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11 May 2021

Record number of applications for universities

If the signs are to be believed, a record number of students are due to start university in September. The number of applications received around the deadline represents a five percent increase on last year.
10 May 2021

Cabinet fears university cooperation with China

It is not unlikely that knowledge gained in Delft by Chinese researchers will find its way to the Chinese army. Despite this risk, the government is not interested in stringent screening procedures and blacklists, and plans to stick to the…
6 May 2021

‘Dutch success is good, but a strong Europe is better’

LONGREAD – The Netherlands is remarkably successful in European research grant competitions. That’s great, but what about the other member states? “Researchers in one country aren’t smarter than in another”, says Eveline Crone, Vice President of the European Research Council…
4 May 2021

Internationals still want to study here, but not in online classes

Higher education in the Netherlands remains popular among foreign students, according to Dutch internationalisation agency Nuffic. International students still very much want to come here, but not for online lectures and seminars.
3 May 2021

Total easing of restrictions in September unlikely, says Minister

Students will be attending classes on campus in September, and they won’t have to maintain social distancing anymore. But face masks will still be mandatory and no more than 75 students will be allowed in a lecture hall.
30 April 2021

VU puts cooperation in cultural barometer on hold

Five universities want to use a so-called diversity barometer to map their staff’s cultural diversity – a move that’s been met with strong criticism from work councils. Four universities have now announced their temporary withdrawal from the project.
23 April 2021

International students increasingly unhappy in the Netherlands

International students in the Netherlands had already been faced with struggles and the coronavirus situation has not changed things for the better, according to a new survey. They more often feel lonely and stressed, have more money problems and struggle…
20 April 2021

Self-tests for students may soon be compulsory

If worst comes to worst, if no other option is available, the government wants to make coronavirus testing mandatory for students (but not for teaching faculty). That’s one of the items included in new draft legislation.
16 April 2021

Operation self-test begins, but the omens are unfavorable

The Dutch government hopes that all higher education students and staff will start using self-tests when they return to campus. Minister Van Engelshoven explained the logistics of this plan in a letter to the House of Representatives.
15 April 2021

Students angry about ‘unacceptable’ postponement opening higher education

Will universities and universities of applied sciences be able to resume face-to-face education one day a week from 26 April? Outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge have prompted a furious response from students by refusing…
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