De Oscars zijn nog steeds de belangrijkste filmprijzen ter wereld. Maar er is ook jarenlange kritiek op het gebrek aan diversiteit en inclusie bij de awards. Ondertussen zijn diversiteitscriteria aangescherpt, maar hoe effectief zijn deze maatregelen eigenlijk?
On February 23, three Ghent University alumni walked the red carpet in Hollywood to receive a prestigious award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, known for the Oscars.
Worldwide we are experiencing a real platformania: video-streaming platforms are popping up everywhere. But which platform is your best choice these days? And is it time to get rid of that traditional TV subscription?
Where can you find the smartest students? That’s the ultimate question in the Campus Cup, which switched from Canvas to channel Eén for its third edition. Six different teams from Ghent University took part, and the team from Applied Linguistics in the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy went all the way to the semi-final. Here’s more about the students’ experience.
The term “fake news” takes on a life of its own and is used inappropriately. “And too often incorrectly,” say researchers Dr. Kristin Van Damme, Glen Joris and Bart Vanhaelewyn, “which is an even bigger problem than fake news itself.”
Is the door about to slam on the millions of viewers who download their favourite box sets illegally? In his master's thesis in Computer Sciences, Hannes Mareen has worked out a way to thwart digital piracy.
