!

October is European Cybersecurity Month and the perfect opportunity to highlight this topic. Historian Kenneth Lasoen is an intelligence specialist and with his academic expertise he helped formulate a vision statement of the Flemish Interuniversity Council – Knowledge Security. The statement describes several measures to reduce the risk of foreign interference. Naomi Huygen of the ICT Infrastructure & Communications Department explains what the risks and consequences of foreign interference can be for our university and what good cyber hygiene means.

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28/09/2022 | By

Energy consumption at our university: how do we tackle this? 

Energy prices are soaring and this also affects our university. A few figures to illustrate: Altogether Campus Drie Eiken, Stadscampus and Campus Groenenborger annually consume more than 40 gigawatt hours of gas and electricity. That’s enough to power two small villages or 2,400 households. This obviously has a huge impact on the environment. How can we keep paying for all that, and most importantly, how can we reduce our energy consumption? 

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