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23 April 2026

VU continues to charge housing fees to international students

Even after losing two court cases, VU Amsterdam continues to charge international students a fee for arranging accommodation. Other universities and universities of applied sciences also charge housing fees.
15 April 2026

Call for more volunteers to test alternatives to Microsoft

A pilot by SURF to eliminate reliance on American software has already attracted interest from thirty institutions. Around one thousand volunteers are now using an alternative as SURF frees up space for more test users.
15 April 2026

Choose your own housemates? That’s up to the landlord, says housing minister

Students and local politicians have criticized DUWO’s new housemate selection policy, but the housing minister has ruled out any official intervention.
26 March 2026

Academic freedom declines worldwide, research shows

Over the past decade, academic freedom has declined in many countries. This includes the Netherlands, where perceived safety on campuses is a particularly prominent issue.
19 March 2026

Knowledge Security Desk set to use personal data

The National Contact Point for Knowledge Security currently warns people not to report suspicious individuals by name, to protect their privacy. A new bill aims to remove this obstacle.
18 March 2026

Protecting academic freedom through press freedom and an oath

How can you protect academic freedom? One of the architects of the Dutch Higher Education and Research Act, Peter Kwikkers, has written a book about it. His book contains proposed legislative texts as well as an academic oath.
22 January 2026

Students of Chinese origin perform remarkably well in education

Dutch people of Chinese origin are more likely than average to hold a degree from a higher education institution. Factors such as the mother’s age, parental income and living environment play a role in this.
20 January 2026

Lecturers and students must be protected from ‘authoritarian’ Trump, says judge

Foreign lecturers at universities must be given extra protection against the arbitrariness of the Trump administration, an American judge says. The same goes for a group of students and researchers who focus on the Middle East.
11 December 2025

Milestone: almost 30 percent of full professors are now women

New data shows that three in ten full professors at Dutch universities are women. At executive-board level, women are now in the majority.
4 December 2025

Unanimous House wants government and universities to tackle big tech together

The government must join forces with higher education institutions to break dependence on US tech companies. That is the unanimous message the House of Representatives has sent to education minister Moes.
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