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15 January 2021

House of Representatives again asks for corona compensation for students

Students should be compensated for study delays caused by the coronavirus crisis, coalition party D66 believes. MP Rob Jetten proposed remediation yesterday in Parliament. Other parties also have concerns about students.
15 January 2021

Universities relax bsa for first-years after all

In view of the coronavirus crisis and the most recent lockdown, the 14 Dutch universities have decided to lower the requirements for binding study recommendations (BSAs) by 10 to 15 percent for the current academic year after all.
15 January 2021

Student councils insist on relaxing binding study recommendations

First year students are already under enough pressure. Don’t leave them out in the cold: lower the threshold for issuing binding study recommendations (BSA) to students who are not on course to pass first year. That’s the message sent by…
8 January 2021

‘The working climate can have major consequences for the integrity of researchers’

Full professors and associate professors feel that the research climate in their departments is just fine. PhD students and postdocs sometimes see things differently, according to a PhD student at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
8 January 2021

International student with technology or IT aspirations? Welcome to the Netherlands!

The Dutch government wants to recruit students from all over the world to come to the Netherlands to study technology and IT, two sectors plagued by shortages of skilled workers.
8 January 2021

Students and staff should have more say in how their institution is run

The Dutch House of Representatives wants to see new regulations for participation bodies at institutes of higher education. Researchers, students and unions are taking advantage of this opportunity to submit their own proposals. In the past, university councils were officially…
5 January 2021

Brexit deal: yes to European research but no more Erasmus scholarships for British students

The European Union and the United Kingdom struck an eleventh-hour Brexit deal at the end of December. The Brits will continue to contribute to the European research budget but are pulling out of the Erasmus+ exchange programme. European students dreaming…
17 December 2020

Higher education will receive 20 million euros for supporting corona jobs

Universities and universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands will receive 20 million euros from the government to fund 1,200 temporary jobs for up to a maximum of six months each. The idea is to bring some relief to higher…
15 December 2020

Campus closed again, except for exams and a few students

Universities and universities of applied sciences will revert to teaching exclusively online again, the Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced during his speech to the nation on Monday evening. But exams and practical lessons can still be held on campus.
7 December 2020

Scientists attack politicians in KNAW debate

“What do our universities need?” asked activists and managers during an online debate organised by the KNAW science association. The ideas discussed ranged from calls for a strike to criticism of turning a blind eye to inappropriate behaviour.
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