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20 March 2025

Education minister wants to force universities to work together

The government wants to reduce competition between higher education institutions by making it a legal requirement for them to work together. This is according to a letter from education minister Eppo Bruins.
20 March 2025

More flexible language policy for border regions

Thirteen Dutch higher education institutions are located within 25 kilometres of the border. Without giving any guarantees, the government plans to introduce more flexible language policy for these institutions.
13 March 2025

WhatsApp faces scrutiny in higher education

Uncertainty surrounds the use of WhatsApp in higher education. HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht has advised its employees to switch to Signal. Local student unions also back the move.
10 March 2025

‘Give all researchers their own budget’

Want to do something about workload issues in academia? Then give everyone their own research budget, says Eddie Brummelman, chair of The Young Academy.
26 February 2025

First students to receive compensation for discrimination by DUO

Even before the Senate’s official approval, the Ministry of Education has decided to compensate dozens of victims of student financing agency DUO’s discriminatory fraud crackdown.
21 February 2025

Development aid cuts also a blow to higher education

The government has announced major cuts to development aid, with the total budget being reduced from 6.3 billion to 3.9 billion euros over the next few years. This will also lead to the disappearance of various teaching and research projects.
5 February 2025

Defence interested in collaborating with higher education

More work placements, a permanent group of ‘military lecturers’ and more money for research. Defence embraces the advice to make more frequent use of knowledge within higher education institutions. This does require these institutions to improve their knowledge security.
5 February 2025

‘Number of internationals does not need to fall substantially’

The number of international students scarcely needs to be reduced, Education Minister Eppo Bruins has confirmed to the Senate. His planned budget cuts may have already been achieved if numbers remain at their current level.
22 January 2025

Coalition parties decided they do in fact want international students

The House of Representatives has called on the government to prepare an action plan aimed at ‘retaining’ international students in the Netherlands. A resolution to this effect received the backing of three coalition parties yesterday.
16 January 2025

Education minister wants talks with unions after all

The unions have at last received a response to the ultimatum they issued to the government. Education minister Eppo Bruins now says he is willing to hold talks. But his concession comes with a warning: there is no prospect of…
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