Studenten Weblog

In these videos, Governance and Law in Digital Society LLM students talk about their thoughts towards the different learning and teaching approaches used in the programme.

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Even though my studies have begun online, ironically, online is where I heard about my programme; I found it through Google. I have a huge appreciation for international aspects we experience on a daily basis and the developments of globalisation, so I...

Over the past few months, we have witnessed an interesting transformation across the world. And this pretty unexpected change has affected education too. One day, we were all at school presenting our papers in class, and the next day the gates of the...

Following the Dutch government’s decision, on 12th March 2020, to have all in-person university education in the Netherlands cancelled, the University of Groningen adopted prompt responses by closing down all university premises and by switching to online...

Sinds de persconferentie van donderdag 12 maart ligt het fysieke academische leven in Groningen stil. De woorden van minister-president Rutte die donderdag waren duidelijk: grootschalige hoorcolleges mochten niet meer fysiek plaatsvinden, maar moesten...

Om 8 uur gaat je wekker. Zoals de meeste ochtenden ligt het ook nu weer net iets te lekker. Die Netflix aflevering leek gisteravond een goed idee, maar je had dat extra uurtje slaap toch best kunnen gebruiken. Je moet toch echt uit bed, want om 9 uur...

To what extent are governments free to take measures in response to COVID-19? Should governments prioritize the protection of their citizens’ health and therefore restrict individual rights strictly? Can governments, for instance, restrict my right to...

Before I moved to Slovenia for my exchange, I had never been there. Despite that, as a Slovakian, I was usually mistaken for being a Slovenian (yes, I know it can be confusing). That was also one of the reasons why I chose Ljubljana, Slovenia for my...

The mention of the word ‘exam’ sends shivers down the spines of all students. But for a law student, it is a special kind of shiver that brings with it the uncontrollable urge to run through the streets screaming at the top of your lungs. But don’t worry...