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'Potje Nederlands' is the new interactive podcast from the University of Groningen Language Centre, designed to help non-native speakers practise Dutch at A1 level. A new episode will be released each week from Monday 13 April. The introductory episode is already available for listeners to familiarize themselves with the format.

What are the most impactful actions we can take towards creating a circular economy? Environmental psychology PhD candidates Isabel Pacheco and Julia Koch have been researching the role of personal behaviour in accelerating the transition to circularity and what things we can do that make the biggest difference.

The European Commission has announced the results of the 2025 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks call. The University of Groningen has achieved very good results in this call.  11 projects have been funded in the role of coordinators (2), beneficiaries (8), and associated (1). Moreover, 2 other projects have been placed on the reserve list in the role of coordinator (UMCG) and beneficiary (BSS).

The XR Hub on 21 May 2026 will focus on the use of VR in aphasia: how VR can help people with aphasia to participate in everyday life again, the use of VR to ensure safe handling of radioactivity in laboratories, and a VR game that enables dental students to practise dealing with acute medical situations.

A year ago, the Writing Centre opened its doors as part of the University of Groningen Language Centre. With over 300 free coaching sessions for Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD students, as well as well-attended Writing Days, the team looks back on a successful first year full of valuable encounters and, above all, significant progress in writing skills!

Sophia Salziger about her doctoral research on the possibility of claiming non-material damages when your personal data is leaked, as happened recently after the Odido hack.

Using state-of-the-art experiments and simulations, TU/e and University of Groningen researchers have unveiled some of the secrets for organ asymmetry in the human body. The work has just been published in Science Advances.

Remote, close-knit communities in ecologically unique environments are some of the defining characteristics of many islands. This makes them particularly well-suited for research. The Islands & Sustainability Lab at the University of Groningen is an interdisciplinary knowledge network that conducts research and shares knowledge about islands across faculty and national borders.