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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…
16 January 2025

Higher education is going on relay strike

Lecturers, researchers and other staff in higher education will be going on strike against government budget cuts. This is to be a so-called ‘relay’ strike.
17 December 2024

Further budget cuts for international students may not be necessary

According to an analysis by HOP, there may no longer be a need for higher education institutions to cut their budgets for foreign students, as they’ve already reached their target. If the institutions attract the same number of international students…
13 December 2024

Christian parties ensure cuts continue

The majority of the cuts in education and research can go ahead as planned, the deal on the budget for education, science and culture that was concluded yesterday reveals. Of the 2 billion euros, a little shy of 700 million…
11 December 2024

Almost all universities have more female professors

For the very first time, there are more than a thousand female full professors in the Netherlands. Their share increased at all universities, except in Rotterdam. With 30 percent female professors the VU is in the mid range.
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